Bonk or Zonk?

[tomaitheous]

Bonk for me, I have it on my NES

I found the NES port of Bonk to be pretty bad. I mean, for a late gen NES game - it could have had better controls, and little better graphics. The lack of the spin/float of the original PCE one also makes it lacking (that's part of the fun - you can find hidden places/items/bonus areas with that).

Can Air Zonk be done on the NES or the Mega Drive??

With sacrificing stuff and maybe some changes here and there, yes for the NES. And probably a little bit of colors loss (if noticeable at all), but definitely on the MD. AZ has nice graphics and all, but it's not pushing the color limit on the PCE/TG (nowhere near). I'd like to hear some Genesis revisions of the AZ music too. That would be cool.

[nectarsis]

Zonk easily. Still one of my fav TG/PCE games.

[Jorpho]

Can Air Zonk be done on the NES or the Mega Drive??

Sir, anything can pretty much be done on pretty much anything else, depending on how much you're willing to sacrifice. Stop asking.

[MarioMania]

lol I gotta ask

[Arkhan]

PC Engine.
PC Genjin.

It's called a pun. And it's pretty goddamn clever.

so what if its a pun, most puns arent clever, lol.

i guess I dont see whats so clever about rhyming words.

oh well.

[InsaneDavid]

so what if its a pun, most puns arent clever, lol.

i guess I dont see whats so clever about rhyming words.

oh well.

Go play some Hydlide.

[ScottK]

It is a tough question, but i'll go with Bonk. If i remember correctly, Zonk was given his name through a contest tzd hosted. I remember you could suggest a name at the Summer CES in the early 90's, before the game was released. Zonk is supposed to the Bonk's futuristic cousin or some other relative...kinda like Wario is to Mario.

[ReTrO-pLaYeR]

To me, the Air Zonk character feels a little more marketable. After all, he's "cooler" and much edgier than his prehistoric counterpart. He's the kind of character you'd expect to go big and become a big sellout ala Zelda- but of course since TurboGrafx16 was a failure in the market that never happened. I always thought Bonk was better though. He's adorable and animated, it's always fun seeing his various antics- especially that moment in Revenge when he eats fishing bait and a Chikkun (egg head monster) reels him in. Classic.

[sevin0seven]

i voted for Bonk. =]

[Arkhan]

Go play some Hydlide.

I did already. Now what?


It appears not too many people like Zonk very much, especially when compared to Bonk.



What if Bonk were the shmup and Zonk were the platformer? I wonder if it'd change anything

[Nintega Grafx-16]

I voted for Zonk because his game is a shoot 'em up. I also tend to root for the underdog most of the time

[Arkhan]

I voted for Zonk because his game is a shoot 'em up. I also tend to root for the underdog most of the time

dont let zonk hear you calling him an underdog!

hell mess you up sucka

[Ed Oscuro]

It's good that they got some use out of the lame name "PC Engine." YES, let's make a system name that will obviously be confused overseas with the acronym for Personal Computer!

Anyway, Bonk / Genjin is pretty cool, but I've not spent any time with the shooters.

[j_factor]

It's good that they got some use out of the lame name "PC Engine." YES, let's make a system name that will obviously be confused overseas with the acronym for Personal Computer!

I'm pretty sure "PC" means the same thing over there. The name PC Engine is probably derived from NEC's computer line (e.g., PC-88). It's probably an intentionally generic-sounding name, much like Family Computer.

[Arkhan]

It's good that they got some use out of the lame name "PC Engine." YES, let's make a system name that will obviously be confused overseas with the acronym for Personal Computer!

Anyway, Bonk / Genjin is pretty cool, but I've not spent any time with the shooters.

its no lamer than Famicom being a smashed together Family Computer sorta deal.

PCE is sweet, dont hate!

[tomaitheous]

It's good that they got some use out of the lame name "PC Engine." YES, let's make a system name that will obviously be confused overseas with the acronym for Personal Computer!

You make baby Jesus cry

The internal/dev name is HES (Hudson Entertainment System). NEC gave it the name PC Engine, which I think is awesome.

[csgx1]

Bonk. One of the reasons why I bought a Turbo Grafx long ago.

The Gameboy Bonks are pretty decent too.

[treismac]

If I had to choose, I'd go with Bonk 'cause Bonk is just a happy video game series. I do love Zonk, however, both as a game and a mascot. Yeah, yeah... he was definitely an attempt to give The TG-16 an edgier image, but he was a lovable enough character despite ulterior marketing motives.

[isufje]

What else could they have named him for the US release? BC-kid?

[BlastProcessing402]

The fact that, after the Turbo went kaput, Bonk went on to have a few games on other platforms and Zonk didn't, well, that speaks volumes.