Mr Blobby
The pink-and-yellow television character controlled by the player. He explores the stages and must avoid hazards to complete them.
How it plays
The game uses a side-view platforming perspective. Mr Blobby travels through discrete stages, jumping across platforms, navigating hazards, and dealing with hostile obstacles while attempting to reach the end of each level.
Progression is stage-based rather than role-playing oriented. The player’s main tasks are movement, timing, survival, and collecting useful items where available. The DOS version does not have a documented set of complex modes or character-development systems.
Plan your run
Learn the timing of moving hazards before advancing, and use the full width of platforms rather than rushing into unfamiliar areas.
Prioritize safe landings and observe enemy patterns. In a platform game with limited recovery opportunities, steady movement is generally safer than attempting fast jumps.
Meet the cast
The pink-and-yellow television character controlled by the player. He explores the stages and must avoid hazards to complete them.
Before you begin
Watch hazards before committing to a jump.
Explore carefully for useful collectible items.
Use short, controlled movements near platform edges.
Mr Blobby is a side-scrolling platform game based on the eccentric British television character created for Noel Edmonds’ Saturday Roadshow. The DOS version presents the player as Mr Blobby, who explores colorful stages while avoiding hazards and enemies. Its design follows the straightforward action-platformer format common on home computers of the period, emphasizing movement, jumping, and collecting items rather than complex story systems. The game was released during the height of the character’s popularity in the mid-1990s. It is chiefly remembered as a licensed novelty title and received limited attention compared with better-known platform games of the era. The DOS release is of historical interest as an example of a rapidly produced character-based game tied to British television culture.
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