Jelly Boy
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| Jelly Boy | |
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 European SNES box art | |
| Developer(s) | Probe Software |
| Publisher(s) | Ocean Software |
| Composer(s) | Steve Collett[1] Nick Stroud[1] |
| Platform(s) | Super NES, Game Boy |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Jelly Boy is a platform game developed by Probe Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy. It was published in Europe in 1995 by Ocean Software.
Gameplay
[edit]Jelly Boy puts the player in the control of a jelly baby with morphing powers. His quest is to find various items inside a factory so that the elevator doorman will allow him to meet the person in charge. The most important items are musical notes, which serve both as an extra life (at 100 notes) as well as a one-hit shield (after a collision, the notes are lost, and further collisions result in death).
Release
[edit]The game was a Super Famicom PAL version, and was planned for release in October 1994 on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but was delayed.[2] A Sega Genesis version was cancelled.[3] In July 2021, Jelly Boy was added to the Nintendo Switch Online classic games service.[4]
Reception
[edit]| Publication | Score |
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| Computer and Video Games | 73% (SNES)[2] |
In 1995, Total! ranked Jelly Boy 73rd on their Top 100 SNES Games writing: "On the surface this platformer seems basic but the challenge is big and it’s strangely gripping."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Soundtrack information at SNESMusic.org
- ^ a b Deniz Ahmet (October 1994). "Jellyboy" (PDF). Computer & Video Games. No. 155. p. 97. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
Jelly Boy seems to be Ocean's answer to a Mr. Blobby game.
- ^ "April Release on Mega Drive - Jelly Boy" (PDF). New Releases Catalogue. Sega. April 1995. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ Hardawar, Devindra (2021-07-21). "Nintendo's next SNES Switch Online games include 'Claymates' and 'Jelly Boy'". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
- ^ "Top 100 SNES Games". Total! (43): 47. July 1995. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Jelly Boy (SNES) at MobyGames
- Jelly Boy (Game Boy) at MobyGames
- Jelly Boy at Giant Bomb
- Magazine review Archived 2021-07-11 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Instruction manual (in French)
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