Insert Credit has been talking about the 20th Anniversary of the PC Engine, which passed last week. Two known events occurred… both in Japan. In one failed celebration German fans were accosted by police after taping a poster on a construction site…

Thanks to the Wii’s virtual console Bonk has come out of the video game mascot retirement home and his shadow is in the limelight. However Bonk is still an obscure character, fueled by nostalgia. This makes the entry over at…

A couple of extra TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine games coming to the Wii Virtual Console next month. Japan gets: Syubibin Man, Fire Pro Wrestling: Combination Tag, Double Dungeons and Galaga ’88. North America and Europe are also getting Double Dungeons…

  Bonk, ’s TurboGrafx-16 star, has never got enough recognition. He practically faded into video game history. Besides appearing on cell phones and a Gamecube remake, Bonk’s major return has been on the virtual console with Bonk’s Adventure. Recently two…

After last week’s two dismal releases, Urban Champion and Baseball, Nintendo is bringing three solid titles to the Wii. Konami’s Gradius is out for 500 points. This is the NES version and not the arcade release as seen in Gradius…

Every Monday at 9AM PST Nintendo is going to release four more games on the Wii’s virtual console shop in North America. This week we get Donkey Kong Jr., Victory Run, Columns and Ristar. Columns looks like the “gem” out…

When the Wii shipped there were virtual console titles clearly missing from the launch list. What happened to Toe Jam & Earl? Or any of the TurboGrafx games from Hudson? Two of them are online for download now, Bonk’s Adventure…

Hudson sent over some photos of Bonk’s Return, a remake of the classic Turbo Grafix 16 game Bonk’s Adventure. Bonk was once the platforming star of the Turbo Grafix 16 lineup, but after the system went under Bonk faded away…

Sadly, this and future episodes of GPTV are without Brennan “B-man” Howard as co-host. Guess the surfer speak didn’t quite hold up. Also, due to a memory lapse (hey, this stuff aired 14 years ago, ok?) I can’t remember if…

NEC was the third wheel between the Nintendo versus Sega battles in the 90’s. While the Turbo Grafix 16 / PC Engine never gained a large amount of steam in the US it was privy to a number of excellent…