Jelly Boy
{{Short description|1995 platform video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Jelly Boy
| image = Jelly Boy.jpg
| caption = European SNES box art
| developer = Probe Software
| publisher = Ocean Software
| platforms = Super NES, Game Boy
| released = {{Video game release|EU|March 1995}}
| genre = Platform
| modes = Single-player
| composer = Steve Collett[http://www.snesmusic.org/v2/profile.php?profile=set&selected=1266 Soundtrack information] at SNESMusic.org
Nick Stroud
}}
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
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
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. A Sega Genesis version was cancelled.{{cite magazine|url=https://segaretro.org/images/5/52/NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf|title=April Release on Mega Drive - Jelly Boy|magazine=New Releases Catalogue|publisher=Sega|date=April 1995|pages=8|access-date=2020-12-06}} In July 2021, Jelly Boy was added to the Nintendo Classics service.{{Cite web|last=Hardawar|first=Devindra|date=2021-07-21|title=Nintendo's next SNES Switch Online games include 'Claymates' and 'Jelly Boy'|url=https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-snes-switch-online-claymates-jelly-boy-bombuzal-150021227.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721150816/https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-snes-switch-online-claymates-jelly-boy-bombuzal-150021227.html|archive-date=2021-07-21|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Engadget|language=en-US}}
Reception
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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."{{Cite journal |date=July 1995 |title=Top 100 SNES Games |url=https://archive.org/details/total-43/page/n45/mode/2up |journal=Total! |issue=43 |pages=47 |access-date=February 26, 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|id=/33968|name=Jelly Boy (SNES)}}
- {{MobyGames|id=/55814|name=Jelly Boy (Game Boy)}}
- [http://www.giantbomb.com/jelly-boy/61-34094/ Jelly Boy] at Giant Bomb
- [http://total.bee-ware.ch/tests/snes/snes_JellyBoy.jpg Magazine review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711153431/https://total.bee-ware.ch/tests/snes/snes_JellyBoy.jpg |date=2021-07-11 }} {{in lang|de}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515185005/http://www.snes-fr.net/notice-super-nintendo_147_jelly_boy.html Instruction manual] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Probe Software}}
Category:Europe-exclusive video games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Cancelled Sega Genesis games
Category:Nintendo Classics games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Single-player video games
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