Blobbo

Prepared earlier by me, in late August. --PS3D

From Macintosh Garden:
"I remember playing this game with my little brother. Man, he was great at this game. Brings back so much memories."

That was NOT my older brother, and I knew this from the get-go because I was not very good at it. Of course, there's the possibility he was being sarcastic, but he denies it nonetheless. Anyway, Blobbo is one of those puzzle games that is fun, addictive, and the full version is very very rare.



The game involves the alien blob, Blobbo, navigating 25 levels, which includes menaces like spiders, bowling balls, arrows, flames, and other baddies. You have to get all the treasure chests before finishing the level, and it's slightly more satisfying to see Blobbo burnt to a crisp or zapped inside out than to get into a situation where there's no way out.

Recently, I found and mirrored a FAQ for the game (caution on those links down the page...you'll have to do it yourself) which reveal a lot of helpful information.

- One of the levels is impossible in early versions, and you'll have to patch it yourself with the ResEdit info.
- To get the game's full version, you actually had to send money off to the author. This practice ended back in 1996, when it was sold to an unnamed Japanese company in 1996 that intended to port it to Windows and Super Nintendo (Super Famicom). Unfortunately, this never happened. Blobbo dropped off the face of the earth soon after and resurfaced in abandonware websites...but only the demo (Blobbo Lite) version. After all, the Blobbo Lite copy was widely distributed...found in magazine inserts and public domain/shareware CD collections.

To play Blobbo Lite for yourself, you need a Macintosh capable of playing it. It works only on System 6 through Mac OS 9, so grab an emulator or older Mac if you can.

Comment Discussion: Do you or did you have a demo version of a software that you were not able to get the full version of?