Games SEGA DREAMCAST BOMBERMAN ONLINE User Manual

Bomberman Online is a memory card [sold separately] compatible game.
With this game, at least 6 blocks of free memory spaces are required to
save game file. While saving or loading, never turn the Dreamcast power
OFF, attempt to remove the memory card or disconnect the controller con­taining the memory card.

Thank you for purchasing Bomberman
Online. Please note that this software
is designed only for use with the
Dreamcast console. Be sure to read
this instruction manual thoroughly
before you start playing Bomberman
Online.

CONTENTS

STORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

STARTING THE GAME . . . . . . . 3

CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ITEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

RULES OF THE GAME . . . . . . . 8

GAME MODES . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

NORMAL GAME . . . . . . . . . . . 14

BATTLE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

EXTRAS BOX . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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STORY STARTING THE GAME

SETTING UP

Bomberman Online is a one to four player game. For 1P play (Normal
Game) and menu control, connect the Dreamcast Controller to the con­trol port A. With Battle Game (p.15) you may connect the controllers for
other players in any vacant ports, but with online play you must connect
them in order.

CAUTION

Never touch the Analog Thumb Pad or the Triggers L/R while turning
the Dreamcast power ON. Doing so may disrupt the controller initializa­tion procedure and result in malfunction.

MEMORY CARD

The game data is saved to and loaded from the memory card inserted
to the Expansion Socket 1 of the Dreamcast Controller, connected to the
Control Port A. The save file will not be created if the memory card is not
connected there.

JUMP PACK™

To use the Jump Pack (sold separately) when playing, please make sure
to insert it into Expansion Socket 2 of the Dreamcast Controller.

There is a small island on the southern sea of the planet Bomber,
called “Quintet Island.” Once every four years, a large-scaled
Bomber Battle Festival is held on this island.

They call it the “BOMB-A-LYMPICS.”

The Champion of the planet is decided for each of five Bomber
Events, and the winner is given a Sacred Gold Medal.

...Deep inside the forest of this island,
you see a sight of Bomberman training hard under the waterfall.

To prepare himself for the new battle...

“When one gains all Sacred Gold Medals, a way to Master
Bomberman shall open.”

Believing in the ancient legend of the island, Bomberman chal­lenges 5 Champion Teams all by himself...

DREAMCAST KEYBOARD

You can use the Dreamcast Keyboard (sold separately) to chat with
other participants online. To use the Dreamcast Keyboard, connect it as
the last peripheral of the order.

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CONTROLS

DREAMCAST CONTROLLER

X BUTTON

Punch/Line Bomb

A BUTTON

Set a bomb

Power Glove

Enter Selection

B BUTTON

Cancel selection

Kick stop

Y BUTTON

Not Used

TRIGGER R

Adjust power for Bomber

Karate Mini Game

Display names during

Online Play

START BUTTON

Pause the game

D-PAD

Control your character

Select menu/stage

ANALOG THUMB PAD

Control your character

TRIGGER L

Not Used

Use the Analog Thumb Pad/D-Pad to move your character on the field.
The basic object of the game is to place the bomb on the field and blast
your opponents.

Anywhere on the field, press A to place a bomb. The bomb will explode
after a given period of time, horizontally and vertically in a given length.

If there is a soft block in the way of an explosion, it will be destroyed,
making an open space for the player to move around. Some of the soft
blocks may contain a power up item (p.6).

Don’t place the bombs recklessly though. You may wind up blasting
yourself.

The button assignments shown above are default setting. You can reconfigure button assign­ments in the Options setting. To soft-reset the Dreamcast and return to the title screen during
gameplay, simultaneously press and hold the A, B, X, Y and START buttons.

PAUSE MENU

During the game, press the Start Button to pause the game and display a
Pause Menu. Either select Return or press the Start Button again to
resume the game. Select Exit Game to quit the game.

CONTROLLING BOMBERMAN

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LINE BOMB

After you place a bomb (when you and the bomb are on the same space), press X to place as
many bombs you can place in the direction you are facing (up to the place where there is an
obstacle such as soft block, hard block, wall, bomb or item.

BOUNCING BOMB

When you either kick or throw this bomb, the bomb will bounce around randomly until it
explodes.

SKULL

Your character becomes stricken with one of the following sicknesses for a given amount of
time.

SPRINT SICKNESS . . . . . . . Radically increases Bomberman’s speed.

SLUGGISH SICKNESS . . . . Radically decreases Bomberman’s speed.

DIARRHEA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sets bombs uncontrollably.

PARALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disallows the setting of bombs.

MINIMAL SICKNESS . . . . . . Decreases the range of explosion to the minimum.

CAN’T STOP SICKNESS . . Bomberman will not be able to stop moving until he runs into an

obstacle.

REVERSE SICKNESS . . . . . Reverses the control of Bomberman.

SHORT FUSE SICKNESS . . Causes the time it takes for a set bombs to explode to decrease.
LONG FUSE SICKNESS . . . Causes the time it takes for a set bombs to explode to increase.

ITEMS

The following power up (down) items may appear whenever you destroy
a soft block.

FIRE

The area where your bomb explodes increases.

BOMB

The amount of bombs you can place increases by one.

SPEED

The speed of your character increases.

KICK

Run into the bomb to kick it. The bomb will slide until either it hits an obstacle (soft block, hard
block, wall, bomb or other player) or when you press B.

POWER GLOVE

After you place a bomb (when you and the bomb are on the same space), press A to hold the
bomb up, and release A to throw the bomb to the direction you are facing. While holding the
bomb, you can also move around the field.

PUNCH

Stand next to the bomb, facing it, and press X to punch the bomb 3 spaces ahead.

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HYPER BOMBER RULE

Collect three “target panels” hidden inside the various soft blocks, and enter the center gate to
win. When your opponents collect the “target panels”, use the bomb to blast them, and they will
release them on the battlefield. In this rule, when you are blasted, you do not lose; you are sim­ply sent back to the starting position, but you lose all your items.

Center Gate

RULES OF THE GAME

There are five different battle rules in this game.

SURVIVAL RULE

It’s an all-time favorite, classic Bomberman rule, where you place a bomb on the field and blast
your opponents to win. There are item panels hidden inside some of the soft blocks. Collect
them to power Bomberman up.

Time Remaining Number of

Matches Won

Target Panel

Time Remaining

Number of
Matches Won