Mighty Bomb Jack

• Title — Mighty Bomb Jack • Developer — Tecmo • Publisher — Tecmo Nintendo (arcade) • Director — Hideo Yoshizawa • Composer — Tsukasa Masuko Michiharu Hasuya • Platforms — Arcade, NES, Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 • Released — NES'Arcade (VS. Mighty Bomb Jack) • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Nintendo VS. System

Jack, the protagonist of the game, must make his way through 16 levels set within a pyramid in order to defeat the demon Belzebut and rescue the royal Pamera family.

• Illustration — An action zone (NES version). The blue character in the center is Jack, the player character. Each level is split into two parts; an action zone and a Royal Palace room. The mechanics and level designs of the Royal Palace rooms are directly lifted from Bomb Jack. Action zones can be split up into several portions and contain power-ups usually hidden in treasure chests such as money bags, Mighty Coins and Mighty Drinks. Mighty Coins allow Jack to change colors; blue allows Jack to open orange treasure chests, orange allows him to open any treasure chest by simply touching it from the side, and green transforms all enemies on the screen into coins for 5 seconds. Mighty Drinks add 10 seconds to the game's timer. Secret passages can also be found in the action zones, activated by finding a Sphinx in a visible or hidden treasure chest. To prevent the player from becoming too "greedy", the game automatically sends the player to a Torture Room if they obtain more than 9 Mighty Coins or 99 seconds on the game's timer. The only way to escape a Torture Room without losing a life is to complete a number of jumps, which are counted down on the screen. Once the player exits the Torture Room, Jack automatically loses all Mighty Coins, the timer is reset to 60 seconds, and the game recommences from the beginning of the current level.

The game was directed by Hideo Yoshizawa. It was his debut title as a game director. Within PAL-A regions, the NES version was only released in Australia. The NES version was released on the Virtual Console on May 7, 2007 for the Wii, on December 6, 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS and on January 23, 2014 for the Wii U. It was released on the Nintendo Classics service in November 2018. There was also a board game adaptation released by Bandai in 1986. An arcade version for the Nintendo VS. System was released by Nintendo in Japan.

A Nintendo VS. System version of the game was released in 1986 for the Japanese market (not to be confused with the original dedicated arcade version). Differences between the original and VS. versions include adding a two-player mode, changing the locations of some secret passages and removing a warp in the Royal Palace rooms.