Bonk's Return

[dallaspattern]

Anyone ever played this? I guess it was a mobile game, never figured out how to get it. Maybe it wasn't available in Canada?

RIP B.BOE

[esteban]

 

I am at the last level, where I've been stuck for years.

The horrible buttons/controls on my phone made some of the trickier platforming more frustrating than the game actually is.

I think the game was OK...but the level design/platforming was seriously compromised by the screen size/ratio and horrible hardware buttons on mobile phone.

I actually thought the aesthetic was interesting (classic bonk sprites juxtaposed with photo-realistic backgrounds/platforms). Granted, this Plan doesn't sound good on paper but the contrasting elements work nicely.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Esty, did your version of the game have music?  If I'm recalling right, mine didn't.  I do recall beating the game, but I can't remember anything specific other then some kind of cinema at the end.

[esteban]

Esty, did your version of the game have music?  If I'm recalling right, mine didn't.  I do recall beating the game, but I can't remember anything specific other then some kind of cinema at the end.

It had a decent tune on the title/menu screen, but the game itself did not have music. Just sound effects.

I still have this phone in a drawer somewhere, so I'll have to find my charger and see if I can play the damn thing.

[dallaspattern]

Tight! How did you get it? It's not something that's still available is it?

[jlued686]

There's a whole thread about it here:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2003.0

Funny to read my impressions of it from a decade ago. But yeah, it pretty much sucked.

[NecroPhile]

You found a rom and emulator to play it on?  I must googlerins fro comptints!

[csgx1]

I had this on one of my old phones along with Splatterhouse and Military Madness Java games.  I remember the controls were terrible and practically unplayable due to my crappy phone being the old single touch screen with on-screen buttons.  I couldn't even pass the first level because of the controls.

I'm curious now, so I'll have to find my old phone to play it again.

[esteban]

I had this on one of my old phones along with Splatterhouse and Military Madness Java games.  I remember the controls were terrible and practically unplayable due to my crappy phone being the old single touch screen with on-screen buttons.  I couldn't even pass the first level because of the controls.

I'm curious now, so I'll have to find my old phone to play it again.

I had the Military Madness on the same phone pictured above, too. It was an ancient Motorola. 2005?

[dallaspattern]

Fuck, if I had any skills I would make a new Bonk. Or at least try to finish the RPG one. Somewhere in a landfill, there sits a file...

[ParanoiaDragon]

There's a whole thread about it here:
https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=2003.0

Funny to read my impressions of it from a decade ago. But yeah, it pretty much sucked.

Ok, looking at my comment in that thread, it seems that the BG's weren't in my version.  My memory is super foggy, I wonder if I have that phone somewhere...

Sounds like there WAS music ingame, kinda fancy sounding for an old cell phone, did phones do WAV's or MP3's back then?

[cr8zykuban0]

that's awesome! never knew there were a mobile bonks game. that would be cool if this became a turbo/pce homebrew

[dallaspattern]

I agree!

[NecroPhile]

My googlefu has failed me, but thankfully I still have my 3.5 Turbob Bonks to play.

[ParanoiaDragon]

From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.

[esteban]

From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.

Agreed.

[csgx1]

Found my old phone that has Bonk's Return on it.  The piece of crap touch screen somehow broke and I can't unlock the phone.  Not sure how it broke since it's been sitting in a drawer for years.  Oh well, there's better Bonk games to play anyways.

[esteban]

Found my old phone that has Bonk's Return on it.  The piece of crap touch screen somehow broke and I can't unlock the phone.  Not sure how it broke since it's been sitting in a drawer for years.  Oh well, there's better Bonk games to play anyways.

I have been thinking of a way to provide a "Virtual Bonk's Return"  experience.

Folks will video conference (Skype) their commands to me, which I will manually press on my phone.

This way, anyone and everyone can play this game.

There will be a bit of lag, but that's to be expected with online games.

[dallaspattern]

Sick bud, sign me up

[NecroPhile]

From my shattered memory, there really wouldn't be much of a game to port.  This game was super simple IIRC, we'd be better off with something new rather then a port of this IMO.

I don't want a port, I just wanna play ze rom.