Conference rusure::nintendo

Just got this game yesterday, It's really a lot of fun. Although there is no
password feature, It's a lot of fun to watch and play.( you can get extra guys
by eating 5 mints). The blob is a great character. There is a lot of detail in
the game. For example, if you throw a jellybean at the blob, and he misses it,
he frowns, otherwise he's smiling all the time. You really need to think about 
how to use him in each situation.


eric

	I picked this game up last Friday and I think it is super! It is
	designed by David Crane who did Pitfall while working for Activision.

	How far have you gotten thus far? Have you managed to collect all 22
	treasures yet? I managed to get all of them and go to the planet
	Blobolonia with one life left, but I got done in by the falling
	cherry bombs. If you've gone past that, I'd appreciate a hint about
	how you did it. In case I'm further along than you I'll be glad to
	give you hints if needed.

	This game definitely places a premium on thinking over hand eye
	coordination. Yes, there are a couple of tricky spots, but they
	can be mastered with a little practice. Mapping is a must unless
	you have a super memory.

	I think this game has the potential of becoming one of the more
	popular ones for the NES. Hopefully it will catch on and there
	will be more folks replying to this note in the future.

							Paul

Re: .2 by AISG::ALIZIO

Getting past the cherry bombs is simple.

Hint:

Have you noticed that if you enter the first screen with cherry bombs,
then leave the screen, you still die when the cherry bombs hit the ground.

After you dispose the cherry bombs, you get popcorn.

Other things:  We (members of my family) never found the grape jellybeans
mentioned in the instructions.  You don't need them to finish the game.
Also, we never found a use for the honey jellybeans.

	Stapes

	re. .3

	I think the grape jellybeans are the ones in the jar that you see
	up on the shelf at the end of the game. I find it interesting that
	you never used the honey jellybeans. How did you get down from the
	ledges that you needed the trampoline to reach?  I imagine you may
	have used ketchup, but they only give you six of those. Next time
	you play, try using the honey.

	Did you discover how to "stop" the candy machine?  You can still win
	without stopping it, but it is kind of fun to find out how.

	I agree that the game should be expanded. It seems that just when
	you're getting good at it, the game is over. A fun game though
	nevertheless.

							Paul

    re .3
    
    Is there a way to stop the cherrybombs other than blasting them with
    the vitablaster?  It's really easy to waste a half hour of play just
    to get there and die in a few seconds of klutzoid firing...

	rere..5

	You do need the vitablaster to eliminate the cherrybombs.  The method
	I use is to start firing the vitablaster upward at a 45 degree angle
	at the far right-hand edge of the PREVIOUS screen. I then move quickly
 	to the middle of the cherrybomb screen, making sure that I have already
	blasted the cherrybombs that fall in the middle!  Then I turn left
	and right, always aiming for whichever cherrybomb is LOWEST. With
	practice you will get past this with relative ease. When I lose a
	life there it is because I get too spastic firing left and right and
	I end up sliding under a falling cherrybomb!

	Do you have much trouble with the falling marshmallows? I usually
	begin the game by rocketing to blobolonia. Then I do all but the
	last marshmallow screen. You can't do the last one because directly
	after it comes the cherrybombs, and you have no vitablaster yet. Then,
	I go back to the subway and gather the treasures.  If you happen to
	lose a life doing the marshmallows you can just start over and you
	have only wasted a minute or two versus a half hour.

	If you need more help, just post another reply.

								Paul
 

    hint on cherrybombs:
    
    
    According the latest issue of Nintendo Power (I don't have the game
    myself, but read about it this morning), you need to use the coconut.  
    Judging from the pictures, I guess you roll the coconut across the
    screen underneath the cherry bombs.

	re. .7

	I tried using the coconut last night and it had no effect on the
	cherrybombs.  Did Nintendo Power have a hint that indicated otherwise?
	Although I have won the game already, I did it without once using
	the coconut. I'd be interested in finding out what to use the coconut
	for, other than as a bowling ball!

							Paul

    How do you control the rocket once you get it? Can you control 
    exactly where you'll end up, or does the NES take over and take
    you to the next level?

    re: .6
    
     How do you get to the subway?

    re -.2  I think the rocket just takes you back and forth between
    worlds.  I can't control it, and it doesn't seem to work underground.
    
    re -.1  I think by 'subway' we mean 'underground'.

	When you take the stairs down from the street level you are on a
	subway platform.  If you notice the sets of windows on the right
	side of the platform, you can see a set of rails through them.
	Did you notice the graffiti on the wall?  It's definitely a subway
	platform. Of course, when you go below that level you're no longer
	in the subway.

							Paul

    Nintendo Power on cherry bombs:
    
    The tip given by Nintendo Power on the cherry bombs was to throw the
    coconut with a running start and the cherries would explode harmlessly. 
    They listed another use for the coconut, but I don't remember it off
    hand (as I said earlier, I don't have this game).  It might have been
    when combatting the molars.

I finished this game over the weekend and mastered the use of the 
coconut.  It's *very* easy to get through all the mashmellow, cherry 
bomb, and popcorn screens once you know how.

Major spoiler follows:

When you arrive on the rocket in Blobolonia, you're at the far left 
screen, you can only go to the right. Go to the next screen (before 
the marshmellows start) and turn Blob into a coconut. Step back to 
the left edge of that screen, start running (with coconut in hand) 
and at the half way point or a little later, throw (button A) the 
coconut, having the boy stop *just* before he enters into the next 
screen. You'll see the coconut roll and roll, through the 
marshmellows and cherry bombs.  If you really throw it hard, it can 
end up in the first screen of the popcorn (that's as far as I got 
it, anyway).

Then call Blob back. ALL the marshmellow and cherry bombs will have 
disappeared. The criteria for disappearance is the screen *following*
the one the dangers are in must be reached for the danger to be 
eliminated.

There problem is that (at least for marshmellows and cherry bombs) 
it *only* works from the one screen (ie, second one over from the 
far left). Also, if you do end up skidding into the marshmellow 
screen, call Blob back and try it again, don't move ahead even 
though *some* of the screens may have been cleared. 

You can also use this trick to clear all the popcorn screens. Do the 
above, but start in the screen immediately before the popcorn starts 
(this is where the popcorn field in the background starts).

And you can use it to clear out the chomping teeth.

Some additional thoughts:

- First off, I could've sworn I'd posted a note and received a 
replied to this note.  Was there a disk crash and file restore from 
an earlier date? Anyway...

- Someone mentioned in a previous reply that the Blob's facial 
expression is a frown when it misses the jellybean. Well, try this: 
When the boy is running and comes to a ledge, let him skid off it! 
He stands there for a few seconds and puts his hand on his forehead 
before he drops.  But even more hysterical is when you try to get 
him back.  He runs on thin air and, depending on how fast you are, 
he'll make it back or fall. Definitely cartoon physics at work. Even 
if you've finished the game you should go back and try this 'cause 
it's really a stitch. (Doesn't work on all ledges, only the higher 
ones.) Remember, he needs to *skid* off, not be running.

- I don't think it's a spoiler to that you definitely don't need all 
the treasures to complete the game.

/chuck

	re. .14

	I now understand why the coconut trick didn't work for me. I was using
	it on the screen immediately preceding the cherrybombs, and it had no
	effect at all. Using the coconut properly sure would have made the game
	easier than my method.  But that's what makes this game fairly unique;
	there are several ways to solve the problems. It just takes a bit of
	ingenuity to figure them out though!

								Paul

    
    
    (Sorry to get off of the hints, but) Can you guys give me the  approx. cost
    of this game?   Some of my co-workers and I want to find it somewhere
    here in Central Mass.
    
    			Thanks,
         
                           Mark
    
    

*Approximate* cost is $50.

	Most places seem to be selling it in the $45 range.

				
							Paul

  Help,  I need a minor spoiler to get through Blobolonia!  I have been
able to pass the molars, but the next obstacle kills me.  Is there any way
to turn off the rising column of chocolate kisses rising out of the hole in
the floor?  I know there is a shut-off switch in the hole, but some invisible
obstacle blocks me from the hole.  Eventually I get killed by the chocolate
kisses.
 
  I see a big pot in the floor with a tunnel leading off to the left.  There
must be a secret way to get there.  Or is that the way out?

  Hints gratefully accepted.

Frank

Spoiler for .20

If you're being blocked it's because you haven't acquired the 
vitamizer yet. Go back to the underground beneath the subway and get 
more treasures (you don't need them all, but likely over half), then 
try again.

    
    More on the price.....  I bought it for $32 at Electronics Boutique
    in the Pheasant lane mall in New Hampshire.  It's exit 36 off of route
    3, and they seem to have the very best prices around, with the
    advantage of no sales tax on top of that!!!!
    
    

    It seems like the shelf life of Nintendo games is getting shorter and
    shorter.   This one is being closed out at KB Toys for $20.
    
    -Brian

    I'm asking this question for someone else so if I don't have it exactly
    correct please tell me.

    Anyway she can't get past the chocolate kisses, she has the vitablaster
    and can shoot them, but that uses up your vitamins.  If she puts down 
    the vitablaster, she is immediatley killed by one of the kisses.
   
    Any help is appreciated.

    Re .24:
    
    Do you know there are different types of vitamins that can be selected? 
    Maybe she is just using up all of one kind?  I found I had plenty of
    vitamins; there should be several hundred of one kind.
    
    If there still are not enough vitamins, make sure she is collecting a
    lot of treasures in the regular part of the game.  You don't need them
    all, but the more treasures you collect, the more vitamins you get.
    
    
    				-- edp

    
    re. .24
    
    Spoiler:
    
    
    	The easiest way to get by the chocolate kisses is to make a hole in
    	the floor in the room that immediately precedes the kisses.  You
    	drop down and walk to the right.  You will see a switch that turns
    	off the chocolate machine.  Good luck.
    
    							Paul
    

    Thanks for the help with the chocolate kisses.

    She needs another hint though.  A ways past the chocolate kisses, she
    runs into a dead end.  There are some ginger bread men on the walls
    that look suspicious, as if there is something that you can do with
    them but she's had no luck so far.  If someone could give a hint
    rather than an outright spoiler, it would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.
                                       - Dave

    
    re. .27
    
    It has been quite awhile since I played this game but I don't think you
    have to do anything with the gingerbread men.  As I recall, you keep
    going to the right until you reach what appears to be a dead end.  If
    she is where I think she is, she will need to utilize a certain colored
    jellybean to go further.  
    
    I won't put in an outright spoiler unless she really needs one.  Tell
    her to keep trying.  She's pretty close to the final confrontation with
    the villian.
    

    
    Hi, rented this game over the weekend and i have a few questions...
    it came with no instructions. 
    
    it seems that the blob won't eat the ketchup jellybeans (not that I
    blame him). but from reading thru these replies, you people have been
    using them... do i need to be in a special place?
    
    and i've been running around the underworld dying quite a bit, but I
    haven't seen any vitablaster?
    
    AND... can I enter the health food store?
    
    Thanks!

    Hi
    
    The ketchup jellybeans are used when the blob is too far to answer
    your whistle.  Just toss it on the ground and he will appear.  If
    you feed it to him while he is next to you, nothing will happen.  It
    is used for him to "catch up" to you.
    
    You won't get the vitablaster until you get to the very end of the
    underworld.
    
    You can't go into the health store until you get the vitablaster.
    
    Good luck!
    
    Pam

    By the way, if you really get stuck and need a spoiler to get the
    vitablaster, send me mail off line and I'll tell you.
    
    Pam

How few treasures can you do this game in?  I can do it getting only one
treasure, but it has to be the right one.

	Stapes

    Here's a strategy to get past Earth real quick:
    
         First, go into the subway and collect the treasure on the left. 
    Then, under the ledge where the treasure is(this is a ledge where it's
    fun to skid off), feed Blobutt(my name for Blob)a punch, then whistle
    after you fall through.  You'll die, but on Blobolonia, you'll get your
    life back.  Feed Blobutt another punch, fall through, collect the
    treasure, whistle for Blobutt, fall through again, collect the
    treasure, whistle, fall through, collect, whistle, fall through,
    collect, whistle and fall through again, then collect the treasure. 
    Lure Blobutt over to the ledge and feed it a strawberry.
    
         After you cross the bridge, whistle, run to the left, and stand
    under the ledge.  Feed Blobutt a licorice, climb the ladder, whistle,
    go right to the other ledge, feed Blobutt another licorice, climb,
    whistle, then find the round depression a little to the left of the
    ledge above you.  Feed Blobutt a tangerine, collect the diamond, get
    back on the trampoline, bounce up to the ledge, whistle, feed Blobutt a
    honey, whistle when he's on the ledge, then go right 'til you see yet
    another ledge.  Use licorice, climb, whistle, move over 4 Blobutt
    steps, feed it licorice, climb, whistle, feed licorice, climb, whistle,
    feed licorice, climb, whistle, then collect the jellybeans on your
    left.
    
         Lure Blobutt onto the edge of the ledge, then feed it strawberry,
    run over the bridge, go as far right as you can, whistle, feed apple,
    when manhole cover pops up, whistle, feed tangerine, bounce up,
    whistle, carefully go down subway stairs, go back up, run, throw
    ketchup, go into health food store(you'll have 40 A, 30 B, 100 C), feed
    Blobutt root beer, and go out into the wild, black yonder!
    
         Here's a fun trick: Throw Blobutt a honey, then a ketchup, and
    he'll be a brick wall!  No known use for it, but fun to observe.
    
    Have fun,
    The Super Ace
       

    I need help!!!
    
    
    	I am at the end of the game with the BIG Monster or what ever you
    call it and my Blob is in the cage...   I tossed a COLA jellybean and
    he exploded and also kill me.   
    
    
    So, how do you finish this game?  I need a hint!!!
    
    
    Thanks,
    	Ray
    

    Hi Ray
    
    Try a different jelly bean.
    
    If you want to know which one I used, read after the form feed.
    
    
    I think I used the Apple jelly bean (jack).  I think it popped the
    roof of the cage right off.  It's been a while though.

Yeah, that last hint is correct.

    Can I get a hint from some of you who have finished this game?  We've
    gotten into the room with the big ugly king blob, my little pet blob is
    in the cage, and I'm STUCK between the door (which won't let me out) and
    a thing that looks like a footrest, which I can't get around or over.
    It's too far to throw jellybeans to my blob in the cage.  The only way
    I've found out of this fix is the reset button!

    What am I missing?  I'd like hints before outright spoilers.  (At least
    for now! ;-) )

Doug

    Throwing on the run covers a longer distance!

    
    	You were supposed to use this kind of jellybean only once
    	in the game to get out of the hole
    
    	Ray
    

My son and I finally took care of the Evil Emperor this weekend. Having
enjoyed it so much I'm hoping someone can recommend similar games. Also, I
heard that there was a sequel to B&HB, perhaps for gameboy only. Can anyone
provide more info?

						-- Andrew