There Goes the Moon....Again!
What's going on in this Bonk episode? Well it seems that King Drool's upstart of a Grandson,King Drool III, has decided to carry on the Drool tradition of chopping off half the moon and using it as part of a massive fortress to take over the Dinosaur Kingdom. Drool wants to turn our headbanger's homeland into a Monster Kingdom. So Bonk is getting set to headbash him into oblivion. Let's check out the game!

A Bonked-Out Experience
Hudson Soft did a great job on this game. They took the cartoony graphics and nonstop action of Bonk's Adventure and made them even better this time.
The graphics on Bonk's Revenge are really cool and fun to look at. Some of the enemies get pretty ourageous expressions on their faces when you bash them. Bonk travels across a prehistoric land filled with chaos and crazy enemies. There are old foes such as the egg-headed chikkuns and alligator turtles in addtion to a large assortment of new ones to deal with. Some new enemies include fire-breathing dinosaurs,phirahna birds, and weird pterodactyl skeletons that attack our granite-headed hero with spikes! This game has good play control and the moves are easy to do.

Items:
This game has a lot of items. There are the good old smiley faces that get you into special item rounds,meat that makes you freeze enemies or blast them with fire. Mad Bonk(1 meat) freezes enemies with smoke and Firebreathing Bonk(2 meats or a big one) fries them with fire. Bash the ground with Mad Bonk to freeze enemies and bash the ground with Fire-breathing Bonk to severely damage all enemies on screen. One-ups,life-restoring fruit,hearts and bonus food is everywhere to help you out also. The propellor flower lets you fly through the air when you press up and I. To fly easier with this,put the I turboswitch up all the way.

Ride the Monster Trains and Cruise Through the Bonus Stages!
The smiley faces you collect in the rounds and in the bonus stages give you a chance to ride the Monster Trains at the end of each round. The more smileys you get,the better the train you get, and the better the train you get, the better the items(meat,hearts,1-ups)on it are. The bonus stages in Bonk's Revenge are challenging and fun to play. Having trouble on the bonus stages or do you just like playing them? Well, why not try my bonus stage select code? Hold II and press run while on the mode select screen to try all the bonus stages!

Seven Head-Bashing Stages of Mayhem!
The stages in Bonk's Revenge are great fun to play through and can be challenging to get through. Just about every stage,except for stage 5, has a mini boss and a main boss. All the mini bosses,except for the Drool Copter, are standard enemies that can be beaten easily. Here's a guide to help you get through the game!

Stage 1:Stage 1 is a pretty standard stage and is good for practicing your moves if you're a first time player. First there's a waterfall,then a field,a cave, and the Volcano Castle where you fight the boss.

Mini boss: Egghead dinosaur rider
Boss: Dodogie

To beat Dodogie, wait for the fireballs to stop falling(be sure to dodge them)and when he rises, jump on his shell behind his head, and bonk his head. To really get the job done quickly, put your turboswitch for II all the way up and then bonk his head.

Stage 2:Jungle stage. This stage has alot of smileys to get,besides the ones that you get in the bonus stages. Be careful on the log ride on the first level. If you fall off the log, the fish will be waiting to chomp your head!

Mini boss: Two spike-carrying pterodactyl skeletons
Boss: Radar Freeze Triceratops

This guy will run bak and forth,trying to turn you into prehistoric roadkill. Then he will try to freeze you with radar beams that come off a piece of metal on his big horn! The freeze will get you the same way that Mad Bonk freezes his enemies. If you get frozen,he can hit you easily. To beat him,dodge the beams and jump and bonk on top of his head as he runs by.

Stage 3:Arctic stage. A very cool stage! (no pun intended) Watch out for the firebreathing dinosaurs and the eggheads that pop out of the snowmen and chuck snowballs at you. At the end you'll go through a haunted ice fortress and cave in a spinning Ice Queen with your noggin.

Mini boss: Blue triceratops
Boss: Ice Queen.

Run back and forth to avoid getting hit when she spins.
She'll toss up snowballs so bonk them so they won't land on you. When she stops spinning,jump and bonk her.

Stage 4:Beach/Warship stage: This is an awesome stage. First take a walk down the beach(make sure it's not a permanent one)and ruin Buchirina and the eggheads' vacation. Watch out for the bad-surfin egghead dudes! Afterthat,you'll have top take over a big warship that lasts two levels. Watch out for exploding missiles launched out of guns and radar towers that toss axes at you. At the end of this scurvy tale,you'll meat up with one mean old prehistoricseadog by the name of Captain Cook. Ah, the ocean is such a cruel mistress...

Mini boss: Three pirahna birds.
Boss: Captain Cook.

Cook will come up out of three pipes and try to hit you with his hook. Dodge the hook and jump and hit him on the head. Ater doing that for awhile,Cook will jump in a shark-faced battleship and try to fry you with fireballs and blow you away with missiles. Stand between the pipes and wait for the missiles to go by. Then, jump up dodge the fireball and hit Cook on his head.

Stage 5:Volcano Stage. This is a very challenging stage even though there is no mini boss or main boss to fight. There are tons of enemies everywhere,so be ready to fight it out at every turn. In the first level,a bunch of fireballs rain down from out of the sky and they're very difficult to avoid. If you want to get by easy,with little or no damage,then get the big meat at the beginning of the stage. Run quickly to the end of the stage and Firebreathing Bonk's invincibility will see you through. After the orange waterfall level,you'll see a neat cinema scene of King Drool's Moon Pyramid moving over to his castle. And then you go to Stage 6.

Stage 6:Egghead City/King Drool's castle. At the beginning of this stage,you take a trip through theLaundry Pool and Hatchet's Hometown. This is where the egghead chikkuns live. Look out for lots of fruit power-ups,meat,and 1-ups. Also watch out for the big egghead ladies that were also in the stage 4 warship. The last level is the Spook Tower.

Mini boss: Drool Copter. Bash him 3 times. Watch out for his bubbles. You'll run into the copter more in stage 7.
Boss: Golden Knight.

Bonk his gloves that try to home in on you. Then when he dives at you,jump out of the way,and then hit him on the head.

Stage 7:The Moon Pyramid. Well,here we are,all ready for the big Bonk showdown with King Drool the Third. First,you go through four tunnels. At the end of each one is a boss from earlier in the game(you fight all the bosses). Then, you fight the Golden Knight again,and then Bonk fights....

King Drool the Third!!!Drool appears on top of the pyramid. He shoots fire balls,missiles,and icesickles. If he moves to the right he runs at you from the right,and if he gos to the left,then he runs at you from the left. Use the two platforms to jump and hit him on top on top of the crown. You have to time it right,otherwise you'll take hits from the crown.

Bonk's Revenge is a long,challenging game with great graphics and gameplay. It'll last you a long time. You won't be disappointed.

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Awesome review by Dylan Hankel. Layout, graphics, and design by Bob Frasure [email protected].