A Boy and His Blob

Maybe you could stand on the brick wall in order to reach something else? Could you jump at all?

I haven't played it very much for the above reasons. It seemed like an extremely freeform game, which I liked.

The ketchup jellybeans were useful if you lost the blob; if you threw one on the ground he would appear at that spot. The brick wall thing could only happen at the very start and there was no conceivable purpose to it. It just sat there. I guess it's in character that the game has a completely useless and nonsensical easter egg, though.

for release on November 11, 2005. Although the game is rumored to be completed, Majesco's financial troubles have delayed the game's release indefinitely. As of August 2007, it is apparently cancelled.

:( :( :(

Of course there is a Boy & His Blob speed run on youtube, of course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2teyBVvyQA

This one's insane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxgks6jXMGs

That's sad...the release was one of the reasons I bought a DS. (Not that I'm in any way dissatisfied with my purchase.)

Praise to the person who came up with the idea of a game where you run around in caverns for hours throwing jellybeans at random crap.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/10/David_Crane_1982.jpg/200px-David_Crane_1982.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crane_(programmer)

I had Freeway and Pitfall for Atari 2600, they both ruled. Ghostbusters was interesting but flawed, kind of makes sense that it's the same guy as ABAHB, now that I know. Night Trap is a...very bizarre thing for him to have worked on. I never would have guessed.

ugh, why does nu-ILX do that to links? you know what to do.

Aw :( you have no idea how cut up I am about this.

He used to have a personalized license plate that had Pitfall as the letters on it.

i love awkward wikipedia wordings.

Oh fuck, he looks like this guy I regret having date for three weeks.

these pics are better:
http://www.mobygames.com/images/portraits/large/1084683303-00.jpghttp://www.mobygames.com/images/portraits/large/1082936804-00.jpg

this is him now:
http://www.mobygames.com/images/portraits/large/1082936734-00.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Computer_People

wow this sounds hella cool

I loved and was mystified by this game as a child. I DLed and played it for a while last month and found it almost equally mysterious.

anybody play the new one?

I've played through about two-thirds of the new one. It's pretty good. Sometimes it's a little too easy (signs that tell you what to do) and the boss fights are kind of a drag, but overall I've found it charming and fun (but maybe not quite engaging enough for me to rush to get through that last third).

The bouncing marshmallows on the space planet – I think I have PTSD from those marshmallows. (Referring to the original game where the Boy had shitty brakes)

yeah, I basically had the same experience with the new one as jeff. it's fun and looks gorgeous but the controls are a bit loose and the whole thing gets a bit repetitive. I still want to go back and finish it sometime.

I liked the new version a lot and was really keen on finishing it, but I just can't get past the third boss. I think my problem with this game is that most of the levels are do-able enough, but I find the bosses ridiculously hard, probably because I never felt like the regular levels prepared me in any way for the boss fights.

I'll happily finish the game if someone wants to do all the boss bits for me. I just don't have the patience.