version was designed in the shape of a Bomberman's head and had the two controller ports on the front and one on each side. It was also designed to be used with future games. Eventually there were 54 Super NES games that utilised the multitap. However, they were predominantly sports games. Reception Super Bomberman was met with very positive reception from critics on both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and J2ME. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave Super Bomberman a unanimous score of 9 out of 10 and their "Game of the Month" award, and asserted that the game's addictiveness is on the same order as that of Tetris. They further commented that the game is great fun even in single player mode, but that the highlight is the multiplayer. Game Informer ranked it the 90th best game ever made in 2001. They claimed that its multi-player mode resulted in missed deadlines at video game magazines and development studios due to its quality. In 2011, IGN rated the game 49th on their "Top 100 SNES Games of All Time". In 2018, Complex rated Super Bomberman 37th on their The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time and they opined the game is "probably best four-player game for the SNES." The game went on to sell over 918,484 copies in Japan alone and it also received a Platinum Editor's Choice. See also List of Bomberman video games Notes References External links Super Bomberman - Hudson Game Navi at Hudson Soft (Japanese) on Wayback Machine Super Bomberman at GameFAQs Super Bomberman at Giant Bomb Super Bomberman at MobyGames 1993 video games Action video games Bomberman Cooperative video games Epic/Sony Records games Hudson Soft games Maze games Mobile games Multiplayer and single-player video games Produce! games Super Nintendo Entertainment System games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Jun Chikuma J2ME games