Bonk to the Future/Super Bonk for Turbo CD.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I can't believe it's been 7 years since I started this project!  I want to eventually do a modified version of Super Bonk for Turbo CD.  Some here are already aware of this, but I decided to start releasing the tracks I did years ago. 

I hope to start up on this project again some day, as well as remixing music for Super Bonk 2, the GB Bonks, & the arcade Bonk(or maybe a new featuring gfx from the arcade game). 

Black Tiger was working with me to figure out how the game would work on the Turbo along with Tom/Bonknuts.  BT did some gfx experiments with the first level & the first boss, & Keranu did some ripping & color adjusting for examples of how some colors would be converted.  If I'm forgetting anyone else that got involved in this, I apologize!

I made the tunes to sound more like typical Bonk music(which I also plan on doing for Bonk 3 CD).  Essentially, these sound like the chip tunes from the Bonk's Adventure & Revenge, but enhance. 
Anyways, for starters, here's the Title Screen:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/super-bonk-title-theme}

here's the original SNES version for reference:

[Dicer]

Nice work, but why not SB2 the superior game?

Unless y'all were gonna do some tweaks along the way.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Thanks!  Yeah, besides the music, we planned on tweaking the game as well.  Thought about making the spin faster, as an example.  Graphics would all be tweaked, including brighter colors, since they seemed to use a fairly dark palette for a Bonk game.

[esteban]

I love this!

Paranoia, I think I remember some early tracks  you were working on when I still lived in California...and that would have been 10+ years ago!

I'll be listening for MOAR.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Yup, I think you heard some of them, not sure if all.  The dates I was on these files were from 2010, so I assumed it had been 7 years.

Here's the Intro Cinema:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/intro-cinema-final}

Original SNES version:

[PukeSter]

Honestly Paranoia, I think it would be cool if you just released the tunes as a MSU-1 patch. Porting Super Bonk to the Turbo ain't going to make it a better game, anyway.

Some people have been patching games to work with CD audio, and the results are quite interesting.

Here's an example with Super Mario World patched in.

https://youtu.be/qgqWG62NKgQ

Link to the Past (and cutscenes)

https://youtu.be/8AKSoDFUSKA

This kind of stuff works on real hardware, but it only works on an SD2SNES cart.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Wow, definitely didn't know about the cd audio patching being done on the SNES!  I'd maybe consider doing that for Super Bonk, but the game belongs on the Turbo.   

I do feel like the music & sound would add quite a bit to the aesthetic of the game & make it more fun.  However, we did want to modify the levels along with the graphics.  I recall that I wanted to hide a lot of the bonus levels, as I feel there were way too many & that it slowed the game down.  Basically wanted to make it so they were hidden.  I wanted to use the original sound engine from the 1st 2 games for the sounds.  The sounds in Super Bonk are pretty bleh for the most part.  Possibly speed up the spin closer to Bonk 1, & maybe make his walker a lil faster.  I don't have the document in front of me, so that's all I recall ATM.

With that, here's the tune for the City:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/city-final}

Original SNES version:

[ParanoiaDragon]

And, another one!

Cave:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cave}

SNES Version:

[esteban]

Hey Paranoia!

I'm going to listen at SoundCloud (driving today for many hours), but I'll give feedback before I finish breakfast.

YES, I am eating a bagel + drinking coffee +  listening to PD Bonk tunes = happy.




UPDATE:
City = very nice, but it is such an upbeat, cheerful song—I prefer Cave

And, another one!

Cave:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cave}

CAVE is a friggin' great track and currently my favorite. I can listen to it over and over...your track is elegant and sweepingly majestic.



Fourth listen...commencing...

[esteban]

...

[JoshTurboTrollX]

And, another one!

Cave:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cave}

SNES Version:

I actually dig the SNES Super Bonk game and welcome these awesome remasters/remixes of these tracks!!  WOW!  To think someday we could play these on a TRUE Turbo system!? 

Amaze!  Thank you PD!!

[ParanoiaDragon]

City = very nice, but it is such an upbeat, cheerful song—I prefer Cave

And, another one!

Cave:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cave}

CAVE is a friggin' great track and currently my favorite. I can listen to it over and over...your track is elegant and sweepingly majestic.



Fourth listen...commencing...

Thanks man!  I always felt like the City tune was meant to be wacky, but was lacking, so I upped the wackiness on it(and added bongo's, as all Bonk music should have).  As for Cave, always felt like it had the right mood, but was a bit boring.  Gave it bongo's(of coarse) & made it work with the bassline from Bonk's Revenge Cave tune!

And, another one!

Cave:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cave}

SNES Version:

I actually dig the SNES Super Bonk game and welcome these awesome remasters/remixes of these tracks!!  WOW!  To think someday we could play these on a TRUE Turbo system!? 

Amaze!  Thank you PD!!

Thanks!  Yeah, the key word here would be "could" play these on a TRUE Turbo System!  It'd be nice someday to complete the soundtrack & motivate someone to work on this coding side of things!

[ParanoiaDragon]

Here's another, the name I found for this song was Juicy:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/juicy-super-bonk-turbo-grafx-cd}

SNES Original:

[esteban]

 JUICY is succulent.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Cloud, I think you will appreciate the ending in this one!

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/cloud-super-bonk-turbo-grafx-cd}

SNES version:

[esteban]

[ParanoiaDragon]

T-Rex 1:

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/t-rex-1-super-bonk-turbo-grafx-cd}

SNES original:

[ParanoiaDragon]

Uploading the last 2 songs, this first one, I had trouble getting the intro to the jungle to sound right, so I changed it.  Might still try doing the original jungle intro when I pick up this project again. 

Jungle

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/jungle-super-bonk-turbo-grafx-cd}

SNES original

This next one is for after you defeat the final boss, the SNES version reuses the Title Screen music.  I did the same, but sped it up & added some Timpani.

Bonk SMASH!

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/user-826236355/bonk-smash-super-bonk-turbo-grafx-cd}

Here's the scene in question: