Best Arcade Games Like Bomberman 64

The best arcade games like Bomberman 64 are Saturn Bomberman, Super Bomberman R 2 and TowerFall Ascension. Below are 7, each with the reason it is here — and, at the end, what filtering to arcade costs you.

Why Arcade Is a Good Answer for Bomberman 64

Filtering to arcade means you want short runs and a score, not a campaign. It is the right filter when what you liked was the one-more-go feeling.

What you get: A complete experience in twenty minutes, and a skill you keep. Arcade design is measured in the moment after you lose.

What made Bomberman 64 worth playing in the first place is covered on the full list. This page is the arcade part of that answer, and only the arcade part.

7 Arcade Games Like Bomberman 64

  1. 1. Saturn Bomberman

    Ten players on one screen, and the best of the 2D entries.

  2. 2. Super Bomberman R 2

    The modern entry, and it still works at four players.

  3. 3. TowerFall Ascension

    Four players, one arrow each, and the fastest local matches there are.

  4. 4. Power Stone 2

    Four-player arena chaos where the stage is a weapon.

  5. 5. Super Smash Bros

    The party fighter with the most staying power.

  6. 6. ChuChu Rocket

    Grid-based multiplayer sabotage at speed.

  7. 7. Mario Party 4

    The other four-player mainstay of that era.

What This Filter Leaves Out

Story and progression. Arcade games repeat on purpose, and if you want to be pulled somewhere they will not do it.

Specifically, these are strong answers for Bomberman 64 that are not arcade games, so they are not on this page:

The full list is on games like Bomberman 64 — 9 picks, no genre filter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best arcade game like Bomberman 64?

Saturn Bomberman. Ten players on one screen, and the best of the 2D entries.

Are all of these on the Nintendo 64?

No. Bomberman 64 released on the Nintendo 64, but a recommendation is only useful if you can play it, so the picks above span platforms and eras. What they share is the genre and the reason.

Why are arcade games so hard?

They were designed to end. A machine that let you play for an hour on one coin did not earn its floor space, so difficulty was the business model.

Do arcade games still get made?

Constantly, mostly by small teams. Several of the best beat-em-ups and run-and-guns of the last decade are new games built on forty-year-old design rules.

How are these chosen?

By hand. Each pick was written for the full Bomberman 64 list first, on what the game actually does, and this page is the part of that list that is arcade — never a genre tag lookup, which is how "best racing games like Super Mario 64" used to be a page on this site.

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Or read the arcade guide for where to start in the genre generally.