Games You (Probably) Should Have Played – A

The Console Wars are in full swing. To celebrate, I’m taking this time to go back and pick the best games of all the previous generations that I think You (Probably) Should Have Played, one letter at a time.

Check out all the other entries in the Games You (Probably) Should Have Played series if you haven’t already.

A Boy and His Blob (NES – 1989)
Preferably the NES version, but the remake on the Wii is still a beautiful rendition. This is a great example of a fun all-ages game anyone can pick up and play. There’s no violence, and no preset path to victory. You feed your blob companion jelly beans, which cause him to become different things you use to pass puzzles and collect treasures. So for example, you can jump down a cliff by either using blob as an umbrella, or turning him into a bubble you can get inside and float down, or turning him into a trampoline to land on. It’s never the same twice, but always a fun diversion.
 

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