Super Bomberman was developed by Produce! and released by Hudson Soft for the Super Famicom in Japan on April 28, 1993. It reached North America in September 1993 and Europe in November 1993, where Sony Electronic Publishing released it. It was the first game in the series to keep the Bomberman name in Europe instead of becoming Dynablaster or Eric and the Floaters.
The game came with the Super Multitap, an adapter that adds four controller ports. Normal Game is a one- or two-player co-op mode of six worlds with eight stages each, while Battle Mode lets one to four human or CPU players fight in twelve arenas. Mikio Ueyama directed it, and Jun Chikuma and Tomoyuki Hamada wrote the music.
In Japan it sold about 497,000 copies according to Famitsu. In 2004 it was included in the Japanese Windows compilation Bomberman Collection Vol. 2, and in 2026 in SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTION.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Super Bomberman | SNES | September 1993 | Hudson Soft | 1 |
| JP | スーパーボンバーマンSūpā Bonbāman | SNES | Apr 28, 1993 | Hudson Soft | 1 |
| EU | Super BombermanWikipedia gives 20 November 1993, marked citation needed | SNES | November 1993 | Sony Electronic Publishing | 1 |
| JP | ボンバーマンコレクションVOL.2Compilation that includes the overseas version | Windows | Apr 15, 2004 | Hudson Soft | 2 |
| EU | Super BombermanJ2ME mobile phones | Other | Nov 13, 2004 | Living Mobile GmbH | 1 |
| WW | SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTIONCompilation with the Japanese, US and European versions; also PS5, Xbox Series, Switch and Switch 2 | Windows | Feb 5, 2026 | Konami | 3 |
Also known as: スーパーボンバーマン JP1Sūpā Bonbāman JP1
Box art by region
NA Super Bomberman 
EU Super Bomberman 
JP スーパーボンバーマン
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
Translations
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English Official
Hudson Soft1993SNES · Japanese versionReleased · complete
Official English version, released in North America in September 1993 and in Europe in November 1993.1
Where to play legally today
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Steam Purchase
SUPER BOMBERMAN COLLECTION
Japanese, US and European SNES versions
Checked: 2026-10-133store.steampowered.com
Reception
Reviews were excellent (Famitsu 30/40, GamesMaster 93%, Super Play 92%), and GamePro named it the Strategy/Puzzle Game of the Year for 1993. Famitsu counted 117,322 copies sold in Japan in the first week and about 497,000 in total. IGN ranked it 49th among its Top 100 SNES Games in 2011.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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