Bonk’s Revenge indeed features more of the same great platforming and perfect controls found in Bonk’s Adventure. Jump and jump again to deliver Bonk’s infamous headbutt. Pressing jump repeatedly allows you to keep gliding along in the air. This technique will really help with nailing some of the tougher leaps and multiple enemiess found throughout the game. Speaking of the enemies, they seemed to have smartened up and greatly increased there in numbers in Bonk’s Revenge. This makes for a slightly more difficult adventure then the first and that’s definitely a good thing. There does appear to be more life regaining fruit and spicy meat power-ups scattered throughout the stages, sometimes negating the increased amount of enemies, but it takes nothing away from the overall greatness of Bonk’s Revenge.

(Now the double meat power-up grants Bonk fire breath as well as a double jump that turns him into a ball of flames. With a single piece eaten, Bonk can also toss a small fireball at enemies.)

The layouts of the game’s stages also get a complete overhaul. Each of the seven exotic locals are no longer linear, you’ll often find yourself backtracking to get where you have to go, adding some depth that the original was lacking. The seven worlds each have at least three levels in them, which are all very different. You’ll visit spots such as the Hot Springs, Piranha River, and Snow Mountain just to name a few – and there are more vertically scrolling stages this time around mixing up the gameplay some. You can again search for smileys hidden throughout the stages. Find enough in each level to gain a ride on the Dinosaur Train bonus stage, which will appear after players defeat each boss. 

Backgrounds are also far more detailed – some are multi layered and even interact with the player. For instance, background volcanoes will now erupt sending chunks of lava flying toward you, immersing you even more into the 2D action. Bonk’s Revenge does everything a great platform game should. If there was only one thing to complain about it would be the game’s length, but thats usually the case with any great game, you want to play more of it. Luckily, Hudson went on to release one more Bonk game on the Turbo Grafx 16 called, Bonk 3: Bonk’s Big Adventure…             
                
                
                

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Bonk’s Revenge encompasses everything needed to make it a successful sequel and it improves on the original’s graphics and level design while leaving its fantastic gameplay intact. While Bonk’s Revenge may only take you a few hours to complete, it happens to be an incredibly fun filled few hours. Like the original (and most platformers in 1991), Bonk’s Revenge is intended to be played through in one sit down due to the fact that there are no passwords or saving. The game is currently available on the Wii Virtual Console and the system’s “save state” feature only adds to the game’s enjoyment, being able to save whenever you’d like is always a welcome feature. For the cost of only $6.00, you’ll get one of the top five Turbo Grafx 16 games released in the system’s short history and one of the best platformers of the early 90’s.
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