Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 38: Bonk
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🗓️ 27 April 2015
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
For whatever reason, the late '80s to early '90s absolutely overflowed with games about cavemen and dinosaurs. And while we're still struggling to explain this trend, without "Cave-mania," we wouldn't have Bonk: The TurboGrafx-16's answer to Mario. For roughly five years, NEC's big-headed caveman tried to carve a niche for himself within the crowded mascot platformer market, though the harsh competition of the 16-bit Console Wars made success a near impossibility for this strange little series. On this week's Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and guest Mikel Reparaz as the crew peers into the past of prehistoric gaming. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner site, USgamer, for more great stuff. And if you'd like to send a few bucks our way, head on over to our Patreon page!
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| 0:00.0 | This entire season of RetroNots is fully funded by listeners like you thanks to Patreon. |
| 0:05.6 | If you'd like to find out how you can help and get episodes a week in advance, head on |
| 0:09.4 | over to patreon.com slash RetroNots. |
| 0:12.0 | Thanks and enjoy the show! |
| 0:16.2 | This week on RetroNots, it's the Stone Age Charlie Brown! |
| 0:30.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to RetroNots for an all new feature length episode. |
| 0:46.1 | I am your friend and host Bob Mackie and with me today, who is right over here? |
| 0:51.2 | Ray is. |
| 0:52.8 | And Ray? |
| 0:53.8 | Ray Barnhold, specifically. |
| 0:56.1 | We need to- |
| 0:57.1 | Not Ray's to answer anybody. |
| 0:58.1 | I'm not sure if you're a social security number. |
| 1:00.4 | That's cool. |
| 1:01.4 | We all know Ray. |
| 1:02.4 | Who else is here? |
| 1:03.4 | Michael Reparos, like Fidget Game of Apocalypse. |
| 1:04.4 | He's a much better host than me, so I'm really intimidated. |
| 1:07.4 | I don't know that I agree with that. |
| 1:08.7 | I love his show. |
| 1:09.7 | I've been on it a few times and I'm honored to have them on. |
| 1:11.7 | I could not come up with many tough vibes. |
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