A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia (1990). Play Free Online

Summary

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia feels like a quirky bridge between puzzle and platformers. The game lets you steer an unnamed boy who can’t jump, while his AI‑controlled Blobert shapeshifts whenever you feed it one of fourteen jelly‑bean flavors—a licorice bean becomes a ladder, an apple bean a jack, and so on. The clever use of distinct colors helped the NES display each transformation clearly. Designed and programmed in a frantic six‑week sprint by David Crane with Garry Kitchen, the title even snagged the 1989 CES “Best of Show” award and a 1990 Parents’ Choice honor. Hidden diamonds boost your score and can be traded for vitamins, which power the VitaBlaster gun for the final showdown on Blobolonia. Critics admired the fresh concept and vibrant graphics, though some found the control scheme clunky and the enemy roster limited. Still, many retro lists remember it as one of the NES’s most memorable experiments.

Storyline

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia is a platform‑puzzle title for the NES. It follows a teenage‑looking boy who befriends an alien blob called Blobert.
Blobert can shape‑shift when he eats special jelly beans, giving the duo new abilities. An evil emperor has seized Blobolonia and forces its citizens to survive on sweets alone. To stop him, the pair must explore subways and caves beneath the Earth, gathering key items. After collecting everything they travel to Blobolonia, confront the emperor, and restore the planet.

Edited by Maya Carter