[2][3][4] It is one of two games in the Bomberman franchise that was released for the Neo Geo platform, the first being Panic Bomber, and the only one to retain its traditional top-down gameplay.

In this, players take control of the titular characters with the main objective of destroying all of the monsters filling the playfield by placing bombs.

[8] To aid in destroying monsters, players can bomb Soft Blocks which may uncover useful items.

The game allows up to two players to play through the single-player campaign cooperatively, but like most other entries, there is also a battle mode.

[7][9] In battle mode, a player can select one of ten different characters and face off against up to three computer-controlled opponents for five rounds in four different arenas.