Glover (1999). Play Free Online

Summary

The PlayStation version of *Glover* still charms me with its off‑beat humor and the strange partnership between a four‑fingered glove and a shape‑shifting ball. Each of the six worlds holds three regular stages, a boss and a hidden bonus stage unlocked by collecting all the Garib cards, totalling more than thirty levels of themed puzzles. I love swapping the ball between rubber, bearing, bowling and crystal forms—each gives new abilities like water‑floating, magnetic control or extra bounce, while the glove itself can double‑jump, cartwheel and even flip upside‑down when walking on the ball, which famously reverses the controls. The game also packs quirky power‑ups, dozens of oddball characters and an FMV‑styled opening that the PS port introduced. Critics weren’t kind to the console conversion, calling its graphics flat compared to the N64 original, but the 2025 multi‑platform remaster proves the concept still holds a nostalgic punch.

Storyline

In the Crystal Kingdom, a kindly wizard rules from his towering Crystal Castle, where seven magical crystals sit atop its spires, powering the land. A botched potion mix causes a massive explosion, turning the wizard into a statue and scattering the crystals. Two sentient gloves are flung apart: Glover lands outside and instantly turns the crystals into rubber balls to keep them from shattering. The other glove, corrupted in the cauldron, becomes the villain Cross‑Stitch, determined to stop Glover.
The six portals surrounding the castle lead to seven distinct realms—Atlantis, a circus park, a pirate’s domain, a horror fortress, a prehistoric world, outer space, and a final arena. Glover must guide each bouncy ball through puzzles, hidden traps, and Cross‑Stitch’s monsters to retrieve the crystals. With help from the talking hat Mr. Tip, he battles the evil glove in a giant robot showdown. When all crystals return to their spires, the wizard is restored to flesh and the kingdom’s peace returns.

Edited by Maya Carter