Flob

Flob is an arcade adventure platformer for Atari 8-bit computers.

In the game we move around Flob, a small pink blob that loses energy very quickly and we have to constantly replenish it by collecting drops of pink slime. Flob can only move left and right and cannot jump, but by using the slime, he can manipulate gravity and get into seemingly inaccessible places. He is very fragile and delicate, but with a supply of slime he can regenerate quickly. We need a lot of slime and we need to collect as much as possible, but that is not the aim of the game. The goal is to find the secret ingredients and the recipe needed to produce the aforementioned slime, achieve immortality and... rule the world ;)

There are 6 large maps to visit, each of which consists of over 20 rooms and has a separate music track. Levels differ from each other in mood, puzzles and level of difficulty. Each of them has a few hidden rooms, the discovery of which will give us a big shot of slime. The game has a system of achievements, where there are 84 of them and player gradually unlock them during the game. Game progress is automatically saved to the cartridge.

The game offers lots of fun, hand-drawn graphics in over 150 locations. For a person who doesn't know the maps, it will certainly be several hours of fun, not to mention how long it may take to complete all available achievements. Game cartridge can be updated from Atari by the user in case a new version of the game would be released.

Authors

Idea / code / graphics / sfx: bocianu
Music: LiSU, Miker, AceMan, PG, Zoltar X
Cover art: Wojciech Bociański "bocianu"
Hardware design and production: Mq-workshop

IN THE BOX

• game cartridge with gold-plated contacts, in the best housing available on the market, manufactured by Sikor-Soft
• user manual 

System requirements

• Atari XL/XE computer with 64 kB RAM
• controls: Joystick / keyboard
• game is able to use a stereo Pokey upgrade, but it is optional
• game works both on PAL and NTSC machines
• size of the game is ~400 kB