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Bump 'n' Jump (USA)

NES / Famicom
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1988
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✪ Reviewed on June 16, 2024
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Bump 'n' Jump is a Data East arcade racing game ported to NES with its vehicle jumping to crash and crush opposing cars on cluttered roads. The representation offers vertical scrolling and strategic jumps in an original arcade formula. Honest for NES arcade fans, classic of the atypical 8 bit racing genre.

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Category
Racing 1 player 3+ Co-op
Description
Top-down arcade driving where jumping over rivals and obstacles becomes a strategy. Published by Vic Tokai, released in 1988 in the USA. Conversion of the Data East arcade hit. North American release.

Bump 'n' Jump review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
3/5
Music
★★★★★
"Memorable"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,03 MB 📅01/07/1988
Published by Vic Tokai

Bump 'n' Jump (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $10 Q6 complete
 $48 Q10 new
 $448 !
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Collector interest

Vic Tokai's NES take on Data East's arcade hit. As a third-party 1988 title, loose copies circulate freely while sealed ones thin out fast, which drives the steep new-condition figure. Its pull is the cult of this overhead drive-and-jump hybrid among arcade-conversion fans, not genuine scarcity. A modest entry whose appeal rests on the surviving shrink-wrapped pool rather than print size.

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