TurboGrafx-16 CD - Bonk 3 (December 1994)



To paraphrase something I said about China Warrior: "if you like novelty-sized sprites, you'll love Bonk 3". If there was one thing the TurboGrafx-16 could do better than its competitors it was giant sprites. The third installment of the Bonk series illustrated this in grand fashion. Originally a Turbo-Chip game, Bonk 3 was ported to CD in December 1994. The differences were limited to the soundtrack which received a make-over.

The original Bonk game was a decent platformer. It was fun but not great. Bonk 2 was a significant improvement and could hold it's own against Mario or Sonic. Bonk 3 regressed a bit, the levels seemed to be ripped directly from one of the prequels. Very little was added to the game except power-up candies that grow or shrink the title character, ala Alice in Wonderland.