I don't have many people to play bomberman... I must know if there are many people like me.

I voted no, but it begs some explanation.

I've got a SNES and a Hudson multitap with five controllers, and every SNES/SFC Bomberman installment for variety. I've brought it to gatherings before, and people have played it. However, those gatherings no longer occur, and on the rare occasion that I've had a few people together, I'm not likely to bring the system and game(s). There are two basic reasons.

1) Nobody else around here that I know is really that into Bomberman. Some of them have enjoyed playing it a little, but they don't take great interest in it. This leads into...

2) I've been playing this game since I was a kid, and so playing against me isn't fun for the inexperienced. It's difficult to tone down my game in order to provide a more level playing field. Some games have handicaps, but even these can be overcome by tactics and other players' ineptitude. Nobody expresses any interest in playing if I try to just watch, either. This presents a conundrum by which it's difficult to teach people the game when I'm playing, but people won't play unless I am involved.

So, I've played with people sometimes, yeah. But not regularly. And they don't seem all that interested. Thus, a no.

With that being said, there are people on this forum who sometimes like to play Bomberman together online. Anyone reading this who isn't aware of this, maybe try hitting up the chat when people are around to see if someone wants to hook you up with a game. Keep in mind that time discrepencies and schedules and whatnot may make this more difficult than trying to find people to play with in person, though.

I suppose when the urge comes around I've got 2-3 people I can play the games with. Though in recent years it's a pretty uncommon urge.

I'm not really all the great at 2D bomberman games so I don't have an issue like plasm's I'm pretty good at Bomberman 64 since it plays a little differently. (I'm that douchebag that will knock you out and throw you off the stage.) With how much I played it with my relatives in our youth they got pretty decent at it too.

But yeah I've got at least 2 people I could play with IRL. A bunch of comps will fill the ranks for Saturn Bomberman. It's pretty fun even with only 3 humans and 5 comps.

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It's pretty difficult to find people who care about the series as much as I do. :/

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I don't even care about the series all that much anymore, beyond being a good party game. Just kind of never left after the BMO years.

I'm the opposite of fireball87 -- I only ever cared about Bomberman's single-player modes. Not that I don't have fun with multiplayer when I play it, because I do (how could anyone not), but gaming has primarily been a solitary activity for me. It's great being able to talk with people about games, but I don't really feel much of an urge to play games with said people. If it happens, it happens, and if doesn't, then it doesn't.

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No since I'm the only person in my family who can play video games regularly