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Title: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by burnambill333 on 15. Dec 2006 at 04:08

Did you know that Bomberman is actually Lode Runner? This is something I just found out. Check this out:

Ending of Bomberman

Screenshot of Lode Runner

On a sidenote...Lode Runner is actually a Broderbund game, not a Hudson Soft game. 8-)

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by NintendoHaven on 15. Dec 2006 at 06:09

i tried clicking your links and they didn't work...

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by mewithoutYou52 on 15. Dec 2006 at 07:06

Links work fine for me. :)

As for the games, I've played neither so I can't comment on my surprise.

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by burnambill333 on 15. Dec 2006 at 08:05

Sorry about that, I fixed the links.

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Post by petrosky on 15. Dec 2006 at 13:33

That is surprising. I would of never guessed it. Guess Hudson and Broderbund were working together.

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Post by coinheaven on 15. Dec 2006 at 16:23

thats pretty cool. i never knew you could beat bomberman. how many levels are there?

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 15. Dec 2006 at 22:31

There are 50 stages to Bomberman. I think the manual implies that the game is beatable.

I've beaten Bomberman, but thought that message implied another "Bomberman" sequel. I haven't actually played Lode Runner, but noticed the Bombermen people in screenshots before.

Now the circle is complete. 8-)

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by the_wizard_666 on 16. Dec 2006 at 00:47

wrote on 15. Dec 2006 at 04:08:

On a sidenote...Lode Runner is actually a Broderbund game, not a Hudson Soft game. 8-)

Not 100% certain on this, but I'm pretty sure Hudson developed Lode Runner, and licenced it to Broderbund...might solve that little riddle...

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Dr. Morbis on 16. Dec 2006 at 01:18

When you beat the famicom version of Bomberman, it explicitly states (in English) that Bomberman is Loderunner, so there's no second-guessing about it.

I don't know why they changed the ending of the US release into a pseudo-mystery cliffhanger.

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Post by FamicomJL on 16. Dec 2006 at 15:40

LOL, I thought this was common knowledge! I didn't know that others didn't know that...cool screenshots. :)

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 16. Dec 2006 at 16:35

the_wizard_666 wrote on 16. Dec 2006 at 00:47:

wrote on 15. Dec 2006 at 04:08:

On a sidenote...Lode Runner is actually a Broderbund game, not a Hudson Soft game. 8-)

Not 100% certain on this, but I'm pretty sure Hudson developed Lode Runner, and licenced it to Broderbund...might solve that little riddle...

This is a big problem with the video game industry, when a publisher slaps their name all over a title with no indication of the developer. That would be like saying Paramount created Godfather in the movie industry.

On a side note, who developed Resident Evil 2 for the N64?

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by cd_vision on 16. Dec 2006 at 18:35

Lode Runner was definitely developed by Broderbund. I used to play it on the Apple II way back when. It was probably licensed to Hudsonsoft for sale in Japan.

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by burnambill333 on 16. Dec 2006 at 22:50

Well, I never knew it. It was a cool surprise after beating Bomberman.

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Post by NationalGameDepot on 17. Dec 2006 at 00:06

I also had no clue about this, pretty cool though 8-)
~~NGD

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 17. Dec 2006 at 06:45

cd_vision wrote on 16. Dec 2006 at 18:35:

Lode Runner was definitely developed by Broderbund. I used to play it on the Apple II way back when. It was probably licensed to Hudsonsoft for sale in Japan.

Hudson developed the NES version, even though Brøderbund published Douglas E. Smith's development on the Apple II, PC, & Commodore 64..

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Post by ThaDuke on 18. Dec 2006 at 06:32

Well..I'l be damned...

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Post by Bronty-2 on 20. Dec 2006 at 21:37

wasn't aware of that.. cool...

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Nesophile on 24. Dec 2006 at 16:06

New one on me as well... :-?

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Stan Stepanic on 31. Dec 2006 at 00:29

I figured this was pretty common knowledge, guess not. Bomberman is one of the robots in Lode Runner and is trying to escape. That's it, no mystery.

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Post by NESHero on 04. Jan 2007 at 15:22

Capcam made RE2 for n64 i would guess, dunno what Angel Studios did with it tho, anyway in the Famicom version the end screen says:

Congratulations - Bomber Man becomes Runner - See you again in Lode Runner.

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by Jedi QuestMaster on 05. Jan 2007 at 01:37

NESHero wrote on 04. Jan 2007 at 15:22:

Capcom developed Resident Evil 2 for the Playstation; Angel Studios converted it to the N64.

Title: Re: Whoa...Bomberman is actually Lode Runner!
Post by NESHero on 14. Jan 2007 at 13:55

ok thxs. im sure capcom had some say tho, or did they just sell it, i know they have the licence but did angel studios take over the n64 version?