Bomberman[a], also known as Dyna Blaster in Europe, is an action-maze video game originally developed and published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in Japan on 7 December 1990 and later in North America for the TurboGrafx-16 by NEC in 1991.

[3] Atsuo Nagata and Yūji Muroya served as co-programmers, while Hideyuki Ogura and Mika Sasaki created the pixel art.

[4][citation needed] In Europe, the title was released for the Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS by Ubi Soft as Dyna Blaster due to the European mainstream media associating the original name with terrorist bombings.

[15] Both Martin Weidner and Stefan Hellert of German magazine Mega Fun gave the PC Engine original a positive outlook.

[16] Japanese readers of the magazine PC Engine Fan voted to give the game a 23.78 out of 10 score, ranking at the number 51 spot, indicating a large popular following.

[22] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment's Joshua Mandel commended the cartoony graphics and sound effects but criticized the single-player's short length.

[28][29][30][31][32] Amiga Action's Jason Simmons praised the graphics, sound and combination of puzzle and arcade elements, stating that "the simplest games are often the best and this is definitively the case with Dyna Blaster.

[35] Amiga Mania's Ashley Cotter-Cairns praised the fast gameplay, sound and graphics but criticized the longevity of the game, stating that "Dynablaster won't hold your attention for very long.

[37] CU Amiga's Dan Slingsby praised the graphics, sound, longevity, playability and frantic multiplayer but admitted that the stages in single player mode eventually become boring.

[39] Winfried Forster of German magazine Power Play was conflicted in regards to both graphics and sound but commended the gameplay and multiplayer component.

[50] PC Games's Oliver Menne criticized the sound and felt mixed in regards to the graphics but praised the gameplay and originality highly.

[51] Richard Löwenstein of German magazine PC Joker felt mixed about the port but rated it slightly higher than Kingsoft's Bug Bomber.