Europe)

Does whatever a bomber can.

Unused Music#

This track can only be heard in the sound test. It's used as filler for unused track IDs.

Unused Levels#

Three unused levels exist in the game. The following GameShark code will allow you to enter them:

Hold L+A when entering a map to appear in one of the test maps of your choice.

Replace the "??" with values from below (place the same ID number you want in both slots):

14 Test Map 1
15 Test Map 2
16 Test Map 3
17 Test Map 4

Test Map 1#

Test Map 1 has an assortment of platforms, boxes and enemies.

Test Map 2#

Test Map 2 seems to be a camera test map.

Test Map 3#

Test Map 3 is test version of the opening cinematic.

Test Map 4#

Test map 4 has some glowing textures in it.

Early Level Versions#

To do: Codes to load this in game.

An early version of the stage Up and Down still exists in the game files as unused 3D meshes. By replacing the pointers for the finalized stage with pointers to these unused meshes, the early version can be displayed in-game.

This early version was also shown in the Official UK Nintendo Magazine, issue 59. ¹

Unused Graphics#

Please elaborate. Having more detail is always a good thing. Specifically: What makes this too big to be used on the N64.

This early logo graphic was found in the US version of the game. It is too big to be used on the N64.

Development Text#

A few game-specific strings are left in the ROM.

*** MAP INFORMATION ***

Offset:%d,%d,%d
Layer :%d
Size  :%d x %d
  (%d):%d x %d
Layer Unit
  [%d]:%d' 

map0 : Mapchange happened!

EEPROM : SAVE DATA REVISION ERROR. PLEASE FORMAT EEPROM. REVISION=%d

Leftover Path#

To do: Replace images with a gif. Also, get a model rip of the cave "entrance" and the path's collision model.

320px|Stand here and kick a Bomb 320px|Stop it and bounce off it 320px|What is Bomberman standing on? 320px|The cave...

An unused piece of collision and geometry left over from an earlier point in development can be found in Red Mountain 3. It may have been intended to be another cave section.

Regional Differences#

Title Screen#

Japanese	North America

• The Japanese title screen contains copyright info (the International version has its own copyright screen). "PUSH START" also became "PRESS START".
• A "64" was lazily slapped onto the International title screen (despite the box art having its own logo). As a result, the title screen now says "Baku Bomberman 64" (Explosive Bomberman 64). The International version also adds a trademark.

World Names#

Two of the world names were spruced up for the localization.

Story/Adventure Mode Stage Names#

The original Japanese stage names were hints for that respective stage. The International version ditched these for more interesting names.

Battle Stage Names#

Nearly all of the stage names were redone.

Spellmaker's Voice Clips#

In the Japanese version, the boss of Rainbow Palace Stage 2 calls out the names of his attack cards. For some reason, this was removed from the English version despite redubbed voice clips existing in the game's data.

Target Times#

The European version runs at 83% speed due to the 50hz PAL format. However, the battle and target timers were optimized. The target times are essentially the game's time attack mechanic meaning Hudson had to change them to make things fair for European players.

Additionally the time to beat the game to unlock the last two Custom Items in each category was set to 4 hours instead of 3 hours.

European Soundtrack#

The European release extended the opening and story intro themes so they would sync with the 50hz cutscenes.

References#