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Get set for Bonk's Return

Platform hero is back, more hard-headed than ever

Get set for Bonk's Return
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Shag. Schtup. Get jiggy. Bump uglies. Have rumpo. Us Brits have dozens of phrases to describe the act of copulation, and happily most of them still trip off the tongue after seven hours of binge-drinking. But one euphemism that certainly WON'T be returning after its 1980s heyday is 'bonk'. Even your dad wouldn't say it nowadays.

However, Bonk is very much returning in Living Mobile's new game – the title Bonk's Return should be a clue. Except in this case, Bonk is a cartoon caveman who's been appearing in computer games since 1990.

Bonk's Return is a colourful side-scrolling platformer where Bonk has to rescue a princess from an evil fella called Drool. There are 19 levels to play through, with Bonk's main weapon being... his own head. He headbutts enemies, flowers and even lava during his quest, apparently.

There will be five different challenge modes alongside the main game, and Living Mobile plans to launch a portal for players to upload their high scores, as it has done with NOM and Spectrobes in recent months.

Stuart Dredge
Stuart Dredge
Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)