Super Bomberman
FAQs/Walkthrough (half complete)
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Wrote by:  XiMagus
Email:     ximagus@hotmail.com
Web site:  www.bza.cjb.net
Version:   0.3
Updated:   August 29, 2001

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Index
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1. Copyright Information
2. Introduction
3. How to use this FAQs
4. Strategies
5. Story Mode
6. Battle Mode
7. Item List
8. Codes and Secrets
9. Conclusion and Credits

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1. Copyright Information
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This document was made by myself and should not be reproduced in 
any form to make a profit. You can however download the text file 
onto your computer or print it out, but you cannot change the 
file format or copy portions of this FAQs. This FAQs should only 
be posted on GameFAQs.com and nowhere else.

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2. Introduction
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Super Bomberman was one of the first Bomberman games I played and 
one of my favorites. I used to play this game all of the time. I 
could beat people in the Battle Mode and I believe that I 
developed a kind of skill and a style to how I played the game. 
That is probably my main reason for deciding to write a FAQs for 
this game. I saw the page and it looked very empty to me. I was 
disappointed (and a little excited) to see the FAQs page so empty 
for this game. So I made up my mind. I will write a FAQs for 
Super Bomberman.

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3. How to use this FAQs
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I have attempted to make this FAQs as simple as possible. Each 
section is labeled with a number and then the name of the 
section.

For the story section, I just go in order of levels. There is a 
particular level you are looking for, just search for that exact 
level.

(Ex. Search "1-1" for the first level.)

This works for every level except for the ones in world four. If 
you have gotten that far you would understand why.

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4. Strategies
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There are always strategies in any Bomberman game. Here I have 
noted some of the strategies that I use and some useful 
techniques to get on a path to victory.

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Bomb Awareness
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Do not stand in the path of a bomb blast, even if you think you 
know how far it will go. If at all possible, just get out of the 
row or column that a bomb is laid in. Sometimes other Bombermen 
will pick up a gold fire or some regular fires and you will not 
know about it. It is always wise to just expect bombs to be as 
big as they could be.

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Bomb Time
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This is another important thing to understand. Every bomb, as you 
can see, it breathes as I say. Usually the timing is around three 
seconds, but if you can follow how a bomb goes in and out and get 
the exact time of when it will explode, then there are very 
powerful techniques you can use. You could kick a bomb, and right 
as it gets to a Bomberman, then it would explode, or you could 
punch a bomb at a Bomberman, have it land on him, and then 
explode.

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Go For The Punch Or Kick
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The Punch item is probably one of the best items, because it 
allows you to get out of places when a bomb traps you. It will 
let you get out of the way of two bombs or more, unlike the kick 
that is only able to get you out of situations when you are 
trapped by one bomb. Also these are the only two items that allow 
you to move bombs around on the screen.

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5. Story Mode
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For the Story Mode, I will be going through each level one by 
one, telling the enemies in the level and some items you should 
find, and giving suggestions on how to get through the level. 
First, though, I should explain a couple of things and 
suggestions even before you get started with the story mode.

In the story mode, you move from room to room. Each room (except 
for boss rooms and world four) is filled with an amount of 
enemies and blocks that you can blow up and ones that you cannot. 
You can get out of the room by blowing up all of the enemies and 
finding the door (a blue square) and going into it. The door is 
always hidden underneath one of the blocks that you can blow up 
somewhere.

Also in each room you will have time limit before your Bomberman 
will expire. There are 14 blocks and each block has eight seconds 
on it.

Anyway, let's get onto the level-by-level walkthroughs.

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Level 1-1
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The first level is pretty simple. There are three enemies, red 
propeller guys. They only take one hit from a bomb blast to blow 
up and they should be pretty simple. Also you should find a bomb 
item or two, which will increase the number of bombs you can have 
on the screen at one time and you should find at least one fire 
item, which increases your bomb blast by one.

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Level 1-2
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Now there are a few more enemies. Well five total, two floating 
jelly guys and three red propellers. The only thing that is 
special about the floating jelly enemies is they take two bomb 
blasts to destroy.

I found a bomb and a roller skate (which increases your 
Bomberman's speed) in this level.

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Level 1-3
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There are nine potato rabbits in this stage (yes, I am creative). 
The enemies are pretty easy and only take one bomb blast to kill. 
The only thing different about these guys is that they are a 
little faster then the red propeller guys you fought before.

In this stage I found a kick item (lets you kick your bombs into 
foes), bomb item, and a fire item.

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Level 1-4
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Now there are six enemies in this stage, two red propeller guys, 
two floating jelly men, and two black floating bombs guys. The 
floating bomb guys are probably the hardest enemy in this stage 
since they have an attack. Then they stop floating they let out a 
bomb blast. They only take one hit, though and should not give 
you too much trouble.

Items that I found include: An invincible vest (makes you 
invincible for a limited amount of time) and a roller skate.

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Level 1-5
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For this level, the enemies include three black bombs, two red 
propellers, and a bomb eater. The bomb eater can eat your bombs 
so either use kick on it, or place your bombs in the right amount 
of distance where it will explode before he can get it to.

Items I found where, remote bombs (you can dentate your bombs 
when you want to, push B to do so) and a clock (which replenishes 
your time on your Bomberman).

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Level 1-6
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There are two black bombs, two floating jelly men, and two tanks. 
The tanks can shoot out a flame, but they only do so when they 
stop moving. The tanks take three hits, I think.

The only item I found was a wall walker, which let's you walk 
through blocks, but only the ones you can blow up with bomb 
blasts.

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Level 1-7
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This level includes three black floating bombs, and three tanks. 
Use the same strategy as before on these enemies.

I found an extra life and a bomb item in this level.

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Level 1-8
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The first boss is not too hard if you have kick and remote bombs 
still. All you have to do is kick a bomb at him and when it gets 
to him, detonate it. You have to watch out from standing right in 
front of him, because when he stops moving, it means he is going 
to hit you with his hammer, but he can only hit you with it if 
you are right in front of him. He takes ten hits to kill, and 
should not cause you too much trouble.

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Level 2-1
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There are eight new enemies in this level. Four spring guys, two 
face guys, and two teacup guys. They are all pretty simple and 
all of them only take one hit. The only challenging guys here are 
the teacups. They have wall walker and can go through blocks.

Items I found include a bomb item and a clock.

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Level 2-2
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There are four teacup guys and three bomb guys. I have already 
explained about these enemies beforehand.

The items I found in this level include a punch (lets you punch 
bombs three spaces) and a bomb walker (lets you walk through 
bombs, but not the bombs that are enemies themselves. Also when 
you get this item it cancels out the kick item and visa versa.)

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Level 2-3
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In this level there are three face guys, three springs, and one 
floor ship. The floor ship is the only new enemy. They travel 
slowly, but they take a couple of hits to kill.

I found a fire, a bomb, and a remote bomb items.

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Level 2-4
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There are three black bomb guys, two floating jelly men, and 
three yellow changing orbs. The changing orbs are not very hard, 
but they have wall walker, and when they stop moving, they change 
into a block and disappear. If you look closely you can still see 
their eyes though, and they do not move around when they are 
invisible.

Items I found were wall walker and an invincible vest.

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Level 2-5
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In this level there are three springs and four coins. The coins 
are one of the worst enemies in the game by my opinion. They move 
fast and they can move through walls. I suggest attempting to 
kill them while you are still invincible since they only take one 
hit to kill.

Items I found were a bomb, a fire, and a roller skate.

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Level 2-6
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Enemies for this level are three face guys, two springs, and two 
red bombs. You have to be careful with the red bombs, since their 
blast does not stop when it hits a block or another bomb. They 
only take one hit, though.

Items I found were a kick and a punch.

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Level 2-7
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The hard part about this level is that the blocks that you can 
explode go invisible and then reappear constantly. You cannot 
travel through the blocks when they are invisible, so you just 
have to keep track of them, unless you have a wall walker item.

In this level the enemies are two teacups, two springs, and three 
bomb eaters.

The items I remember finding in this level were two roller 
skates.

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Level 2-8
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The second boss you have to face is the clown. He can be hard, 
but of course not if you have a punch or kick and a remote bomb 
item. The easiest thing to do is to punch or kick bombs into his 
direction since it is not too hard to hit him. You have to be 
careful because when you hit him there are eight electric shocks 
that come out of him and you have to dodge them. He takes 18 
hits, so be careful.

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More to come...

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6. Battle Mode
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The Battle Mode is my favorite way to play Super Bomberman by 
far. This is where you can play against your friends or computer 
players. It is always fun to be able to beat your friends in a 
competition because then you can laugh at them. The computer 
usually plays the same way, and once you get used to how the 
computer plays, then it is easy to beat computer players.

Usually how I set up my battles, I add in all of my friends that 
will be playing, and then any spots that are not filled (there 
are four), then I will add computer players until I have four 
Bomberman on the screen. I also always set the computer level to 
ten, since I think this is the hardest the computer can get.

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7. Item List
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There are many items to be got in Bomberman. I hopefully can tell 
you about all of them in this game. This list will be in 
alphabetical order by what I call the item (I do not know the 
official names).

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Bomb
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This lets you lay one extra bomb on the screen at a time. I think 
you can have a maximum of eight bombs on the screen at one time, 
but you would have to collect seven of these to be able to do 
that.

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Bomb Walker
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This will let you walk through bombs. When you grab it, if you 
already have a kick, then you will loose kick and have this 
ability instead.

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Clock
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This will give your Bomberman full time again in the story mode.

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Extra Bomberman
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This will give you an extra life in the story mode.

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Fire
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A fire or flame as I sometimes call them adds to the blast of 
your bombs. With each one of these picked up, it will add one 
extra square to your blast.

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Invincible Vest
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An invincible vest allows your Bomberman to be invincible of a 
limited time.

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Kick
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The kick item is a useful one. With this, you can kick a bomb, 
which will cause it to travel in a straight path, until it hits 
something or until you hit the "X" or "R" button. When you grab 
this item, if you have the bomb walker ability, then you will 
loose that ability and have this one instead.

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Punch
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This is one of my favorite items (next to remote bombs). It will 
allow you to get out of situations when two or more bombs trap 
you. What you do is hit "Y" and your Bomberman will punch the 
bomb over three spaces. Also if a bomb that you punched lands on 
another Bomberman it will stall him for a second.

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Remote Bomb
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This is a very good item to have. With it, you can choose when 
your bomb will explode. Just hit the "B" button when you are 
ready for your bomb to explode. It goes in order of when you laid 
the bombs. The first bomb you lay when you have several on the 
screen will explode first. To make other bombs explode, just hit 
"B" for the next one, etc.

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Roller Skate
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This will let your Bomberman walk faster. The most of these you 
pick up, the faster your Bomberman will walk.

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Wall Walker
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This item allows you to walk through the blocks that you could 
normally explode with a bomb blast.

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8. Codes and Secrets
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There are only two codes I know for this game. They are shown 
below.

Shrunken Bomberman
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On the code screen enter the code "5656". All of the Bomberman 
will be really small.

Sound Test
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If you have a multitap for the SNES, plug in a controller to the 
player 5 spot. When the title screen with the options appears hit 
R (on top) on that controller and a sound test option will 
appear.

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9. Conclusion and Credits
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I know this FAQs/Walkthrough is still incomplete, but I will work 
on it more and more in the future. I have run out of some time, 
so when I get a vacation, I shall come back to it and finish it 
up.

I would like to thank a friend of mine that has helped me on 
playing through most of the story mode. I believe he posts on the 
GameFAQs boards under BurntToast, but I am not completely sure of 
this. I will make sure to go and ask him about it.

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~ Fin
