Hudson Soft didn’t have to improve much when it came time for their new, yet prehistoric mascot Bonk to receive his much deserved sequel. Bonk’s Adventure was a very fun and original platformer, which played great and looked good while doing it. It did however possess one problem…length. Unfortunately in its sequel – Bonk’s Revenge, Hudson and RED don’t completely fix this (the game is still a bit short). Instead they improve everything else in the already outstanding platform game – creating one of the best of the era.
NEC and Hudson Soft’s Turbo Grafx-16 console was successfully launched in Japan in December of 1989 (as the PC-Engine). A North American release followed in September of 1990. NEC and Hudson needed an appealing mascot to compete with Nintendo’s Mario and Sega’s soon to be released, Sonic the Hedgehog. An impossible task indeed one would think. However Hudson surprised everyone with a very fun, very original platformer titled Bonk’s Adventure. While Bonk may not be as popular as Mario or Sonic, there’s no denying the gameplay found in his games was just as fun.
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood was released only in Japan for the PC Engine Super CD-ROM (known as the Turbografx-16/Turbo Duo in America), Although it was not meant to be played on the American Turbo Duo it will play due to no region lock on the cd games, but only if you own a very rare American system 3.0 card. Without a doubt, Dracula X is universally regarded as the Holy Grail among Castlevania games, due to not only its visual qualities, but also its utter size.
Aaron
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April 15, 2009 | 
