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Bomb Jack

PlatformArcade

Released

Mar 1984

Exact day not announced

Platforms
  • Arcade
  • PC-9800 Series
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. 1996
    • PC-9800 Series
  2. Mar 1984
    • Arcade

About

The player controls Jack, a superhero who can leap and glide. Someone has planted 24 bombs at famous tourist sites (the Sphinx and Great Pyramids, the Acropolis, Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, and two cityscapes resembling Miami Beach and Hollywood, which appear only as screen backgrounds rather than unique game locations). Jack must fly around the screen to collect the bombs. Each screen uses a different configuration of platforms upon which Jack may run and jump. Eventually, the levels reoccur a number of times with increasing difficulty.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 9 players
Main story
39 min
Main + extras
2 h
Completionist
4 h

Reviews

Critics (IGDB)80/1001 review
IGDB players71/10024 ratings

Game info

Released
1984 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer
Perspective
Side view
Multiplayer
  • Local up to 2

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Languages

1 language
English
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
EnglishEnglish (US)––

Themes & tags

Release dates by region

2 releases in 1 region

japan

The Bomb Jack series

All 13 games
  1. This gameBomb Jack1984
  2. Mighty Bomb Jack1986
  3. Bomb Jack II1986
  4. Bomb Jack Twin1993

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Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.