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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 2:51PM (Unverified) said

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Nin has Mario
Sega has(had) Sonic
M$ has Halo
Sony has FF
TG16 has Bonk

the committee of flagship franchises have come full circle. All of the, great titles, at least I've heard Bonk was good.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 2:56PM (Unverified) said

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Bonk was actually a pretty fun game. Amusing in the least.

Its worth $6. Cheaper than a burrito at Chipotle, as I always say.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:02PM falcomadol said

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Dragon's Curse (one of the Wonderboy series of games) and Battle Lode Runner are the real gems here. Bonk is good, but it's over very fast, and graphically it's not on part with the later games in the PC Genjin series.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:11PM (Unverified) said

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I could probably beat Bonk's Revenge faster than you could finish a Chipotle burrito!

(/joke)
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:14PM (Unverified) said

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Joystiq is making me sleepy today.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:19PM (Unverified) said

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@ #2
after a 5% state tax and a wretched 4% locality tax, a burito exceeds $6 :(
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:25PM KaneRobot said

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I was surprised after playing Bonk on the VC...it has held up better than I would have expected from my middle school memories, and is certainly more respectable than his Sega counterpart's recent offerings. I'll probably go in for the sequel.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:46PM mrc0w said

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I think Dragon's Curse gets overlooked because it kept getting stuck on the minor systems, TG16 and SMS. Its a great game, and got to take advantage of better graphics on the TG16 than the SMS.

I'm very excited about the prospect of this coming up on the VC.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:47PM Vidikron said

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@7

I agree. Bonk has held up very well. Bonk's Revenge has held up equally as well, IMO. I think Bonk 1 & 2 were the best in the series.

One question though... does the VC give you the ability to use turbo in the TG16 games? The turbo switches on the TG16 controllers really helped out a lot in the Bonk games.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 3:52PM falcomadol said

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Sorry, I read Bonk's Revenge as Bonk's Adventure, and totally blacked out on the fact that Adventure had already been released.

Revenge is very good, and it's part of that 2nd generation of games that really looked brilliant on the TG-16.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 4:02PM Mr Khan said

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@ 1

I'd say Sony's is Jak, considering FF is by no means tied to Sony platforms (what with 11 on 360, CC on GC, and Threemake on DS)

But this is certainly the good way to space out major VC releases, just pull out all the hidden gems, between the consoles supported, its a large hidden gems library...
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 4:49PM (Unverified) said

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Haha Rubang, I know that was a joke but...

Wanna bet?
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 5:04PM cyruszuo said

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Battle Lode Runner was never released in the US.

I'm a little dubious of this list. It is the Japan announced VC titles from the PCE, and I'd be happy to see the list in the US, but it would be a big change as no Japan-only title has hit the VC from any console so far.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 5:16PM (Unverified) said

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I'd bet that I could speedrun SMB1 before you could finish a Chipotle burrito, but not Bonk's Revenge. I'd bet on the burrito side there. Damn I'm so hungry now. I bet I could beat SMW before you could eat 2 Chipotle burritos as well. I think all bets should now be races between speedruns of specific games and a corresponding amount of food.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 5:32PM (Unverified) said

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Dragon's Curse was amazing, check it out if you're looking for something like Zelda II but with a lot more soul IMHO.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 6:08PM (Unverified) said

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I think that's an amazing idea Rubang. Lol.

A friend and I can beat Contra for the NES, in 18 minutes (that's our current record), and die only a handful of times (less than 10). We're working on not having to use the Konami Code to make it through it.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 6:51PM (Unverified) said

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I bet I could eat 3 Chipotle burritos in 18 minutes.
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Posted: Mar 30th 2007 7:25PM (Unverified) said

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#9- yes you can use the turbo button on the tg16 games.
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