Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A Boy and His Blob for the NES Factsheet Developed by: Absolute Entertainment    Platform(s): NES Genre: Action # of Players: One Perspective: Platform, Side-scrolling Release Year: 1989 - NES Story This is a story about a boy. Like many boys of the 21st century, this boy has a friend from outer space. For this boy, his friend is a blob from the planet, Blobonia. Blob loves jelly beans. Coconut, cola, strawberry, licorice, and more, blob will eat them, and when he does, he turns into amazing things, like ladders, walls, bridges, and even a hummingbird! Together, the boy and his blob must defeat the evil emperor of Blobonia. Overview A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobonia is a side-scrolling platformer in which you and your friend Blob (full name Blobert) travel together on earth and on Blobonia in a quest to defeat the evil emperor. Blobert can change into several different items when he is fed jelly beans. A licorice jelly bean, for instance, will change Blobert into a ladder, a honey jelly bean will turn him into a hummingbird. The list is as follows: Licorice - Ladder - Climb to high places Strawberry - Bridge - Walk across gaps Coconut - Coconut - Roll the coconut; the camera follows and you get a "sneak peek" Cola - Bubble - Get inside to float safely underwater Cinnamon - Blowtorch - Burn webs Apple - Jack - Lifts up objects Vanilla - Umbrella - Fall slowly or protect yourself from falling objects Tangerine - Trampoline - Jump very high Root Beer - Rocket - Get on and move between worlds Honey - Hummingbird - Blob will be able to fly to you Punch - Hole - Fall through to get to new places Lime - Key - Unlock doors Orange - Vitablaster! - Shoot vitamins at enemies Ketchup - You'll have to find this one out yourself... The boy must make use of all of these jelly beans, collect diamonds and treasure, and defeat the final boss on Blobonia, the emperor, by using vitamins. The emperor has a sweet tooth to the extent that vitamins are fatal. Screenshots A Boy and His Blob See Also List of NES games This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.