B.O.B.

(video game)
This article is about the Super Nintendo game. For other
uses, see Bob (disambiguation).
B.O.B. (known in Japan as Space Funky B.O.B.) is a video
game that was released in 1993. It is a side-scrolling
game, a 2D shooter and a platform game.
1 History
B.O.B. was developed by Gray Matter Inc. and Foley
Hi-Tech Systems, and published by Electronic Arts for
both the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega
Mega Drive/Genesis.The cover art for the EA packaging
was illustrated by Marc Ericksen.
In August 2006, GameSpot reported that Electronic Arts
would be also porting B.O.B. to the PlayStation Portable
as part of EA Replay. It was released in North America
on November 7, 2006.
[1]
On September 12, 2008 the source code of the SNES ver-
sion became available as it was found on an eBay-bought
hard drive.
[2]
2 Plot
When B.O.B. crashes his dads space car on the way to
pick up his date, he nds himself stranded on a hostile
asteroid lled with enemies. By collecting power ups and
using fast reexes, B.O.B. tries to nd his way o the
asteroid and to his date. B.O.B. ghts his way through
three strange worlds in total, encountering several partic-
ularly enormous or swift enemies (bosses) along the way,
and participating in several cart-race levels. There were
several dierent types of setting for each level, includ-
ing domed space colony cities, large alien hive-type areas,
strange biomechanical facilities, ancient (and apparently
haunted) temples and cavernous magma chambers. Some
of these settings only appeared on certain worlds.
At the end of each world, B.O.B manages to discover
a new space-car to allow him to continue on his jour-
ney. The rst two both fail him under comical circum-
stances, resulting in him becoming trapped on an entirely
new alien world. With the nal car, B.O.B. is at last able
to meet up with his date, who is revealed to be a large,
blue female robot with a huge mouth, who harshly be-
rates B.O.B. for his tardiness. As she is yelling at him, a
slender red female robot ies past them on a space surf-
board. B.O.B., frustrated with his obnoxious date, de-
clares Thats the girl for me! extquotedbl and drives o
in pursuit of the red female. The game ends with a shot
of B.O.B. and his new date sitting on a small asteroid to-
gether, staring out at the beauty of the cosmos in silence.
Behind them, B.O.B.'s car (in the backseat of which his
date had stashed her surfboard) stalls and drifts o in
to space, presumably leaving them stranded together but
neither of the lovers seem to notice.
3 Gameplay
Typical side scrolling gameplay in B.O.B.
The player can choose from a wide variety of weapons
and gadgets called remotes, each with their own am-
munition or stock. Use of remotes, such as a trampoline
or helicopter, is necessary to complete some stages. A
punch is also available when ammunition for B.O.B.'s gun
runs out, or if the player wishes to conserve it. There is a
time limit on every stage and once it runs out the player
loses.
B.O.B. uses the same game engine as the Waynes World
video game, also developed by Gray Matter. Elements of
the shooting, jumping, and boss battles are very similar
between the two games.
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2 5 EXTERNAL LINKS
4 References
[1] Sinclair, Brendan (2006-08-31). EA conrms retro Re-
play. News. Gamespot. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
[2] Callis, Matthew (2008-09-12). Space Funky B.O.B. -
Space Funky B.O.B. Source Code. superfamicom.org.
Retrieved 2013-01-14. extquotedblThis was originally
posted on eludevisibility.org when I (Matthew Callis) orig-
inally bought these disks o eBay extquotedbl
5 External links
B.O.B. (SNES) at GameFAQs
B.O.B. at MobyGames
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