MobyRank MobyScore
Atari ST
...
3.9
Amiga
...
3.8
ZX Spectrum
...
4.2

Description

In Bomb Jack, the player controls Jack, who must collect all the bombs in order to complete the current round and go onto the next one. This sounds easy, right? Wrong! Making Jack's task difficult are numerous enemies such as birds, mummies, turtles, and orbs.

In each round, collecting a number of bombs results in a bonus coin appearing, and collecting this coin will make the player's score increase 2 to 4 times. More often than not, the "power ball" appears, and when you collect this, you can defeat enemies and have more time to collect all the bombs. There is also the "E" coin, which gives Jack one additional life, but rarely does this coin appear.

The more you progress through the game, the more difficult it becomes, as enemies travel more quickly to get you.

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User Reviews

A truly classic arcade game brought to life superbly ZX Spectrum Martin Smith (64035)
A little different to the coin-op, but just as much fun! Commodore 64 pottyboy (67)

The Press Says

Your Sinclair ZX Spectrum May, 1986 9 out of 10 90
Pocket Gamer UK J2ME May 07, 2005 6 out of 10 60

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Trivia

The A BGM of the original arcade game is in fact a cover of the theme song of the animated TV series Spoon obasan (Mrs. Pepperpot), sung by Mari Iijima.


This entry was contributed by B.L. Stryker (19778), Kabushi (48044), Martin Smith (64035), festershinetop Bronze Star Contributing Member (8823), Eric THOMMEROT (1415), Servo (51486) and Black Wolf (37232)
 

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