(1/29/2014 - 2/4/2014) Game of the Week: Bonk's Adventure

[pc_kwajalein]

Bonks Revenge looks better than  Bonk 3 oddly

Bonk's Adventure and Revenge are two glasses of a sweet, refreshingly cold and fruity beverage. Bonk 3 is the same except the ice has melted and the glass has sat on the table for several hours.

[fragmare]

The PSG music in the Bonk series is also VERY underrated, imo.

[GohanX]

Just played through this on the Express. This game makes a fantastic portable game, with the exception that it's a tad too long.

[Gogan]

Bonks Revenge looks better than  Bonk 3 oddly

Bonk's Adventure and Revenge are two glasses of a sweet, refreshingly cold and fruity beverage. Bonk 3 is the same except the ice has melted and the glass has sat on the table for several hours.

That's a great way to describe it

[roflmao]

Ah, got in under the wire!  Whew!  I played through it again this evening and it was as fun as ever. 

Tonight I decided to try to beat the game without doing any juggling to see if I could make it.

I did.  And still had 16 lives left over.   I think my record is somewhere around 30 lives left over, but I also skipped a lot of the secret rooms and bonus games this time around.

Since the week is about up, here's a link to my playthrough on Youtube from about a year ago:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMnvARtgDqESBgQ3ORjcZzl9aViChkvm
(This is a playlist. Each level is it's own video so I can't embed it properly.  )

I wish I had been recording tonight's playthrough, though.  I think I did a lot better tonight on the mini-games and bosses.  Oh well.

[yoyo]

Ah, got in under the wire!  Whew!  I played through it again this evening and it was as fun as ever. 

Tonight I decided to try to beat the game without doing any juggling to see if I could make it.

I did.  And still had 16 lives left over.   I think my record is somewhere around 30 lives left over, but I also skipped a lot of the secret rooms and bonus games this time around.

Since the week is about up, here's a link to my playthrough on Youtube from about a year ago:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMnvARtgDqESBgQ3ORjcZzl9aViChkvm
(This is a playlist. Each level is it's own video so I can't embed it properly.  )

I wish I had been recording tonight's playthrough, though.  I think I did a lot better tonight on the mini-games and bosses.  Oh well.

Congratulations! That's a pretty good accomplishment.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Ah, got in under the wire!  Whew!  I played through it again this evening and it was as fun as ever. 

Tonight I decided to try to beat the game without doing any juggling to see if I could make it.

I did.  And still had 16 lives left over.   I think my record is somewhere around 30 lives left over, but I also skipped a lot of the secret rooms and bonus games this time around.

Since the week is about up, here's a link to my playthrough on Youtube from about a year ago:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwMnvARtgDqESBgQ3ORjcZzl9aViChkvm
(This is a playlist. Each level is it's own video so I can't embed it properly.  )

I wish I had been recording tonight's playthrough, though.  I think I did a lot better tonight on the mini-games and bosses.  Oh well.

I bow to your Bonk skills.  I truly have much to learn.  With that said, I had a great time playing for a little bit over the weekend and also uploaded footage of my experience.  I don't beat it (Again, I'm rusty/no good), but I had a great time playing!

[roflmao]

Congratulations! That's a pretty good accomplishment.

I bow to your Bonk skills.  I truly have much to learn.  With that said, I had a great time playing for a little bit over the weekend and also uploaded footage of my experience.  I don't beat it (Again, I'm rusty/no good), but I had a great time playing!

Thanks guys.  This is one of those games that I picked up back when it was new and I only had a few games.  So I played this one a TON.  And my one other Turbo friend also played it a lot, so whenever we got together we would show off new things we'd found.  Some of my fondest old-school memories were playing Bonk with this guy. 

And I've never gotten tired of playing it.  I mentioned in chat last night that I found another hidden room during yesterday's playthrough that I never knew about! Mind=blown!

Looks like you made it pretty far, Joshua!  I'll definitely watch it once I have a good chunk of free time.

[Xak]

^yeah i had a turbo buddy love it with me as well. we used to call this chic at school Bonk cuz she had a HUGE head and though she was SO fine. lol  she didnt know what the hell bonk was lol but we did

[turboswimbz]

Congratulations! That's a pretty good accomplishment.

I bow to your Bonk skills.  I truly have much to learn.  With that said, I had a great time playing for a little bit over the weekend and also uploaded footage of my experience.  I don't beat it (Again, I'm rusty/no good), but I had a great time playing!

Thanks guys.  This is one of those games that I picked up back when it was new and I only had a few games.  So I played this one a TON.  And my one other Turbo friend also played it a lot, so whenever we got together we would show off new things we'd found.  Some of my fondest old-school memories were playing Bonk with this guy. 

And I've never gotten tired of playing it.  I mentioned in chat last night that I found another hidden room during yesterday's playthrough that I never knew about! Mind=blown!

Looks like you made it pretty far, Joshua!  I'll definitely watch it once I have a good chunk of free time.

We need a thread for every secret room in the game! that would be sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[Mzo]

Bonk's Adventure and Revenge are two glasses of a sweet, refreshingly cold and fruity beverage. Bonk 3 is the same except the ice has melted and the glass has sat on the table for several hours.

That's a great analogy.  Bonk 3 is definitely missing that something special that made the first game great and the second game pretty dang good.

I always liked how the hidden bonus room cave entrances have eyes.  I call it Doorio-kun.

[Mathius]

The PSG music in the Bonk series is also VERY underrated, imo.

Agreed. Very atmospheric.

I have beaten this game multiple times. Sometimes I just sit down to play and listen to the musics then I end up playing through the whole game.

Don't forget that there is a way to skip the underwater levels by spin jumping over the bridge later on in the game. I can't remember the stage number.

[roflmao]

Don't forget that there is a way to skip the underwater levels by spin jumping over the bridge later on in the game. I can't remember the stage number.

3-2.


And I LOVE the music for Bonk's Adventure.

[Nec.Game.head]

This awesome read has motivated me to try giving this game another go. It's such a fun game with great music but unfortunately for me I'm totally lacking in the Bonk's Adventure mastery department !!

[PunkicCyborg]

This awesome read has motivated me to try giving this game another go. It's such a fun game with great music but unfortunately for me I'm totally lacking in the Bonk's Adventure mastery department !!

Just flip the turbo switch up and juggle the enemies across the screen the whole game to milk points for lives and take your time to find more fruit/bonk smilies and the secrets and you'll be loaded with lives by the end and it's a cakewalk then.