ReMix: Bonk's Adventure 'Prehistoric Xmas'
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- Game: Bonk's Adventure (Hudson Soft, 1989, TG16)
- ReMixer(s): djpretzel
- Composer(s):
- Song(s): 'Level 1'
- Posted: 1999-12-19, evaluated by djpretzel
From the Turbografx-16/PC-Engine came bonk, known as PCKid by his Japanese fans. This here techno-jungle flavored remake of the first stage theme from his first adventure has a bit of an xmas flair to it, and is dedicated to the recent comeback of MagicEngine, a superfragilistic tg-16 emu.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I love this, beginning to end. In my mind, it's kind of a similar
track to DarkeSword's Party in the Snowland mix. (Not in that I get
Christmas vibes, but in that I can sit here and enjoy listening to
the background music)
I especially love the instrumentation choices. Really floats my boat. (Might even go so far as to say flies my airship)
- Locke on December 3, 2011
I especially love the instrumentation choices. Really floats my boat. (Might even go so far as to say flies my airship)
- Locke on December 3, 2011
Ouch! The high end! It is randomly stabbing me in the ear. If the
bass came up a bit and that high end was tamed, this mix might
sound pretty good. There are modern mixes popping out that don't
have this much attention paid to the percussion. Cool to hear all
of those notes used well. The somewhat theramin-esque lead is
sweet. It would be great to hear djp revisit this someday and give
it some modern drums and bass and a more spatial, less narrow
stereo spectrum. Seriously, I love Bonk -- Bonk it some more!
- Brandon Strader on December 3, 2011
- Brandon Strader on December 3, 2011
The intro wah-wah effect gets tiresome very soon, and sometimes the
sound it produces had really high frequencies compared to the rest
of the arp.
Also, I don't find the bass and drum sounds very good, and the open hat is a bit too loud, it sometimes distracts me from the main melody.
I'm also not a big fan of the lead at 2:00, or better to say the effects on it.
Still, overall it's pretty catchy, nice job.
- hakstock on December 2, 2011
Also, I don't find the bass and drum sounds very good, and the open hat is a bit too loud, it sometimes distracts me from the main melody.
I'm also not a big fan of the lead at 2:00, or better to say the effects on it.
Still, overall it's pretty catchy, nice job.
- hakstock on December 2, 2011
Interesting effect in the beginning. Much wah-wah for the win, in
my opinion. The accompaniment would be better if it were thicker in
the beginning, though - especially the bass. When everything kicks
in later, though, it works out alright.
Spliced drums are quite nice. The hats are a little too far in the front, in my humble opinion, but that could just be an artifact from whatever drums you used. Then again, it's probably stupid to nitpick a song that's over a decade old. Whatever.
This track is considerably more dynamic than the Ninja track from earlier, which is great. The liberal use of portamento instruments is also pretty neat.
This is a pretty fun 'feel good' track. I can get down to this. Certainly earns eight rocks out of ten.
- Gario on December 1, 2011
Spliced drums are quite nice. The hats are a little too far in the front, in my humble opinion, but that could just be an artifact from whatever drums you used. Then again, it's probably stupid to nitpick a song that's over a decade old. Whatever.
This track is considerably more dynamic than the Ninja track from earlier, which is great. The liberal use of portamento instruments is also pretty neat.
This is a pretty fun 'feel good' track. I can get down to this. Certainly earns eight rocks out of ten.
- Gario on December 1, 2011
Very nice. Sounds catchy and has a good melody to it. Not mind
blowing my any means, but it still sounds great and has enough
quirk to get the feeling across. Few minor issues, but pretty nice
all in all.
- Crulex on September 15, 2011
- Crulex on September 15, 2011
0:35 too bad the bass line is so quiet, at least on
headphones
1:00 cool jungle/dnb rhythm going on
1:24 nice drum/synth solo
1:38 reso synths are a bit much, imo
2:30 very catchy
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
1:00 cool jungle/dnb rhythm going on
1:24 nice drum/synth solo
1:38 reso synths are a bit much, imo
2:30 very catchy
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
Well this is an uplifting mix. Seems somewhat empty soundscape
wise, due to the missing mid frequencies like bahamut said. Really
nice drums again tho, altho the hihat seems too exposed and
sometimes gets a bit piercing in the highs. A pretty unusual mix,
alot of interesting effects on the synths, gives the mix a sort of
intentional queasiness to it. Another good one from DJP :)
- WillRock on November 9, 2010
- WillRock on November 9, 2010
Maybe it's just Christmas because it was posted a few days before
Christmas? That's the only thing I can think of. If anything the
synths remind me of space. Jesus in space?
Not so impressed with this one, like people have said it's kind of empty, and the drum samples are noticeably cheap tshh tshh. It gets a little bit better when it picks up around 1:07, but then it keeps riding on that note and refuses to change too much. Not terrible though, quite listenable. 7/10
- Tables on July 1, 2010
Not so impressed with this one, like people have said it's kind of empty, and the drum samples are noticeably cheap tshh tshh. It gets a little bit better when it picks up around 1:07, but then it keeps riding on that note and refuses to change too much. Not terrible though, quite listenable. 7/10
- Tables on July 1, 2010
What a quirky mix - I guess my biggest problem with this one is
that it sounds pretty empty throughout, probably due to the
distinct lack of midfrequency stuff. It's pretty lighthearted, but
I'm not sure I'd associate this with any type of Christmas.
- Bahamut on October 4, 2009
- Bahamut on October 4, 2009
i'm not too big on the individual synths but when you put them all
together it makes for some nice textures. 2:30-3:00 is the
strongest part of the song imo.
christmas, wat?
- halc on December 15, 2008
christmas, wat?
- halc on December 15, 2008
Upbeat, cute, but I do not detect Christmas. The name confuses
me.
Every instrument distorts, and not in a bad way. Very interesting, and unique.
Nice work.
- DragonAvenger on November 16, 2008
Every instrument distorts, and not in a bad way. Very interesting, and unique.
Nice work.
- DragonAvenger on November 16, 2008
A really fun mix that I like, though there is some sort of piercing
high frequency percussive hit that hurts if the volume is up too
high. Though it has a WTFesque name, it has a lot of cool synths
and some fantastically rolling rhythms. I don't necessarily think
"cave man" when I hear it, but I do think of light-hearted fun, and
that translated well into the Bonk world. Stuff like wandering
around, bustin' up stuff with your gianourmous head, eating meat
that has been lying on the ground for who knows how long, chillin
with the cave ladies; that kind of thing. If Bonk had a low rider,
you know he'd be bumpin to this all day long.
- OA on June 19, 2007
- OA on June 19, 2007
Nineko wrote: This is one of my personal favorites. It proves that djp has been able to make good music at a certain point, when he was younger:lol:
lol. Yeah, this is interesting djpretzel material, fosho.
- DarkCecil13 on December 25, 2006
