SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001). Play online

Summary

Playing SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge on the GBA felt like diving straight into the cartoon. The game splits into five distinct chapters—Bikini Bottom, an underwater volcano, a prehistoric version of the town, the eerie Rock Bottom and the industrial district—each with four levels to explore. I spent hours hunting spatulas; collect all one‑hundred in a stage and you earn an extra life, while underpants act as extra lives on the go. Health is a separate meter that recovers whenever I snag a Salty Fries, Shakes or a Krabby Patty. Boss fights cap each chapter’s fourth level, pushing me to master the platforming. The GBA version also showed up in a Twin Pack with Revenge of the Flying Dutchman and later in a 2005 Triple Pack together with Tak and the Power of Juju and Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party, making it easy to track down. Overall, it’s a bright, fast‑paced tribute to the sea‑sponge’s wacky world.

Storyline

In SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (often just called SuperSponge), the adventure kicks off on Patrick’s birthday. SpongeBob wants to give his best‑friend the ultimate gift—a photo signed by his idol heroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Instead of a simple autograph, the retired duo send SpongeBob on four separate tasks across Bikini Bottom, hoping to shoo him away. While completing each quest he battles a roster of foes, most notably the Flying Dutchman, before finally returning to the heroes’ retirement home.

There he discovers the television is broken, so he scours the town for repair tools, fixes the set, and finally earns the coveted signatures. The TV sputters again, angering Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, but the heroes still hand over the autographs. The game wraps up with Patrick thanking SpongeBob and everyone shouting a happy birthday.