The BONK Series - Game Sack 

Dave is back!!! Oh that’s just Bonk 😱😱

Bonk needs a Re-release as a collection on all platforms.

Bonk deserves a revival more than Bubsy does.

The 90s was a banner decade for cavemen video games; Joe & Mac, Bonk, Big Nose the Caveman, Chuck Rock, Trog!, Prehistorik, Congo's Caper, BC's Quest for Tires, Tail of the Sun, etc. The Jurassic Park effect was real and profound.

I hope this channel NEVER stops.

The hobo is actually a burglar. That's the traditional Japanese image of what a burglar looks like :p

Bonk needs more love. I say he has the funniest animations this side of Wario.

The moment you realize 30 years later that the flowers with enemies don’t animate. Oh dear.

Would love to see a alternative universe where TurboGrafx-16 was properly marketed worldwide.

I've been lobbying for Bonk to appear in Smash Bros for so long at this point... He deserves a comeback.

I love how bonks face is animated His expressions are spot on

Great to see someone covering the series in this level of detail! I just wanted to say that for that ice skater boss in bonk's revenge, you'll notice that when she poses she sticks out one of her legs. You can safely jump off of that leg and gain some extra height for your attack that can allow you to avoid getting hit. It took me a while to figure out and is pretty tricky to do though. Also, the candies in bonk 3 move you up or down one size, they arent fixed transformations like in super bonk, so it is possible to go back to normal size with them. But bonk's revenge on the turbografx16 was definitely my favourite too! Some interesting features of that game that you may have missed is that if your smiley tally after a world is 50 or more, not only do you get the bonus train but you also get to skip the next world entirely, and you get 10,000 points for each smiley over 50 you collected so your score doesnt suffer from that. Also hitting the ground can sometimes uncover valuable bonus items and even hidden bonus stage flowers. It's also the game where the ability to wall jump by bonking was introduced, since that wasnt in bonks adventure.

Music *AND* sound effects on the Amiga?!? It truly is the most advanced system in history!

Joe, you put in way more work than creators with 10 times the subs. I appreciate the hell out of you.

It's really great to see a good solid look at the Bonk series. I'm still bummed out that Brink of Extinction got canceled. It looked pretty fun.

One of the things I like the most about game sack, is that no matter how many times they have talked about a game, Joe always makes it interesting

An underappreciated series with underappreciated music.

Thanks for making this episode, Bonk was a huge part of my childhood, as was the Turbo Grafx 16 in general. I won a candy selling contest in elementary school and got $200 in Toy R Us money and bought my own Turbo Grafx 16 console. It came with Keith Courage In Alpha Zones, but I had to have Bonk, so I bought Bonk's Adventure and Revenge and later got Air Zonk. The Turbo was just a big a part of my early gaming as Nintendo and Sega Systems were. Videos like this really take me back and also make me realize how much I need to get my PC Engine repaired.

In the early 90s every Radio Shack in Canada had a Bonk demo station at the front of the store.

Yes! Finally someone did this series justice!

Bonk has always had a nice clean look during a time when games looked way too busy at times. I remember playing Bonk on Gameboy in a Jamesway... good times.

You could infinitely juggle the enemies in the original Bonk, with each hit working like how it does in Mario games after enough hits you get a 1-up. There's a limit on how many you can get per enemy, but its plenty if you do it to a few.

A new Bonk would do well on the Switch. Would like to see a complete and translated compilation on the Switch as well. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

This was my first 16 bit system and oddly, my friends with the Genesis were jealous. Bonk, while minimal had such a pleasing, satisfying look to it. Plus I had Splatterhouse. That trumped everything at the time. Still. For me, I was into the Legendary Axe series (The second one was way easier) and Cadash. I still have my TG-16 to this day.

Haha, Gamesack ending skits are always the best. Great episode per usual!

I was just relaxing, watching some 'sack before bed, when this episode dropped! Now I'm watching this _instead_ of bed... Love me some 'sack but dang, I gotta sleep sometime too, Joe! 💛😴

"Its always nice to bonk an enemy" Funny stuff Joe. Its weird i alway thought bonk did come out on the genesis.

The world definitely needs more bonk! It's a classic for Gods sake.👊💥🤘

Seeing a new Game Sack episode hits me like a diamond tip arrow of joy. Thank you as always J.R!

There was a Bonk on the PS2 but it was only released in Japan. It's called Hudson Selection Vol. 3 PC Genjin. Two Sacks is always better than one. Get Dave back for a special episode.

What a weird series of games. The sprites are pretty and colorful, and appear to scale very well.

I love that you thumbed your own video down. Pure gold as always, Joe!

Honestly the best channel on RU-vid. Always the best for the fans 10/10

Back in the day we had saturday morning cartoons... now I have Sunday morning Game Sack! The perfect way to enjoy a good relaxed breakfast!

I’ve loved every single one of your videos. Whether it’s you guys together or now you on your own, every video is simple and charming without trying too hard to act out a character. Great stuff. Great nostalgia.

Joe, you’ve gotta understand that we’re always talking about how much we love game sack because we’re secretly worried about how long the channel will continue since Dave left. If there’s one channel I just need to know is healthy and planning to continuing FOREVER, it’s this one. 🙏 Fellow GS fans please please please consider donating to the Patreon if you can. 💙🤍

Great episode! On the cancelled N64 game, there's an old story out there that Bomberman Hero for the N64 is what the N64 Bonk game became... which explains something about why that game is a regular 3d platformer much more than it is a Bomberman game. It's a good enough game, but I kind of wish it had stayed a Bonk game. Oh well.

Bonks Revenge is still the best Bonk ! Great vid as always !

That GameCube BONK is also on PlayStation 2. That is where I first played it. There were 4 Hudson Soft 3D arranged remakes like that for both systems, like Adventure Island and Star Soldier.

Always looking forward to these every other Sunday. Thanks for putting in so much work to keep the people entertained

I loved the skit!! That reality shock face, lol

21:49 Is that freakin' RoboCop, that is Awesome!

Bonk is actually my favorite series of games. I wish they would rerelease and remaster all of the Bonk titles and translate the Japanese Exclusives to English. They should be available to all consoles including PC.

Great job Joe! Been wanting to play this series for a while now, this made me take the jump!

New game starring his son, Knob. “Knob: Turn of the century” Bonk backwards. And a Knob turns, as in like a door knob. 🤦‍♂️

Honestly, I had no idea there were this many Bonk games. I learned a lot from this episode!

Bonk: Brink of Extinction ... what an appropriate name.

Nice shirt Joe! Hell yes they should revive the Bonk series in 4K!!!

24:44 Bonk's nemesis, Dong.

A Bonk RPG would have been awesome! The screenshots look pretty damn interesting.

Awesome vid on a classic series, Joe

Super Bonk isn't a game, it's an experience in existential dread. You don't play it, you endure it. This is Bonk's messed up world, we just live in it.

Just wanted to say thanks for putting out some of the best quality retro videos on RU-vid.

I like the bonk series a lot. It's very underrated, it deserves more attention. Thanks Game Sack for showing it.

I just bought Bonk's Revenge in 2020! Thanks for the recommendation Joe!

You guys hit a home run again. Excellent video

The Bonk Remake was also released for PS2 Japan only as well I played it on my Japanese PS2.

Love these long in depth videos!

There's a bonus right at the beginning, just drop down head first...all the way, to the left and you'll get, a 1up after jumping on one of those plant thingy's! 👍🏻👍🏻 (prt 1)

Honestly, I never really heard much about the bonk series of games outside of your videos. Thank you so much for this video!

8:30 Oh I'm excited! I love looking at maps!

Time for you to make a “MEGA POWER” episode! Biggest on the systems from early 90’s

First time in years a episode dedicated to a series.

I love these game series episodes

The sky gradient scrolls horizontally. You just can't tell because the gradient doesn't have any horizontal details.

Great to see fun videos showcasing some of the Turbo greats. I'd never actually seen that Gamecube version before looks completely ridiculous and funny at the same time. Air Zonk is a fantastic shooter and the tunes are great... still one of my favorites of that time.

Not only do we need another BONK , we need another ZONK!! Hell, we need another NEC CONSOLE !!!!!

Man do I love Air Zonk, it kicks my butt but it’s so gorgeous to look at and play

Great video, I was unaware of some of the Bonk Games on other systems, will have to check them out 🕹

I see quarantine has been making Ron Perlman show us his side of gaming life.

For sure your best episode yet. Uga Booga.

Most bonkers thing I ever will see today. Thanks for the great video!

GameSack Still RULES!!!

What a great gallery of all the bonk games, really comprehensive and fun to watch, and I didn't even cared about this mascot until I watched this video. Now I want to try some of them. Great job as always!

Woah a GameSack / Hard4Games crossover? Dreams do come true!

Bonk is still one of my favorite franchises. Hopefully they will resurrect it.

Bonk seems perfect for a return on the switch first with a collection then maybe a new 2D platform er.

PC engine the most underrated system

Hobo Bonk looks like the kinda guy I can relate to. A real man of the people. Hobo Bonk for Mayor!

I beat Bonk’s Adv on the game boy earlier in quarantine. Great episode dude.

Thanks for the lockdown content amigos

Super Bonk was one of mt favourite games back then, I don't even know why I used to like it so much but I played through it like a thousand times.

Always enjoy your videos, Joe. Also, the “Princess Bride” called....................

I dunno what's worse me being up or being as hyped as I am for this episode (we all miss dave but he is not here man)

hey Joe! in that bridge stage you need to use the weird flying pig/helicopter thingie to fly above it!

I never knew about the arcade and Gamecube versions! Those look awesome!

Bonk 2 and 3 Japanese versions have the girlie Bonk. I love it and only emulate the Japanese versions as a consequence. My wife loves the cuteness but Americans could not handle it back in the day nor now.

Time to get my sack ready.

Great story, thank you 👍

Wow I missed this one somehow, and actually grew up having a tg16 and Bonks Revenge was the second game I ever beat.

Moar Bonk?! Please more... Loved to play it on my cousin's Turbo CD.

The Amiga version, and many Amiga games in general aren't quite full screen because of the resolution. Full screen on Amiga in its low res mode is 360x283, which is higher than most machines from the era. That's full screen, full overscan, but thats what is required to fill a screen entirely on the Amiga.

My husband and I love watching your channel

Turbo Graphix 16 now available at your local Grocery store or wherever we could get this thing released.

Excellent video showcasing the Bonk series. I recently bought Super Bonk 1 & 2 (Super Famicom versions). They were both surprisingly cheap for cart only. I'm surprised people have been snatching those up.

The video transition effects are so cool 😀😀

Would love a Bonk collection on the switch.

I remember going to the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago in the early '90s (Google tells me it was probably 1992) and they had a playable version of Bonk 3 in the Turbo Duo section, where I spent almost the entire day. I was playing the first level and some guy standing behind me *insisted* that it was Bonk 2. I tried telling him he was wrong, but he insisted he was looking at Bonk 2. When I finally got one of those candies that turns you into giant Bonk, he muttered something under his breath and walked away. They also had a naming contest for TTI's *new mascot* who turned out to be Zonk. There were little cards you could fill out, and I'm sure I did make a suggestion. Wish I would have taken one of those cards home as a keepsake. Oh, and I could be misremembering this, but I swear there was some sort of unplayable demo of Bonk RPG there as well. I distinctly remember being sort of intrigued, but walking away quickly because it was mostly a series of Japanese text boxes popping up on a loop. Really liked the first two games in this series -- I still remember how amazing it felt as a 10-year-old to bonk the sleeping dinosaur on the head and open up the final part of Bonk's Adventure level one.

Castle of Illusion? Don't you mean Castle of ASSSSS? Oh, and how come there was no joke about Super Air Zonk's price? I love hearing those! "It's also very affordable, at only $900 in the case, so you have no excuse to not buy it RIGHT NOW!"

Joe. More complete series like this please!!!