Bonk's Revenge

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TurboGrafx-16 PC Engine
Bonk's Revenge
System(s): PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console (Wii, Wii U), Windows 8
Publisher: Hudson Soft NEC Technologies Konami
Developer: Hudson Soft, Red
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-07-19 ¥5,8005,800 HC91043 US 1991-08 TGX040058 JP ▼ 2007-04-10 600pts600 US ▼ 2007-04-16 600pts600 EU ▼ 2007-04-13 600pts600 AU ▼ 2007-07-27 600pts600 JP ▼ 2014-03-12 ¥588 (617)617i US ▼ 2017-05-04 $5.995.99 EU ▼ 2017-06-01 €5.995.99 DE ▼ 2017-06-01 €5.995.99 UK ▼ 2017-06-01 £5.395.39 JP ▼ 2013-12-13 ¥276 (290)290i
Non-NEC versions Game Boy Super Game Boy

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Bonk's Revenge, known as PC Genjin 2 (PC原人2) in Japan, is a platform action game developed by Red for the PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16, and a direct sequel to Bonk's Adventure.

Story

Evil King Drool III, grandson of the original King Drool from Bonk's Adventure, is out for Bonk, and has captured the missing half of the moon. Bonk must defeat him and return the top half of the moon back to its rightful place.

Gameplay

Bonk's Revenge follows the same platform gameplay as its predecessor in which Bonk progresses between levels and fights enemies with his head. The controls are the same in that the D-Pad moves Bonk left and right, Ⅰ makes Bonk jump, and Ⅱ will make Bonk perform a headbutt on the ground, while Ⅱ in mid-air makes Bonk peform a dive-bombing attack or spin in the air to slow his descent when pressed repeatedly. Walls can be climbed by jumping towards them and repeatedly pressing Ⅰ. Bonk can power himself up with meat to increase his attack power and abilities in the same way as the previous game, however this time his third power level replaces his ground headbutt with a fire-breathing attack. When Bonk runs out of health, he can be revived on the spot by pressing  RUN  after he falls unconscious, providing the player has extra lives remaining.

After defeating the boss at the end of a round, Bonk will be able to board the Monster Train if he has collected enough Smiley Faces, with the quality and length of the train increasing the more Smiley Faces Bonk has found. These trains are occupied by friendly dinosaurs that will reward Bonk with different bonus items depending on their colour, such as lives and extra hearts.

Bonk's Revenge offers three difficulty modes which the player can choose from at the beginning of the game, each one giving the player different starting hearts but only allowing them to play up to a specific round, with the game ending and returning the player to the mode select screen, encouraging them to start again at a higher difficulty level. The available difficulty levels are as follows:

• Practice: Bonk starts with 8 hearts, and only the first round can be played.
• Intermediate: Bonk starts with 5 hearts, and the game ends after the fourth round.
• Expert: Bonk starts with 3 hearts, and the full game can be played.

Items

	Small Meat
	Increases Bonk's power level by one.
	Large Meat
	Increases Bonk's power level by two.
	Junk Food
	Awards a varying amount of points from 100 to 1,000 depending on the food item.
	Life Fruit
	Refills Bonk's health by a small portion of a heart and awards 200 points.
	Small Heart
	Refills Bonk's health by a full heart.
	Big Heart
	Completely refills Bonk's health.
	Crystal Heart
	Permanently increases Bonk's maximum health by one heart, up to a maximum of eight hearts.
	Propeller Flower Seed
	Seeds with flower heads will transport Bonk to a bonus round, while seeds with sprouted heads will allow Bonk to fly by holding Ⅰ.
	Smiley Face
	Collecting these will allow Bonk to board the Monster Train at the end of a round.
	Smiley Face
	Collecting these will allow Bonk to board the Monster Train at the end of a round.
	Little Bonk
	Awards an extra life.

Flora Springers

Special flowers known as Flora Springers can be jumped on for items or additional effects, however some of them may be Venus Bonktraps in disguise that will attack Bonk when stepped on.

	Yellow
	Can be used as a springboard to reach high places. Also known as a Floret Sprung.
	Pink
	Releases fruit or hearts when jumped on.
	Red
	Releases meat or a Proeller Seed when jumped on.
	Green
	Releases an extra life or a Crystal Heart when jumped on.
	Blue
	Releases an extra life or a Big Heart when jumped on.

Rounds

	Round 1
	Round 2
	Round 3
	Round 4
	Round 5
	Round 6
	Round 7

Bonus rounds

Eight types of bonus rounds can be found by collecting certain Propeller Flower Seeds throughout the game and often require the player to collect fruit and Smiley Faces. Collecting every item in a bonus round will award a perfect bonus of 10,000 points.

	Flower Bounce
	Cloud Clear
	Eruption
	Bonking Up
	Cave Leap
	Slip Zone
	Cave-Vandal
	Piranha Lift

History

Legacy

Bonk's Revenge would see various re-releases much like its predecessor, such as being included with its predecessor and Gate of Thunder on the TurboDuo 3-in-1 CD. Hudson Soft later released the game on the Wii Virtual Console in 2007, while Konami would later re-release the game on the Wii U Virtual Console and Windows Store, as well as including the TurboGrafx-16 version of the game (in English only) on all regional variants of the PC Engine mini.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Bonk's Revenge	Bonk's Revenge
Japanese	PC原人2	PC Genjin 2

Comparisons

Main article: Bonk's Revenge/Comparisons.

Production credits

PC Engine version

• Game Design: アベ けいすけ, BOO うえだ
• Original Character Design: あおき コブタ
• Dot Art (スプライト): タナカ たかはる
• Dot Art (BG): じんの しのぶ
• Dot Art (てつだい): ホンマ みゆき
• Program: Ken.H, いたみ よしひろ, Takashi O.
• Sound Compose: H.Takayama
• おせわになった ひとたち: ウエヤマ みきお, おざき ただし, あだち ひろし, ユザワ カズキ, アケ アケ！

(バイ バイ！)

(C) 1991 Hudson Soft

(C) 1989.1991 Red

つづく・・・かもしれない・・・

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

TurboGrafx-16 version

• Game Design: Keisuke Abe, Boo Ueda
• Original Character Design: Cobuta Aoki
• Dot Art (Sprite): Takaharu Tanaka
• Dot Art (BG): Shinobu Jinno
• Dot Art (Assistant): Miyuki Honma
• Program: Ken.H, Yoshihiro Itami, Takashi O.
• Sound Composer: H.Takayama
• Special Thanks: Mikio Ueyama, Tadashi Ozaki, Hiroshi Adachi, Kazuki Yuzawa

Booga! (See ya!)

(C) 1991 Hudson Soft

(C) 1989.1991 Red

Source:

In-game credits (US)

Digital manuals

• 

  PC Engine mini US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Bonk's Revenge/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Bonk's Revenge/Promotional material.

Physical scans

NEC Retro Average
Publication Score Source Computer & Video Games 92 №118, p26-28 Excalibur 44 №17, p12

	68
Based on 2 reviews

PC Engine version

PC Engine, JP
Cover
Card File:Bonk'sRevenge PCE HuCard JP Manual.pdf Manual

TurboGrafx-16 version

TurboGrafx-16, US
Cover
Card File:BonksRevenge TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual Jewel Case

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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✔	CRC32 34190272 MD5 8f694e752ccde17dc1b05b69effd70ab SHA-1 df3c83abf5bac52b87ff15b16991b1291d036b7b	512kB		Wii U Virtual Console (JP)
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✔	CRC32 f36ffee1 MD5 34e8b8c01d7721a33c7d131f77c8c082 SHA-1 a9908331d835ce3f6ae301e2a6232fe59861c454	512kB		Wii Virtual Console (US/EU)
✔	CRC32 2020817a MD5 d837420442bfce0b1d10dfe3901da0a7 SHA-1 be90e3c59586268d10962880497a110a0c5cb5c8	512kB		Wii U Virtual Console (US/EU)

External links

• Bonk's Revenge on Nintendo eShop (Wii): UK
• Bonk's Revenge on Nintendo eShop (Wii U): JP
• Bonk's Revenge on Windows Store: JP