Bomb It is the first title in the Bomb It series. It is a Flash game developed by Zlong Games and published by Spil Games and released on November 16th, 2006. It is followed by Bomb It 2. The entire Bomb It series was ported to HTML5 in 2017 by Orange Games (now known as Azerion Causal Games) and Cangrejo Ideas, accompanied by minor visual and gameplay changes.
Controls[]
Singleplayer[]
- Arrow keys: Move up, down, left or right
- Spacebar: Drop bomb/Use weapon
Player 1[]
- WASD: Move up, down, left or right
- Spacebar: Drop bomb/Use weapon
Player 2[]
- Arrow keys: Move up, down, left or right
- Enter key: Drop bomb/Use weapon
Gameplay[]
Gameplay resembles the classic Bomberman series from which it draws inspiration. Unlike later installments in the Bomb It series, only a single game mode is available.
4 players compete in a single screen arena with a randomized wall layout. 2 Player local coop play is supported with two sets of controls on the same device, whilst the other players are ai-controlled.
Players are equipped with bombs which can be dropped on the player's current tile. These explode in a cross pattern after a countdown, destroying walls, other players and items. Bombs are also set off when in contact with another explosion. Weapons and other power-ups have a chance of appearing on the destruction of a wall.
The game lasts 15 levels on easy, 20 levels on normal, and 25 levels on hard. The HTML5 version lasts infinite levels on all difficulties. Each level is won by eliminating all opponents. The player loses the level if their chosen robot got defeated or the 3 minute timer reaches 0 while not having the highest score. Upon losing, the same level is repeated.
Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties are available. The player starts with a shield on easy while the AI players can only pick up certain items on normal and all items on hard.
Power-Ups[]
Power-Ups are instantly applied to the player on pickup.
- Bomb +1: Increases the number of bombs you can drop simultaneously by 1.
- Bigger Explosion: Increases the blast radius of your bombs by 1 tile.
- Walk Faster: Increases your movement speed.
- Life +1: Gives you one extra life.
- Protection Shield: Gives you a shield that can take 1 hit before it's destroyed.
- Push Bomb: Grants you the power of pushing bombs which the bomb instantly explodes upon wall collision.
Weapons[]
Weapons are instantly equipped to the player on pickup. They have a fixed number of uses before returning to the default weapon. Only the default bomb explodes into adjacent tiles. Weapons can damage the user.
- Freeze: Spreads ice 3 tiles along, freezing enemies in contact. (1 Use)
- Fire: Set fire to 3 tiles along, destroying anything on them. (2 Uses)
- Rocket: Launch a rocket which explodes on impact. (2 Uses)
- Grenade: Throw grenade over 1 wall tile, exploding on impact.
- Mine Bomb: Place bomb which becomes invisible and detonates on contact. Does not activate on contact with the placer. (1 use)
- Confuse Enemy: Place a canister which becomes invisible and slows an enemy for 20 seconds on contact. Does not activate on contact with the placer. (2 Uses)