Portable Bonk adaptation with the signature headbutt. Prehistoric stages, colorful as Game Boy allows, fun jump animations. Shorter and less inventive than the PC Engine builds, but the cartoon charm holds. A good minor Game Boy platformer.
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Prehistoric platformer with cave-boy Bonk headbutting enemies across Jurassic islands. Published by Hudson Soft, released in 1992 in Europe. Bonk's signature head attack, colorful prehistoric levels, dinosaur bosses, food power-ups, and a fast pace.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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A Game Boy adaptation of Bonk, retitled B.C. Kid for the European market, where NEC's mascot stayed little-known for lack of a PC Engine presence. That regional obscurity explains a limited run and a complete price well above the US one. For collectors of PAL Game Boy platformers and the Bonk lineage, the European edition is among the hardest to box in this Hudson series.
Is B.C. Kid still worth playing in 2026?
B.C. Kid is the European version of Bonk, the little caveman whose hard head became his main weapon. Across colorful prehistoric islands, you knock out dinosaurs and enemies with headbutts, bite chunks of meat to gain new powers and face oversized bosses. The funny concept and the visual flair stay endearing, even if the somewhat stiff handling has aged. A likeable platformer full of personality, worth recommending to fans of retro mascots and good natured humor.
