Bonk RPG

[KingDrool]

I know this was in development back in the day but never got released.  However, does anyone know if there's any playable demo of it or if somebody ever did a homebrew version?  

Just curious.  Thanks.

[Pcenginefx]

Hi jlued686,

Thanks for the question - the Bonk RPG was reported to have been only 20% done before it was scrapped, and thus no playable demos or test versions were made.  For more info, check out this page:

http://joyce.eng.yale.edu/~bt/turbo/unreleased/bonk4/

[KingDrool]

Thanks Aaron.  It would be cool if somebody picked up this project or developed their own version of it, eh?  

Bonk needs to have a comeback.  Let's hope the GCN and PS2 remakes are a sign of what's to come.

[BigusSchmuck]

This is some super necropost, but seriously is there a demo or anything out there or at the very least some partial code someone could perhaps pick up where it left off?

[ParanoiaDragon]

If there is, I've never seen it, nor heard of anyone that's hoarding it.

[rjardina]

I've been told it more like 45% complete, and was completely playable. Grafxs, sound, text and other detail were the things that were missing out of the last (beta) release. I've been told be two different sources it was place on a pc engine demo disc but was not assessable through the menu or a code. But was just a chunk of data place on the disc. If it real, someone would have to have the disc and dig through the date to find it, most likely not going to happen

This is all rumored of course.

[BigusSchmuck]

Well found some screenshots, not the best in the world but its stuff I haven't seen:
http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/07/bonk-jenjin-rpg-pc-engine-cancelled/
http://turbo.mindrec.com/unreleased/bonk4/

[motdelbourt]

I've always thought something looked off about those screenshots. Most of them look like photos of a TV screen or monitor, but they look like mocks.

[ccovell]

The crappy-ass 8-bit RPG screenshots/maps are from the real thing (game demo that got cancelled.)

The beautiful cartoony battle/dialogue shots with large bone frames are mock-up artist's concepts -- NOT the real game.

[Arkhan]

The game looks pretty fun, but I am still not sure if it'd ever have worked out that great.  It's Bonk.  He needs to be an action game

[SignOfZeta]

The game looks pretty fun, but I am still not sure if it'd ever have worked out that great.  It's Bonk.  He needs to be an action game

I don't know. Hudson makes some entertaining RPGs.

[SignOfZeta]

I've been told it more like 45% complete, and was completely playable. Grafxs, sound, text and other detail were the things that were missing out of the last (beta) release. I've been told be two different sources it was place on a pc engine demo disc but was not assessable through the menu or a code. But was just a chunk of data place on the disc. If it real, someone would have to have the disc and dig through the date to find it, most likely not going to happen

This is all rumored of course.

What a load...

I heard a rumor that it was canceled because Enix sued them for copyright infringement soon before completion. There are 10,000 complete copies, but since they were unsellable they will be buried with Toshiyuki Takahashi.

There you go. Now everyone has just heard a rumor. Have fun with it.

[Black Tiger]

I would have loved a game based on the original mockups, but I wasn't looking forward to the game that actually began development.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I would have loved a game based on the original mockups, but I wasn't looking forward to the game that actually began development.

Ditto!

[rjardina]

I've been told it more like 45% complete, and was completely playable. Grafxs, sound, text and other detail were the things that were missing out of the last (beta) release. I've been told be two different sources it was place on a pc engine demo disc but was not assessable through the menu or a code. But was just a chunk of data place on the disc. If it real, someone would have to have the disc and dig through the date to find it, most likely not going to happen

This is all rumored of course.

What a load...

I heard a rumor that it was canceled because Enix sued them for copyright infringement soon before completion. There are 10,000 complete copies, but since they were unsellable they will be buried with Toshiyuki Takahashi.

There you go. Now everyone has just heard a rumor. Have fun with it.

The same woman that gave me a copy of "bonk: brink of extinction" is one of the people that told me that. See how she gave me a game that was never released I personally would believe her. Now of course this is my word, just adding my two cents. But then again only about half of the information on bonk is correct on the internet.