Hmm, I'd say my first time playing one of the bomberman games was year 1996/7.
I tended to stay alittle behind everyone else getting new video game systems, so I had alot of old stuff till year 2001 in which my family could begin affording better stuff more often.
Truthfully, other than an NES game, the only other bomberman game I played was for the N64, but N64 is like, my favorite old console, as I still consider dreamcast a bit new. I also played other things...