Bonk's Adventure

A side-scrolling platform game published by Hudson Soft for the PC Engine in 1989. The caveman hero defeats enemies by headbutting them with his large, hard forehead. It was released in North America for the TurboGrafx-16 as Bonk's Adventure.

Red Company designed the original PC Engine version and created its characters, Atlus handled most of the development, and A.I worked on background details under Hudson Soft's supervision.

Developer

Red Company, Atlus, A.I

Publisher

Hudson Soft, NEC Home Electronics (NA)

Bonk attacks by headbutting; eating meat powers him up through three stages, and heart items restore his health.

Platform

PC Engine

CPU

Hudson HuC6280 (1.79 / 7.16 MHz)

Media

HuCARD / CD-ROM (with CD-ROM² add-on)

Bits (period term)

8-bit CPU with dual 16-bit graphics processors

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

15 Dec 1989[1]

Composer

Tsukasa Masuko

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1989

  PC Engine CD-ROM² System

  Ys I & II

  イースI・II

  Release

  JP 1989.12.21

  Dev

  Alfa System

  Genre

  RPG / Action

• GAME1990

  Super Famicom

  F-Zero

  F-ZERO

  Release

  JP 1990.11.21

  Dev

  Nintendo EAD

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1990

  Super Famicom

  Super Mario World

  スーパーマリオワールド

  Release

  JP 1990.11.21

  Dev

  Nintendo EAD

  Genre

  Platformer / Action

The game sold 350,000 copies (English Wikipedia) and was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in November 2006.

Series: Bonk

This page uses no box art or screenshots, because their rights cannot be individually verified. The background artwork is an abstract pattern generated from the title's data. Credits for the platform photograph are on the console page.