A Boy And His Blob: Trouble On Blobolonia
Copyright: Absolute Entertainment 1989
Written by: Brian P Sulpher
E-mail:
[email protected]
Version 1.0
Dates Written: November 24th, 2013
I dedicate this one to all my loyal viewers on Youtube. You will have
likely watched me zip through this game, and in researching this game, I
decided that I wanted to do a FAQ for it, simply because I don't write
much anymore, and I so enjoyed the oddball, quirky enemies, as well as the
tons of puns that apply throughout the game!
Also, for Cougar, Howler, Koonce, Gracey, Frisky, and Copernicus. I miss
you, and I hope you are living it up in the afterlife as you did in this
world. You will always be in my memories, and you will never be forgotten.
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1) Introduction
2) Controls
3) The Gameplay Screen
4) Walkthrough
5) Jellybeans
6) Items
7) Dangerous Objects
8) Secrets
9) Final Word
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---------------------------------Introduction-------------------------------
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1) The following is from the instruction manual, and is in no way the work
of the author of this document.
Look! He likes them!
Likes them? The boy's Blob loves them! Jellybeans, that is. In every flavor
under the subway. Like Vanilla. Apple. Tangerine. Cinnamon. Cola. Coconut.
And more.
Like many boys in the twenty-first century, the boy has a buddy from outer
space. This one's from Blobolonia - a place where an evil emperor makes
everyone eat only marshmallows and chocolate. In fact, for the emperor,
healthy things like vitamins are poisonous.
Blob (his full name is Blobert) came to Earth looking for someone to help
him defeat the evil emperor. That's how he met the boy.
To defeat the evil emperor they boy and Blob will need a goodly supply of
vitamins. And to get the vitamins, they'll need money. To get money, they'll
search the underground caverns for hidden treasures and diamond stones.
So what's a boy to do? Just whistle! (That'll call Blob.) Then feed him
jellybeans.
You see, the boy miraculously discovered that not only does Blob love
jellybeans - but that different jellybeans turn Blob into different shapes.
And that those shapes can be used to get through many otherwise impossible
situations!
With his repertoire of shapes, Blob can help the boy overcome even the most
outrageous obstacles - as long as Blob gets the right flavored bean. In
fact, with enough jellybeans in enough flavors, anything is possible.
This is one odd game, one from the creator of Pitfall! David Crane
(et al) serve up a real beauty of game... one filled with puns and jokes
and... well... some challenging gameplay to boot!
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2) This section will look at the controls for The Boy and his Blob.
D-Pad : LEFT and RIGHT move the boy in the corresponding directions. When
on the Trampoline, hold UP to go higher, and DOWN to go lessen
your bounce height. When using the Vitablaster, hold UP to aim
directly upwards.
SELECT : Cycles through your jellybeans. Hold DOWN to reverse the cycling.
START : Pauses and unpauses the game.
B Button: Whistles for the Blob and changes him out of a transformation.
A Button: Throws the selected Jellybean. It also will drop the Blob, if he
is in a Transformation that requires carrying him.
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3) This section will cover what the gameplay screen information means.
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A - This is your score. It increases by collecting Treasures, shutting off
machine, and using the Vitablaster on enemies on Blobolonia.
B - This tells you how many Treasures Remaining (TR) in the sewers of the
city.
C - This is the amount of lives remaining for the Boy. This runs out, and
your game ends.
D - This is the area of the screen where the actual gameplay takes place.
E - This displays the selected Jellybean, including how many of that
Jellybean you possess.
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4) This section will get you from the beginning of the game to the showdown
with the Evil Emperor.
Note that I will mention when to not whistle for the Blob at the points
where that is relevant... otherwise assume that after he performs his
Transformations task that you should call him to join the Boy.
o-----------------------------o
| Treasure Hunt In The Sewers |
o-----------------------------o
Starting out at the Boy's house, run to the right, holding DOWN when you get
to the stairs, descending into the Subway. Use a PUNCH Jellybean to turn
Blob into a hole, fall through one level, move left, whistling for the Blob
to follow. Use a LICORICE Jellybean when under the platform with the
Treasure, climbing the ladder to get said Treasure. Move two screens to the
right, using a PUNCH Jellybean near the left side of the screen to fall down
one level.
Move to one side, whistle for the Blob, and then use a VANILLA Jellybean to
get an umbrella. Run to the right to get the Treasure (going under the
Snake), falling off ledges to get another Treasure, letting go of the Blob
before using a CINNAMON Jellybean to get a blowtorch that will burn down the
nearby spider web. Use a VANILLA Jellybean to go left through two screens of
Falling Rocks.
Use a STRAWBERRY Jellybean to span the gap, running to the left to go under
the Snake at the height of his arc, grabbing a Treasure. Now Whistle for the
Blob, and as he retracts, drop the Boy down through the opening. Let the
Blob fall down to join the Boy, then head to the right for two screens, and
set up the Blob about two thirds of the way across the screen, using a
TANGERINE Jellybean to get the Treasure one screen up.
Now move left, using a PUNCH Jellybean to drop down to the ledge on the
left, but DO NOT call the Blob. Instead, go left and get the Treasure (run
under the Snake once to get it, once to return to the other side of the
screen), and then go stand right under the Blob Hole (sounds dirty), and
whistle, which will being the Blob down, which will drop the Boy down to the
next screen. Go left one screen, use three LICRORICE Jellybeans to ladder up
each ledge, reaching the Treasure above.
Drop down off the three ledges, and use a PUNCH Jellybean on the left side
of the screen. Head left one screen, and get the Blob to position himself
just a bit left of the center of the screen, using a TANGERINE Jellybean.
Bounce all the way to the top of the screen, leaning the Boy to the left
when he reaches the ceiling. Move left one screen, dropping down to get the
Treasure by the Snake, and use a PUNCH Jellybean to drop through to the
screen below. DO NOT whistle for the Blob.
Grab the nearby Treasure, then stand below where the Blob dropped the Boy
through, and then repeat this pattern for the next Treasure. Go right to get
yet another Treasure, and then call for the Blob to stop his existence as a
Hole, heading left. Use a VANILLA Jellybean, fall off the ledge and go left,
getting the Treasure (a Jellybean Bag!). Head right, dropping off the ledge,
and go right one more screen to stop on this short ledge.
o-------------------------------------o
| Dangerous And Profitable Spelunking |
o-------------------------------------o
This area is going to be the most challenging in the underground area. You
will be underwater, fighting a current that goes from right to left. You
will press DOWN to lower the Cola Bubble in the water, so let go to rise
upwards.
use the COLA Jellybean, drop off of the ledge, and go down through the water
opening below, moving to the right while staying near the bottom of the
screen. After passing the pointy ceiling, get two thirds of the way across
the next screen, and then move down one screen. You will see a Treasure
amongst the rocks... this is the toughest to get Treasure. The way to get it
is to appear on that screen, just to the right side of the Treasure, and
hold DOWN, letting the current push the Boy and his Blob to the left,
nestling them right to the Treasure. To get back up, let go of DOWN, and
just press RIGHT now and then to fight the current.
Continue to the right to get the six treasures (across two screens),
followed by going left for six screens, getting another Treasure, then go
right one screen, up through the opening, and then head left on the surface
of the water, getting onto the ledge where the Boy can whistle to make the
Blob stop being a Bubble.
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| Scaling The Heights To The Surface |
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Use a LICORICE Jellybean to go up one screen, then use a STRAWBERRY
Jellybean and run across the gap to the next screen. Position the Blob where
he is just to the side of the ledge above, use a TANGERINE Jellybean to
trampoline the Boy upwards, going left one screen. Whistle for the Blob, and
then throw a KETCHUP Jellybean to make the Blob Catch Up, followed by using
the LICORICE Jellybean to climb up. Go right one screen, use a LICORICE
Jellybean to climb up again, then go right once screen, and use a TANGERINE
Jellybean near the center of the screen to bounce up to a Treasure.
Use a Licorice Jellybean to climb up, then head right one screen, using two
LICORICE Jellybeans to climb up to the next screen. Position Blobert just to
the side of the ledge above (use a Cinnamon Jellybean to position him in the
exact spot if required), and use a TANGERINE Jellybean to bounce upwards,
landing on the highest ledge on the right. Whistle for the Blob, use a
KETCHUP Jellybean to get the Blob back, and then use a STRAWBERRY Jellybean
to span the gap. DO NOT whistle for the Blob yet.
Cross the gap, heading left to find the final Treasure, a Jellybean Bag!
Run back to the right, cross the gap, and use an APPLE Jellybean, to get
Blobert to pop the sewer lid off of the hole. Now use a LICORICE Jellybean
to climb out of the sewer.
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| Pharmacy Visit & On To Another World |
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Head to the right, entering the Pharmacy... assuming you followed the steps
in this Walkthrough, you will get Assortment 7 of Vitamins:
Vitamin A: 700
Vitamin B: 200
Vitamin C: 950
Vitamins are for use with the ORANGE Jellybean, and each fires in a
different way:
Vitamin A: Shoots a medium arc bullet.
Vitamin B: Shoots a low arc bullet that bounces straight into the air when
it touches the ground.
Vitamin C: Shoots a high arc bullet.
Once you are done with the Pharmacy, use a ROOT BEER Jellybean to make the
Blob into a rocket, which the Boy can ride, all the way to Blobolonia!
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| Back To Nature On An Alien Planet |
o-----------------------------------o
Once you get off the Rocket, you have two choices of how to handle the
upcoming area; the hard and a bit frustrating way, and the easy way.
Starting out with the more frustrating way, use the ORANGE Jellybean to make
Blobert into a Vitablaster, and equip a Vitamin (press SELECT while the
Vitablaster is in the Boy's hand). Now work past the Marshmallows carefully
(shooting them will make them fall at different intervals, so that can help,
but be aware that they fall fast after being shot initially), followed by
clearing each screen of Cherry Bombs with rapid fire of Vitamins (you need
to get them all, or you will die). Following that, blasting the Popcorn to
create openings in their patterns will help, but they are really down to just
dodging their sets.
The easy way (and highly suggested way for clearing this part) is to use a
COCONUT Jellybean, and after the Boy picks up the Blob, run back and forth
for a few seconds, head right one screen, and when he reaches the middle of
the screen, Press the A Button and stop running. The result should be the
screen scrolling with the rolling Coconut, and it will go all the way to the
corn fields.
Once it stops rolling, whistle for the Blob, and run right, where you will
see that all enemies have despawned! This is due to how the game is
programmed, which checks what the last screen you cleared completely, and
the enemies will no longer spawn there. Thanks to the Coconut roll that was
tracked with the screen changes, the enemies are gone!
Once you reach the corn field, use a COCONUT Jellybean again, and repeat the
toss of the Blob as before, letting the Coconut roll until it enters the
Factory. Whistle for Blobert, and then run right, entering that same
building.
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| An Evil Candy Factory? They Do Exist! |
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Position the Blob on the second line in the walkway (from the left side),
use a TANGERINE Jellybean, and bounce up, going right onto the candy cane.
Go right one screen to turn the machine off, and then use a KETCHUP
Jellybean to call Blob up. Use a VANILLA Jellybean to allow the Boy to fall
safely to the ground, and then repeat these same instructions, starting on
this screen.
Go right to enter the cave, go right one more screen, and you will arrive at
the first set of Sweet Tooth. These massive molars will fall in a random
order, so the best way to get across is to wait until the one closest to the
Boy starts to retract, at which point he can run to the right, but be ready
to backtrack if one is coming down ahead of him that will get him (do a
quick turn and turn again to not lose momentum). Repeat this pattern on the
next screen to get clear of the second set.
Go right one screen, stop halfway across the screen, and use a PUNCH
Jellybean to make a hole to drop down to the screen below. Go right one
screen to turn off the Chocolate Pot (stopping the Chocolate Kisses), and
then use a TANGERINE Jellybean to hop upwards, moving right to land on the
ledge above.
Use a KETCHUP Jellybean (whistle first) to get the Blob back, followed by
moving to the right two screens, where the Sweet Tooth sets return for two
more chomps at the hero. Once clear of these monstrosities, head right past
the Gingerbread Men (they won't harm you!), use a LIME Jellybean to open the
door.
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| Eat Your Vitamins, Evil Emperor |
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OH NO! The Blob is in a cage in the middle of the room! What's worse, there
is a rock in the way, so you cannot even get to Blobert!
Well, things look grim, but this is not so bad. Whistle for the Blob, so he
is no longer in his Key form. Now equip the APPLE Jellybean, and start
running back and forth in the limited area the Boy has, being sure to not
hit the side of the screen or the rock. After a couple back and forths,
press the A Button to start throwing the Jellybean, and then you will need
to finish your run as you reach the edge with the rock, timing it so the
momentum of your run will make the APPLE Jellybean fly through the air,
landing in the Blob's mouth, which will cause him to become a Jack!
If you pull this off successfully, he will take out the Emperor, and you
will have completed the game! CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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5) This section will outline the various types of Jellybeans, and what
effects they have.
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| Jellybean Type | Transformation | How To Use |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |To move an |
| Apple | Jack |object above |
| | |Blobert |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Burns spider |
| | |webs, and can |
| Cinnamon | Blowtorch |be used to |
| | |place Blobert |
| | |in exact spots|
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Allows the Boy|
| Coconut | Coconut |to throw the |
| | |Blob in a roll|
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blobert turns |
| | |into a bubble,|
| Cola | Bubble |Boy can swim |
| | |underwater |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blobert turns |
| | |into a small |
| Honey | Hummingbird |bird to fly up|
| | |to the Boy |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |When separated|
| | |from the Boy, |
| Ketchup | Catch Up |the Blob |
| | |appears |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Climb up to |
| Licorice | Ladder |higher ledges |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blobert is a |
| Lime | Key |Key, unlocking|
| | |doors |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blobert is a |
| Orange | Vitablaster |gun that fires|
| | |vitamins |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Turns the Blob|
| | |into a hole so|
| Punch | Hole |the Boy can |
| | |fall through |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blob becomes a|
| | |rocket for the|
| Root Beer | Rocket |trip to |
| | |Blobolonia |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blobert will |
| Strawberry | Bridge |span a gap for|
| | |the Boy |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |The Boy can |
| Tangerine | Trampoline |bounce high in|
| | |the air |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
| | |Blob shields |
| | |the Boy from |
| Vanilla | Umbrella |rocks, also |
| | |allows Boy to |
| | |fall lightly |
|__________________|__________________|______________|
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6) This section will cover all Items in the game, other than Jellybeans.
__________________ __________________
| Item Name | Purpose |
|__________________|__________________|
| |Contains needed |
| Jellybean Bag |Jellybeans for the|
| |end of the game |
|__________________|__________________|
| |Every 5 of these |
| Peppermint |will give the Boy |
| |an extra life |
|__________________|__________________|
| |Used to buy a set |
| Treasure |of Vitamins at the|
| |Pharmacy |
|__________________|__________________|
| |Bought at Pharmacy|
| |to be used as a |
| Vitamins |ammo for the |
| |Vitablaster |
|__________________|__________________|
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7) This section will cover all enemies and obstacles that can kill the Boy.
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| Earth Dangers |
o---------------o
Fall Height..: The Boy can fall safely from 1.5 screens... but any extra
distance will kill him, so be very careful when leaping off
ledges.
Falling Rocks: There are a few sections of underground where Rocks fall from
the ceiling, and the slightest touch will end the Boy's life.
Sharp Rocks..: When underwater in the Cola Bubble, do not touch the ceiling
or floor of the cave, nor the stalagmites and stalactites, as
all will instantly kill the Boy.
Snake........: The bouncing lifeform that inhabits several areas under the
city, a mere touch will fell the Boy.
Water........: Jumping into the water without the protection of a Cola
Bubble will end the Boy's life.
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| Blobolonia Dangers |
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Cherry Bombs....: These explosive fruit will start to fall when the Boy
enters the screen. If one reaches the ground before the
Boy can destroy them, the concussive force of the
explosion will kill him (even if he is off-screen).
Chocolate Kisses: Flying upwards from the Chocolate Pot, a mere taste will
kill the Boy. Also, if you stand around long enough, one
might make a beeline for the Boy!
Chocolate Pot...: If you manage to get down to the Chocolate Pot without
getting hit by a Chocolate Kiss, the flames melting the
chocolate will burn the Boy to death.
Marshmallows...: Found outside as well as in the Candy Factory, these
bouncing and falling obstacles will try to hit the Boy.
Popcorn.........: Moving across the corn fields in set patterns, these
group attackers will try to overwhelm the Boy with numbers
and choreography.
Sweet Tooth.....: Showing up in sets of four, they will descend from the
ceiling, one at a time, looking to grind the Boy up
against their lower counterpart.
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8) This section will look at secrets found in the game.
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| Brick Wall Blob |
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A hidden transformation, it is rather easy to pull off... but be aware that
it also seems to have absolutely NO USE WHATSOEVER! Anyway, to pull this
off, throw a Honey Jellybean at the Blob (so he eats it), and immediately
press SELECT, and then throw the Ketchup Jellybean you have selected. While
the Blob is transforming, he will suddenly morph into a brick wall! The
bottom of the screen will say Ketchup = Wall, indicating it may have been a
transformation at some point in development, but was changed out when they
could not find a real use for it, or they decided to change Ketchup to the
use it has in game (ie Catch Up).
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| Blobolonia Enemies Nearly All Gone |
o------------------------------------o
When you first land on Blobolonia, there is a way to remove nearly every
obstacle ahead of the Boy (only the Chocolate Kisses from the boiling
Chocolate Pot seem to be immune to this). Equip a Jellybean you do not need
(so, at this point, Honey, Vanilla, Licorice, Strawberry, Cola to name a
few), and take a running start at the left side of the screen from roughly
the center of the screen. Start throwing the Jellybean after a step or two,
and if you time it right, the Boy will throw the Jellybean right as he
reaches the edge of the screen. You will know if this worked if you see a
flash of the last room in the game for a second, which will fool the game
into thinking you have cleared every screen ahead on the horizontal. The
reason the Chocolate Kisses survive is that they generate from one screen
BELOW the horizontal line you are on, meaning their machine still has to be
shut off to allow the Boy across. Still, just ONE obstacle to deal with!
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9) As is the usual, this walkthrough is copyright property of Brian P.
Sulpher, 2013. The only website, group, person, etc. to have access to
post it is www.gamefaqs.com. You must ask for permission before posting
this, as doing so without consent is a violation of international
copyright law.
If you liked it, hated it, have anything to add, then please E-mail me at
[email protected].
David Crane is a name not many modern gamers know of, or if they do,
likely don't appreciate what he did for gaming. Pitfall! was such a
massive success, making the Atari 2600 such a cool and wanted device for
children everywhere, that it ultimately help spawn the more modern
consoles, and video game business! So here's to a man who created a great
game, who continued to create new and wonderful experiences, and
ultimately built a cornerstone of the great world of video games!
