Overview

The game's protagonist is Bonk, a strong caveboy who battles dinosaurs. Bonk can use pieces of meat as power-ups, these lend him special abilities and make him stronger. There are three stages of powerup: his normal self, a second stage during which he can stun enemies by pounding on the ground, and third stage where he becomes temporarily invulnerable. In the original game, the second stage turns Bonk into a caveman, but in Japanese versions of the second and third game, he becomes a cavewoman. This gender transformation was scrapped for the US entries in the series.

Development and release history

The Japanese name for the original game for the PC-Engine is PC-Genjin. In Japanese, PC-Genjin sounds like PC-Engine, and the PC stands for Pithecanthropus Computerus, a pun on Pithecanthropus Erectus. It is generally called PC-Kid in English, as he was meant to be NEC's mascot at the time. Later, when the game was ported (or given different versions) for other platforms, it was renamed accordingly, like FC-Kid (after Family Computer, NES Japanese name, and the FC stood for Freakthoropus Computerus), GB-Kid (after Game Boy), or the more generic name BC-Kid in some other versions, including Amiga. In USA, this was scrapped as the game name is always Bonk's Adventure or something similar.

In 2003 Hudson Soft included a 3D remake of Bonk's Adventure in their Hudson Selection series of games released exclusively in Japan for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube consoles.

The TurboGrafx-16 version was released for Wii's Virtual Console Nov. 21, 2006, and as of December 6 is one of the most purchased games.

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