Silent Bomber (PS1)

[Megamixer]

Been going through my collection of unplayed PS1 games and got to Silent Bomber. All I can say is "wow". The visuals are clearly 32bit and jaggy (but quite acceptable) but everything shifts at a really quick pace with zero slowdown no matter the number of enemies and explosions.

Talking of the explosions, they are surely the biggest and most enjoyable thumping blasts in a game with the pad vibration going into overdrive whenever something huge goes up

There are a variety of power-up bombs too that have different effects such as napalm, gravity (sucks enemies in and they swirl around for a bit) and a paralysis bomb which temporarily disables enemies.

It's a difficult game at points and pretty hardcore but such good fun. Anybody else really enjoy Silent Bomber?

[shiftytigger]

I remember a demo on one of the magazine discs and really enjoyed it.

When I trimmed down my PS1 collection I kept this as I always intended to return , despite getting stuck on something really early on that was probably really easy (I did the same with C12 ) but I just couldn't figure it out and it annoyed me that I couldn't see it.

I liked the lock on style , a bit like Afterburner/Panzer Dragoon and a little bomberman style planning too. Not sure it was much of a hit but I still have a soft spot for it.

[gman72]

Yeah, I enjoyed that one too. Sold my entire collection of PS1 tunes a few months ago but I can remember Silent Bomber as a stand out title.

[NickThorpe]

Big fan of Silent Bomber, and I was extremely pleased to see it voted into our Top 25 PlayStation Games feature. Not just pleased, but surprised, given the omission of more obvious choices such as Crash Bandicoot.

[Grizzly]

Excellent game. If only Hudson could have evolved Bomberman into something as enjoyable as this.

[TheVision]

I loved Silent Bomber but never actually completed it. It was quite long if I remember.

It's a shame that it's reliant on the dual analogue sticks as that means I can't play it on a modded PSP.

[Megamixer]

I loved Silent Bomber but never actually completed it. It was quite long if I remember.

It's a shame that it's reliant on the dual analogue sticks as that means I can't play it on a modded PSP.

The right stick isn't actually used (I just checked the manual for reference). Movement is controlled by the left stick as is aiming

Mission-wise, I believe there are 26 to complete. I think I'm on the 11th or 12th - something in that region.

[Megamixer]

And now a disaster! Game refuses to load the cutscene after the Mission 11 boss (which took a lot of retries for me to beat I might add) and hangs on a black screen. Reset the console and fought my way through the entire level and boss battle again but the same thing happened.

Had a look on the internet and apparently this was a common problem with this game even back on release. Guess I have a bugged copy that wasn't replaced then! Bah.

[GigaPepsiMan]

That's pretty bad. What version of the game do you have? I played the play.it budget range version and that worked perfectly.

[Megamixer]

That's pretty bad. What version of the game do you have? I played the play.it budget range version and that worked perfectly.

Original release. I couldn't find the forum/site that I looked at yesterday but somebody claimed they had to return the game four times to get a working copy back in 1999! I'm assuming the issue would certainly have been fixed for the re-release and that there must just have been a large batch of faulty pressings. With it being a pretty hardcore game, I wouldn't be surprised if people gave up before Mission 11 and shelved it without ever returning it to the store for a replacement (or knowing that they needed to).

[Black Ridge]

I really enjoyed what I played of it but never got that far. I was also impressed by the demo years ago

My brother said he had a problem with the game but I'm sure it was much later on?

[Megamixer]

I really enjoyed what I played of it but never got that far. I was also impressed by the demo years ago

My brother said he had a problem with the game but I'm sure it was much later on?

All I know is that every hit when I search for the freezing glitch mentions Mission 11. There are 26 overall I think.

[Shinobi]

And now a disaster! Game refuses to load the cutscene after the Mission 11 boss (which took a lot of retries for me to beat I might add) and hangs on a black screen. Reset the console and fought my way through the entire level and boss battle again but the same thing happened.

Had a look on the internet and apparently this was a common problem with this game even back on release. Guess I have a bugged copy that wasn't replaced then! Bah.

A similar thing happen to me mine was a promo version I had off a friend who worked in Game, can't remember what level it was as its been a while.. Have you played Red Star I think it was done by the same people... Saw Silent Bomber in a charity shop last week but didn't pick it up due to it being known to crash I wonder if the platinium/budget release solves the mission 11 bug..

[GigaPepsiMan]

And now a disaster! Game refuses to load the cutscene after the Mission 11 boss (which took a lot of retries for me to beat I might add) and hangs on a black screen. Reset the console and fought my way through the entire level and boss battle again but the same thing happened.

Had a look on the internet and apparently this was a common problem with this game even back on release. Guess I have a bugged copy that wasn't replaced then! Bah.

A similar thing happen to me mine was a promo version I had off a friend who worked in Game, can't remember what level it was as its been a while.. Have you played Red Star I think it was done by the same people... Saw Silent Bomber in a charity shop last week but didn't pick it up due to it being known to crash I wonder if the platinium/budget release solves the mission 11 bug..

Yeah it does. THe budget label version I had worked perfectly.

[shiftytigger]

Maybe the glitch is why I haven't been back to it. It's been a while and I do remember being very frustrated by it.

Is there any way to transfer game saves from PS1 Memory card to PS3? Could save me some hassles on other games.