Bombastic, fast 2-player fun (Atomic Bomberman (PC))

Member Name: CarpeDiem

Product:	Atomic Bomberman (PC)
Date:	16/08/00 (256 review reads)
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Advantages: Great fun, replayable

Disadvantages: Not many designs, single player not great

Atomic Bomberman is one of those games that should be in your collection, because it is one
of the few split-screen games for PC, and because it can be played by anybody. With the right
equipment up to 8 people can play, and 2 can play on a keyboard, so it is great fun with friends.
The premise of the game is simple - by planting bombs on a grid on the screen, to kill your
opponents. But the game can be as simple or as complex as you want. There are many power-ups which
appear as you blow up the bricks on the screen, which do things such as making your flame longer,
making you able to kick your bombs, or be able to plant more than one bomb. Older people will be devising
complex ways to ensnare the younger sister, while she simply plants bombs randomly. But she will
win, because you accidentally walk into the path of a bomb you hadn't spotted. Or when
you catch a virus and start dropping bombs continually. Of course the older is
more likely to win, but there are often losses. This simple pleasure, and the groans of not seeing
the other bomb, make it a really good game for anybody.
The graphics are good for the game. The game is played top-down, and graphics are bright
and cartoony and perfectly acceptable. The sound really enhances the game, with catchy ditties playing quite
silently, and extra incidental sounds such an Arnie sounding "I will destroy you", ripe for
imitation.
The game is only £5. This game can be dragged out again and again when friends arrive, as
it is fun, the owner of the game will not neccessarily be the best, and each game lasts at maximum
3 minutes, so there is a continual change around of players.

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