is a video game franchise created by Yuji Tanaka, Toshiyuki Sasagawa, and Shinichi Nakamoto while at Hudson Soft. The franchise is owned by Konami following its acquisition of Hudson Soft in 2011.
The franchise began with the game which was released in Japan on July 1983 and internationally in 1984. , the most recent installment is Super Bomberman Collection.
Games
The first installment in the franchise, Bomb-Man, was originally developed for the Sharp X1 by programmer Yuji Tanaka while working at Hudson Soft. Gameplay involves traversing a maze to defeat balloon-shaped enemies using time bombs. After being ported to more platforms, including the PC-88, the game was released in Japan on July 1983. The game was released internationally the following year with the name Eric And The Floaters; the international name was chosen to avoid any controversy in using the word "bomb".