PC Engine Longplay #1: Bonk's Adventure

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Published on December 8, 2013 10:27:27 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLWnJIDZ1CE

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Bonk's Adventure (1989)

Duration: 1:32:42

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Gameplay in Bonk is standard for a plat-former, though there are parts of it that greatly stand out from the crowd. Bonk must go through 5 unique and imaginative worlds, bonking enemies and eventually defeat the Evil King Drool. Bonk can even sometimes find secret bonus stages that will provide him bonus points! The best power-ups are the mighty meats. There are small and large meats. Each meat makes Bonk stronger and able to freeze enemies when bonking the ground. When Bonk is powered up twice, or eats a large meat, he will become invincible and very fast. This is always extremely fun, and luckily, there are usually a few meats on some stages. There are also delicious fruits and vegetables scattered around the stages, which provide Bonk health and points.

The main power-ups, however, are the floret sprungs. Bonk can jump extremely high on these flowers, and they add great depth to the game. Different colored florets provide different items. Yellow sprungs with make Bonk bounce very high like a trampoline, while the red sprungs replenish Bonk with much needed healthy fruits. Very rarely, if you look hard enough, Bonk can find a green floret sprung(there are two in the whole game), which will increase his total number of hearts(three) by one.

Unlike Mario's coins, and sonic's rings, Bonk has smileys. Smileys are smiley faces that are scattered throughout every stage. Bonk will usually have to gain them though, by killing enemies. At the end of each stage, all of your smileys are totaled up. Depending on how many you gained, you will gain a certain amount of points. Also, there will be a little message congratulating you, such as "way-out!" or "prime!". This is a nice little touch that adds to the game's immense charm.