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Title: Bonk's Return
Post by: dallaspattern on February 11, 2016, 03:36:55 PM
Anyone ever played this? I guess it was a mobile game, never figured out how to get it. Maybe it wasn't available in Canada?

RIP B.BOE
Title: Bonk's Return
Post by: esteban on February 11, 2016, 05:19:45 PM
(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/Motorola1.jpg)

 (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/Motorola2.jpg)

I am at the last level, where I've been stuck for years.

The horrible buttons/controls on my phone made some of the trickier platforming more frustrating than the game actually is.

I think the game was OK...but the level design/platforming was seriously compromised by the screen size/ratio and horrible hardware buttons on mobile phone.

I actually thought the aesthetic was interesting (classic bonk sprites juxtaposed with photo-realistic backgrounds/platforms). Granted, this Plan doesn't sound good on paper but the contrasting elements work nicely.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 11, 2016, 06:46:16 PM
Esty, did your version of the game have music?  If I'm recalling right, mine didn't.  I do recall beating the game, but I can't remember anything specific other then some kind of cinema at the end.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: esteban on February 11, 2016, 11:16:25 PM

Esty, did your version of the game have music?  If I'm recalling right, mine didn't.  I do recall beating the game, but I can't remember anything specific other then some kind of cinema at the end.

It had a decent tune on the title/menu screen, but the game itself did not have music. Just sound effects.

I still have this phone in a drawer somewhere, so I'll have to find my charger and see if I can play the damn thing.

:)
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: dallaspattern on February 12, 2016, 01:30:49 AM
Tight! How did you get it? It's not something that's still available is it?
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: KingDrool on February 12, 2016, 01:33:41 AM
There's a whole thread about it here:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2003.0

Funny to read my impressions of it from a decade ago. But yeah, it pretty much sucked.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: Necromancer on February 12, 2016, 01:44:10 AM
You found a rom and emulator to play it on?  I must googlerins fro comptints!
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: csgx1 on February 12, 2016, 10:12:04 AM
I had this on one of my old phones along with Splatterhouse and Military Madness Java games.  I remember the controls were terrible and practically unplayable due to my crappy phone being the old single touch screen with on-screen buttons.  I couldn't even pass the first level because of the controls.

I'm curious now, so I'll have to find my old phone to play it again.

Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: esteban on February 12, 2016, 12:54:07 PM

I had this on one of my old phones along with Splatterhouse and Military Madness Java games.  I remember the controls were terrible and practically unplayable due to my crappy phone being the old single touch screen with on-screen buttons.  I couldn't even pass the first level because of the controls.

I'm curious now, so I'll have to find my old phone to play it again.

I had the Military Madness on the same phone pictured above, too. It was an ancient Motorola. 2005?
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: dallaspattern on February 12, 2016, 01:04:38 PM
f*ck, if I had any skills I would make a new Bonk. Or at least try to finish the RPG one. Somewhere in a landfill, there sits a file...
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 12, 2016, 01:07:30 PM
There's a whole thread about it here:
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2003.0

Funny to read my impressions of it from a decade ago. But yeah, it pretty much sucked.


Ok, looking at my comment in that thread, it seems that the BG's weren't in my version.  My memory is super foggy, I wonder if I have that phone somewhere...

Sounds like there WAS music ingame, kinda fancy sounding for an old cell phone, did phones do WAV's or MP3's back then? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQEeJfBRhM
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: cr8zykuban0 on February 14, 2016, 06:20:51 PM
that's awesome! never knew there were a mobile bonks game. that would be cool if this became a turbo/pce homebrew
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: dallaspattern on February 15, 2016, 02:51:48 AM
I agree!
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: Necromancer on February 15, 2016, 03:35:50 AM
My googlefu has failed me, but thankfully I still have my 3.5 Turbob Bonks to play.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 15, 2016, 06:24:11 PM
From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: esteban on February 16, 2016, 02:25:59 AM

From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.

Agreed.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: csgx1 on February 16, 2016, 11:43:14 AM
Found my old phone that has Bonk's Return on it.  The piece of crap touch screen somehow broke and I can't unlock the phone.  Not sure how it broke since it's been sitting in a drawer for years.  Oh well, there's better Bonk games to play anyways. 
Title: Bonk's Return
Post by: esteban on February 16, 2016, 11:29:40 PM
Found my old phone that has Bonk's Return on it.  The piece of crap touch screen somehow broke and I can't unlock the phone.  Not sure how it broke since it's been sitting in a drawer for years.  Oh well, there's better Bonk games to play anyways.

I have been thinking of a way to provide a "Virtual Bonk's Return"  experience.

Folks will video conference (Skype) their commands to me, which I will manually press on my phone.

This way, anyone and everyone can play this game.

There will be a bit of lag, but that's to be expected with online games.
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: dallaspattern on February 17, 2016, 01:20:03 AM
Sick bud, sign me up
Title: Re: Bonk's Return
Post by: Necromancer on February 17, 2016, 01:50:15 AM
From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.

I don't want a port, I just wanna play ze rom.