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Posted: 7/20/2005 1:37 PM
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shmorky
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I'm so glad someone finally got a WAY faster speed-run out of this! I knew it could be done! Nice use of the slide technique too.
Posted: 4/27/2005 5:36 PM
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Sleepz wrote:
shmorky wrote:
Technically you can't finish it in under a minute because you need to get the Jellybeans from underground first. That gives you Lime, the key bean. What you can bypass entirely (as shown in the first speedrun) are the treasures/vitamins. I beat the game in five minutes, but I am sure a more seasoned gamer can do much better. edit Seriously I doubt you can throw the apple jellybean in there, not that far anyway. He wouldn't even be lined up.
Why would you need to get the lime beans if you can access the King’s room without it? Secondly, you can throw an apple in there and have the blob eat it. I made a demo to show. http://members.shaw.ca/richu/AboyandhisblobGlitch.zip The first throw is to prove that it really is the King’s room, and that the blob can be in the proper position. Observe as the blob heads to the left and is stopped once he reaches the left boundaries of the cage, just as he would be if you normal enter through the door. This is also the position the blob must in to properly utilize the jack. The next set of throws gets the blob to turn into a jack in the room. The throw is short of the correct position, and like I said, it would take a longer throw to finish the game in under a min. If you get this method to work though, there would be no need to get the lime beans or run several screens to the right. Maybe if someone did more testing, a way can eventually be found.
Yeah I added that edit after I figured out what you're saying. I'll say it again You can't throw a bean that far. Not into the next screen anyway. I have tested the HELL out of this game, finding every secret possible and I just haven't found a way to throw a bean that far from a wrong screen. I would love it if I could be proven wrong though, opening up a whole new can of worms in the Blob universe. edit and no I don't think it has to be ketchup. That's just what I discovered this secret with.
Posted: 4/26/2005 5:12 PM
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shmorky
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[quote="Sleepz"]To the left of the first screen is the King's room. The way the trick works is that when you run towards the left side, you time the releasing of the bean so that it first appears past the barrier that prevents you from entering the room in the first place. The camera view follows the bean into the room and that's why you can see it. Just make sure you don't make any movements afterwards with the boy, or the camera will go back to the boy again. If you throw a ketchup bean in there, it does put the blob into the king's room. The problem is, when the blob is in the correct position under the basket, he is out of your throwing range. If you can find a way to throw a bean a least half a screen's length, then you can finish the game in under a min.[/quote] Technically you can't finish it in under a minute because you need to get the Jellybeans from underground first. That gives you Lime, the key bean. What you can bypass entirely (as shown in the first speedrun) are the treasures/vitamins. I beat the game in five minutes, but I am sure a more seasoned gamer can do much better. edit Seriously I doubt you can throw the apple jellybean in there, not that far anyway. He wouldn't even be lined up.
Posted: 4/12/2005 10:41 AM
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shmorky
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I collect NES games because I'm a huge dork. Here's my collection so far http://shmorky.com/nes/NES-carts.txt
Posted: 3/18/2005 8:45 AM
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[quote="Bag of Magic Food"]Wait, THE Shmorky? Man, this guy is everywhere.[/quote] Shh, shut up I'm no one special! edit sorry, I'm usually really hesitant to post on different forums, but I loved the original video so much that I wanted to show this trick and how it was done. Most of the time I just send a private emails for these things.
Posted: 3/18/2005 8:03 AM
Post subject: A Boy And His Blob
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This should make for an even speedier speed-run! The one on the site is great for playing as-is, but there's an even faster way to beat the game. Take a look at this video http://shmorky.com/nes/boyblob-ketchupglitch.html What you do is hold the button to throw a ketchup jellybean, run back and forth to build momentum, then launch it as far left as you can. If you did it just right you'll see the final screen for a split second. Then throw another ketchup jellybean to get the blob back. You'll notice all the enemies are gone now! You don't have to slow down once and you can just breeze through all of Blobonia! I hear that you can do this trick with any jellybean, but I never tried that. I discovered it this way a long time ago. I don't want this to be like a request or anything but I'd love to see someone zip through this as fast as possible using this glitch!