{"id":1139,"date":"2015-08-03T15:04:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T20:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2015-08-10T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T18:26:26","slug":"retro-scan-of-the-week-air-zonk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/1139\/retro-scan-of-the-week-air-zonk","title":{"rendered":"[ Retro Scan of the Week ]<\/span> Air Zonk"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Air<\/a>The 4-inch Michael Jordan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I remember seeing a playable demo of Air Zonk<\/em> in my local Toys ‘R’ Us around the time it came out (probably early 1993). I remember it being marketed as a pack-in for the TurboDuo. Upon playing the demo, my first thought was along the lines of: “Wow, the TurboGrafx-16 is still around? They must be desperate.”<\/p>\n

(For those of you who don’t know, my brother and I took the TG-16 plunge<\/a> circa 1990 or 1991.) <\/p>\n

By 1993, the SNES and Genesis were in full force — I owned a SNES and enjoyed it quite a bit. I was deep into Street Fighter II<\/em> fever at that point. I drooled over the TurboDuo when it came out, though, and I always had a soft spot for the TG-16.<\/p>\n

My second about Air Zonk<\/em> was, “Hmm, this game isn’t very good.” So I released the controller and didn’t play it again until perhaps 20 years later on an emulator. I still don’t like it very much.<\/p>\n

[ From VG&CE, November 1992, p.46]<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

Discussion Topic of the Week:<\/strong> Which do you like better: Air Zonk or Bonk’s Adventure?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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