Hudson To Feature Playable Demo Of Bonk's Adventure At E3
TurboGrafx Mascot Headbutts His Way onto the Nintendo Wii™'s Virtual Console
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SAN MATEO, Calif. - May 9, 2006 - Hudson
Entertainment, the North American publishing arm for Hudson
Soft Co., Ltd, announced today that a version of Bonk's
Adventure for Nintendo's recently-announced Wii gaming
system will be playable at Nintendo of America's booth at
this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The game will
ultimately be available for purchase on the Virtual Console,
Nintendo's game download service.
Designed for western audiences, Bonk's Adventure is a
side-scrolling action game that was originally launched in
Japan in December 1989 under the title "PC Genjin" on the PC
engine, and in the U.S. in 1990 on the TurboGrafx system. A
hit among critics, the title featured a prehistoric hero
named Bonk who was characterized by his use of powerful
headbutts as a favored form of attack. Bonk has a wide range
of comical maneuvers. Bonk came to represent the
TurboGrafx-16 system and he remains one of the most popular
video game characters of all time.
About Virtual Console
Gamers can download classic games released through the
Virtual Console on Nintendo's new Wii. Hudson will
provide a large number games for the Virtual Console. Those
games were co-developed with NEC corporation through a joint
venture known as NEC-HE. Hudson also plans to release a
number of third party titles originally released on the
TurboGrafx as well.
About the TurboGrafx-16
The TurboGrafx system, also known as the PC Engine in Japan,
was a popular video game system originally launched in the US
in 1989. The system was based on the HE-SYSTEM code standard,
and featured the LSI "C62 system," which Hudson had
originally developed. It was the most powerful system on the
market when it launched, realizing high CPU processing speed,
a robust color palette of 512 colors, and a powerful sound
system with 6 channel stereo, and 2 channel output. Hudson
also created the ROM "Hu-CARD" which could store a whole game
on the size of a credit card size cartridge. Hudson released
the PC engine CD-ROM2 video gaming system on December 4,
1988, which featured CD-ROM technology for the first time in
gaming.
About Hudson Entertainment, Inc.
Hudson Entertainment is the North American publishing arm of
Hudson Soft, an international provider of games and
entertainment content founded in 1973. Hudson introduced
best-selling classic videogame franchises including
Bomberman, Bonk, and Super Adventure Island.
For more information on Hudson Entertainment, please visit
www.hudsonent.com.
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and Hudson Soft and their respective logos are trademarks
and/or registered trademarks of Hudson Soft.
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