Stream: Bonk's Return (J2ME)
2I play the final officially released PC Genjin/BC Kid/Bonk game, the 2006 mobile phone game Bonk's Return by Two Tribes. It's a decent little game for the platform, with nice graphics (the detailed backgrounds in the high-spec version were particularly cool). I played through three versions, which were aimed at various handset types.
The high-spec version at 240x320 resolution is archived on Kahvibreak, which can be found here: https://bluemaxima.org/kahvibreak/ . This version has 19 levels, dialogue sequences between some levels, and higher fidelity graphics and sound. Snarky Bonk is fun, and I noted that they use Princess Za's redesign from the 2003 remake in this game.
The other versions I sourced elsewhere, and played in KEmulator (https://archive.org/details/KEmulator.... The middle-spec version at 176x208 that I played runs fast and has a tendency to crash when sound is enabled, so I put on some Bonk series arrangements and the Bonk 3 CD OST while playing. The graphics are more reminiscent of the original games, and there only 13 levels. I also played the 128x160 version which has further simplified levels, a tiny King Drool, no minigames, no backgrounds, and very basic sounds (this one also ran fast). I was pleased that these versions had a couple of unique enemy sprites though. After finishing the low-spec version I did another quick playthrough of a Czech release of the 176x208 version which runs at what I expect is the intended speed.
During the games with limited or no sound I played music from the following sources:
Bonk 3 CD OST and Hudson vocal arrangement: https://bonkzonk.com/music.ktn
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00002
• 🕹️ Bonk's Adventure: Stage Theme 1 - ...
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Siivagunner mashups compiled by FusionWarrior: • bonk
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