is a 1992

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released by

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under license from

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for arcades. It is part of the ''

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'' series. It was the second ''Bomberman'' game to be released for arcades, preceded by ''Bomberman'' (1991), which was also released by Irem. This game is called ''New Atomic Punk: Global Quest'' or ''Atomic Punk 2'' in North America, and ''New DynaBlaster: Global Quest'' in Europe. The North American version is called ''Atomic Punk 2'', but it shows the text ''New Atomic Punk - Global Quest'' in-game.

Gameplay

When all enemies are destroyed the player automatically goes to the next stage. Items are lost after each stage, reducing the inventory to one

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, and the default blast radius and walking speed. There are six worlds with six levels in each; after every fifth level there is a Bonus Stage, wherein soft blocks contain many points items and power ups.

Development and release

Storyline

King Bomber, the antagonist from Dynablaster (arcade), has returned and has taken over the UN building with his armies of evil robots. The 4 Bomberman Bros. must now defeat him.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Bomber Man World'' on their July 15, 1992 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as ''

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'' and '' Football Frenzy''. In North America, ''RePlay'' reported in the game to be the eighth most-popular arcade game of the month in October 1992. ''

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'' also listed the title to be the forty-sixth most-popular arcade game at the time. The game received positive reviews from critics. Gary Harrod of British magazine ''

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'' praised the visuals and gameplay, stating that "this may be a simple formula game but it's still good fun to play". Andreas Knauf of German magazine ''Video Games'' gave the title a positive outlook. ''

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'' gave it a mixed outlook.

Notes

References

External links

*
Bomberman World on Arcade-History.com
1992 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Irem games

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