This week’s game: A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Released in 1989 for Nintendo Entertainment System
The gist of this game is that you are a boy. And you have a friendly blob who follows you around wherever you go. And the blob can turn into a multitude of different objects when you feed him various flavors of jelly beans, which you just happen to have on hand.
No! Come back! I swear it’s not as asinine as it sounds!
It’s actually a tricky game with a combination of platforming and problem-solving. A nifty little twist that make the game that much more difficult is that the boy cannot attack enemies. The object is to evade, while at the same time finding your way through the game’s various areas and collecting treasures so that you can purchase vitamins used as ammo for the only weapon in the game (which has a limited number of times it can be used), the Vitablaster.
As strange as the plot (such as it is) is, the game itself was quite a lot of fun. Using the correct flavor of jellybean at the right time in the right place isn’t as simple as it sounds, especially as certain flavors come in very limited numbers. As this was one of the very first games I ever owned, I’m probably a little nostalgic about it. I made my parents rent it so many times, they finally decided it would be cheaper to just buy it for me (and I still have it in my collection).
There was even a sequel released on GameBoy, and talk of another game for DS (which sadly looks to have been cancelled).
Nikki Blight: is still trying to find that damn princess... when she's not writing fresh code for the217.com.
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is still trying to find that damn princess... when she's not writing fresh code for the217.com.