Bonk’s Adventure is a side-scrolling platformer developed by A.I and published by Hudson Soft for the NES, a port of the 1989 TurboGrafx-16 original. Players control Bonk, a bald caveman who head-butts enemies on the ground and dive-bombs them in the air, climbs walls by biting, and eats meat to power up — journeying to rescue Princess Za from King Drool.
How To Play Bonk’s Adventure
Control
Action
D-Pad
Move; press toward a wall to bite and climb it
A Button
Jump
B Button
Head-butt (standing); flip and dive head-butt in the air; tap repeatedly in air to spin
Start
Pause
About Bonk’s Adventure
Release date
JP (as FC Genjin): July 30, 1993 · NA: January 1994
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