Bonk (series)

Bonk / PC-Genjin / B.C. Kid
Bonk / PC-Genjin / B.C. Kid
Genre(s)	Platformer
Developer(s)	Red Company
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft; Konami (currently);
Platform(s)	PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Arcade, SNES, NES, Game Boy, Amiga, PS2, GameCube, PSN, iOS, Virtual Console, Mobile
First release	Bonk's Adventure; December 15, 1989
Latest release	Bonk's Return; November 1, 2006

Bonk, known as PC-Genjin^[a] in Japan and as PC Kid or B.C. Kid in PAL territories, is a video game character and former mascot for NEC's PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 video game console.^[1] Three platform games featuring the character appeared on the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, as well as two spin-offs featuring Air Zonk. The protagonist is a bald caveman named Bonk who attacks using his comically large head.

His Japanese name PC-Genjin is a pun on the PC Engine, with his European name PC Kid similarly referencing the system's name (the console is also called PC Engine in Europe). The "PC" part of his Japanese and European names also stands for "Pithecanthropus Computerurus", a fictitious species name for the character. The American title Bonk is also not used in the European versions due to the word "bonk" being inappropriate slang in British English.^[1]

Konami now owns the rights to the Bonk series as a result of its absorption of the series' publisher Hudson Soft in 2012.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Anglin, Paul; Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (15 August 1992). "4 Page Review: BC Kid (Amiga)" (PDF). Computer and Video Games. No. 130 (September 1992). pp. 22–5.
^ "5 Hudson Soft Games Nintendo Should Buy from Konami". 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

[CVG130-2] Anglin, Paul; Rand, Paul; Boone, Tim (15 August 1992). "4 Page Review: BC Kid (Amiga)" (PDF). Computer and Video Games. No. 130 (September 1992). pp. 22–5.

[3] "5 Hudson Soft Games Nintendo Should Buy from Konami". 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

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