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Atomic Punk (Arcade)

Bomberman's Atomic Punk's first arcade outing and the first half of the Irem duology. King Bomber takes a turn to the dark side! Four player (unless you live in Japan) madness ensues. It has a sequel.

Unused Enemy Graphics#

This enemy, which normally hides behind a soft block disguise to protect itself from explosions, only appears in worlds 1 and 6. However, it has graphics for every world in the game.

Now you see me...
World 2 soft block design.

Now you don't!
World 3 soft block design.

A pretty disguise.
World 4. Uses the hard block design for whatever reason.

So cold...
World 5.

???
A soft block design seen nowhere in the final game.

(Source: Ragey)

Regional Differences#

Sub-Page#

Title Screen#

Japan

North America

Europe

The game has three different names. The American name shares a title with a Game Boy game and the European name shares its title with an NES game.

Multiplayer & VS.Game#

Japan

International

  • The Japanese version only supports up to two players. The western releases increased this to four.
  • VS.Mode (aka Battle Game) is exclusive to the Japanese version.

References#


  1. Domestic and Overseas Arcade Game List 1971-2005↩︎
  2. ZERO - December 1991↩︎