Saturn Bomberman

The Good
This is the best bomberman conversion released so far. There is no doubting this, a single player mode so rich in graphical and gameplay detail. You get to shoot cannons, with amazing bosses. Sure the storyline isn't up to much but the game is superb, and 2 player co op as well. It has a time challenge mode where you strife to beat past times and scores, and you get rated virtua fighter 2 style. But the best part is the multiplayer. Sure it was online in its NTSC version, but thats not the point. The best part is taking it round your friends with a couple of multitaps and playing up to 10 player bomb fests, full of minigames, interactive levels (football anyone?), a large variety of characters and the ability to store your players stats over several games so everyone knows who killed everyone else, just so you can rub it in. Truely an amazing feat not yet surpassed on the multiplayer front, i would rate death tanks zwei the same but nothing beats it. You can play people thousands of miles away but its more fun to be able to shout in their faces, close and personal.

The Bad
Not being able to save your stats permanently like in death tanks. Not enough multiplayer levels, or large enough variety of mini games. More co operative stuff needed like in time attack. I'm just picking at very small things really.

The Bottom Line
Thinking of splashing out buying a bomberman game or another multiplayer game? Don't. Get yourself a Saturn, a multitap or 2 and a whole load of controllers. Find some friends and relive the 2d prowess of the mighty Saturn. It may even cost less than a new game.