There is usually at least ONE Virtual Console title that piques SPOnG’s interest when we check our Wii every Friday morning (*snigger*, still funny – Ed) but unfortunately all we can report today are two way-under-par games that we just cannot advise anybody to waste their hard-earned cash on, unless they have Wii Points to spare or happen to be MASSIVE poker fans.
First up, we have Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure originally released on the TurboGrafx-16 in the early '90s and more or less ignored back then too. 600 Wii points or around £4.20 to you guv.
Next up, for 800 Wii Points (£5.60) is SNES casino title Vegas Stakes, where you can play Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Slots and – should you be so inclined - Poker. It also involves some kind ofo story mode driving around various Las Vegas casinos.
Unless either of these two titles hit your sweet nostalgia spot, SPOnG would advise hanging on to your Wii Points till next week, when we hope that Nintendo will have some better retro offerings for us. Until then, check back shortly for the latest news on what’s happening in the world of Xbox LIVE Arcade and on the PlayStation Network.
First up, we have Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure originally released on the TurboGrafx-16 in the early '90s and more or less ignored back then too. 600 Wii points or around £4.20 to you guv.
Next up, for 800 Wii Points (£5.60) is SNES casino title Vegas Stakes, where you can play Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Slots and – should you be so inclined - Poker. It also involves some kind ofo story mode driving around various Las Vegas casinos.
Unless either of these two titles hit your sweet nostalgia spot, SPOnG would advise hanging on to your Wii Points till next week, when we hope that Nintendo will have some better retro offerings for us. Until then, check back shortly for the latest news on what’s happening in the world of Xbox LIVE Arcade and on the PlayStation Network.
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deleted 31 Aug 2007 20:11
1/3
Why for the love of everything that makes sense are ninty not releasing all the hundreds of killer games of yesteryear???? whats with it, is there just one guy in a small office and cardboard box full of carts doing a lucky dip into the box and whcih ever 2 of 3 he finds he sticks in the (patented) Retro2Wii machine, or is possibly that these companys have accidently thrown out there retro collection and can only afford a couple of games off ebay at a time, come on ninty give us the goods.
ajmetz 31 Aug 2007 20:17
2/3
Fair play about the gambling....
....but Bonk was iconic, the platform icon for the PC Engine. Bonk's Adventure, aka BC Kid, was the system's Mario or Sonic equivalent...however, I know the first Bonk game was critically acclaimed, and what I've said is true of that title...but you say this is the 3rd game in the series...did it lose its way then?
I always wanted to own Bonk's Adventure when it was finally ported to the NES towards the end of the NES' lifecycle, but as such, it was only released in the US, and not in the UK.
Likewise, PC Engine stuff was on import only. =P
Regarding scraping the barrel though, I recently bought back issues of Zero magazine off of eBay, and have been having many chuckles over its pages...but also wondering why Amiga and ST titles aren't for download yet on Wii? Or are they? There are a wealth of old titles I've read about on there, that would be cool to take for a test spin.
I'm a sucker for cute platformers,
and having just read Zero's review of Core Design's Car-Vup platformer, I really fancy a game on that. ^_^ See what silliness they did before Lara Croft.;-)
....but Bonk was iconic, the platform icon for the PC Engine. Bonk's Adventure, aka BC Kid, was the system's Mario or Sonic equivalent...however, I know the first Bonk game was critically acclaimed, and what I've said is true of that title...but you say this is the 3rd game in the series...did it lose its way then?
I always wanted to own Bonk's Adventure when it was finally ported to the NES towards the end of the NES' lifecycle, but as such, it was only released in the US, and not in the UK.
Likewise, PC Engine stuff was on import only. =P
Regarding scraping the barrel though, I recently bought back issues of Zero magazine off of eBay, and have been having many chuckles over its pages...but also wondering why Amiga and ST titles aren't for download yet on Wii? Or are they? There are a wealth of old titles I've read about on there, that would be cool to take for a test spin.
I'm a sucker for cute platformers,
and having just read Zero's review of Core Design's Car-Vup platformer, I really fancy a game on that. ^_^ See what silliness they did before Lara Croft.;-)
Dreadknux 2 Sep 2007 07:37
3/3
ajmetz wrote:
Fair play about the gambling....
....but Bonk was iconic, the platform icon for the PC Engine. Bonk's Adventure, aka BC Kid, was the system's Mario or Sonic equivalent...however, I know the first Bonk game was critically acclaimed, and what I've said is true of that title...but you say this is the 3rd game in the series...did it lose its way then?
....but Bonk was iconic, the platform icon for the PC Engine. Bonk's Adventure, aka BC Kid, was the system's Mario or Sonic equivalent...however, I know the first Bonk game was critically acclaimed, and what I've said is true of that title...but you say this is the 3rd game in the series...did it lose its way then?
I think the point is, the TurboGrafx was no longer relevant by the time even the second Bonk game was released, whether the games themselves were the best things ever made or not. Do you remember Bonk 3?
I do have a soft spot for Bonk's Adventure though, have the first one on my Wii. God knows why though, it's insanely primitive (if you pardon the pun). I think I just like the Turbo buttons.