Atomic Bomberman

Atomic Bomberman

Developers
	Interplay Entertainment
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 1997
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Top-down view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Arcade
Series	Bomberman

Key points

PC exclusive entry in Bomberman series developed by Interplay under license from Hudson Soft

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Essential Improvements

Atomic Bomberman Fan Remake

A fan made remake can be found here. The remake stays faithful to the original look and feel of the game, while completely rewriting the game for extended OS compatability, USB input device support and online play via TCP rather than IPX, along with a few minor extras and improvements.

Requires files from the original CD to function.

The new code for online play is only in Beta state.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Locked to 640x480
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Game appears to only function at higher framerates when controller is connected (Xbox One tested)
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Settings

Controls

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Separate input for local multiplayer

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		10
LAN play		10	See LAN play.
Online play

LAN play

Atomic Bomberman uses IPX for its networking. To play Atomic Bomberman on a modern computer, download IPXWrapper and copy the files into the Atomic Bomberman folder.

The game supports 2 keyboard players, plus any number of game pads on one PC. It also has LAN support, but may lag. A maximum of 5 computers can play together in network mode. To play a 10-player LAN game, every computer should have at least 2 players using it.

For a better way to set up online multiplayer Atomic Bomberman games, download Atomic Bomberman Launcher and copy the files into the Atomic Bomberman folder. Run ablauncher.exe to set up the options, then click "Launch" to start the game and go to "Start Network Game" to use the selected options.

Issues fixed

Rainbow color image glitch

See DirectDraw troubleshooting

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	95
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90
System memory (RAM)	16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 MB