<s>
Bonk	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
PC	O
Kid	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Red	O
Company	O
and	O
Atlus	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
1990	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine/TurboGrafx	I-General_Concept
-16	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
title	O
PC	B-Application
Genjin	I-Application
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
original	O
name	O
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
the	O
European	O
title	O
PC	O
Kid	O
similarly	O
referencing	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Bonk	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
more	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
before	O
branching	O
out	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bonk	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
coin-operated	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
under	O
different	O
titles	O
(	O
FC	O
Genjin	O
and	O
BC	O
Genjin	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
BC	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
completely	O
different	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
(	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
GB	O
Genjin	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
of	O
Bonk	O
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
PC-Genjin	O
(	O
PC原人	O
,	O
in	O
English	O
:	O
PC-Caveman	O
)	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Kobuta	O
Aoki	O
,	O
and	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
comics	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
magazine	O
Gekkan	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
console	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japanese	O
,	O
PC-Genjin	O
sounds	O
like	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
PC	O
stands	O
for	O
Pithecanthropus	O
Computerus	O
,	O
a	O
pun	O
on	O
Pithecanthropus	O
erectus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
(	O
or	O
given	O
different	O
versions	O
)	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
accordingly	O
,	O
like	O
FC-Kid	O
(	O
after	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Japanese	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
FC	O
stood	O
for	O
Freakthoropus	O
Computerus	O
)	O
,	O
GB-Kid	O
(	O
after	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
)	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
more	O
generic	O
name	O
BC-Kid	O
in	O
some	O
other	O
versions	O
,	O
including	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
scrapped	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
name	O
is	O
always	O
Bonk	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
or	O
something	O
similar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
editors	O
ranked	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
version	O
as	O
number	O
85	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
100	O
Best	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
imaginative	O
level	O
designs	O
and	O
hilarious	O
player	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
reviewed	O
BC	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
scored	O
it	O
93%	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Boone	O
praised	O
the	O
original	O
PC	O
Kid	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
as	O
being	O
among	O
his	O
"	O
all-time	O
fave	O
console	O
games	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
a	O
faithful	O
conversion	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
praising	O
the	O
original	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
review	O
criticized	O
the	O
American	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
version	O
for	O
being	O
titled	O
Bonk	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
inappropriate	O
slang	O
in	O
British	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
included	O
a	O
3D	O
remake	O
of	O
Bonk	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
in	O
their	O
Hudson	O
Selection	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
GameCube	B-Application
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factor	O
5	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
,	O
have	O
made	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
BC-Kid	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
through	O
their	O
company	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
according	O
to	O
informal	O
surveys	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
purchased	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Bonk	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
given	O
a	O
rating	O
on	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
for	O
a	O
future	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
months	O
of	O
rumors	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
finally	O
saw	O
a	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
release	O
in	O
its	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
form	O
on	O
July	O
14	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
fully	O
in	O
Japanese	O
)	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
every	O
regional	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
which	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
through	O
Amazon	B-Application
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
