B.O.B.

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B.O.B.
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)
Developer: Electronic Arts, Chris Gray Enterprises, Foley Hi-Tech
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-11-19 ¥8,9008,900 EM20019 US 1993-09 $59.9559.95 719201 EU 1993-08 E241SMXI UK 1993-08 £44.9944.99 E241SMXI AU 1993 BR 199x

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B.O.B., known as Space Funky B.O.B. (スペースファンキーＢ.Ｏ.Ｂ.) in Japan, is a 1993 platforming run-and-gun developed by Electronic Arts, Chris Gray Enterprises, and Foley Hi-Tech and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo.

Story

B.O.B. is a teenage robot going on his first date, and his father tells him to be back by 11 PM with the family rocket intact or else he will never drive again... but along the way, he gets confused by an end-of-lane sign and crashes head-on into a guard asteroid, falling into a strange place (the first level) in a hostile asteroid belt, and must now fight his way back (with the aid of a new gun).

Gameplay

jumps. shoots the gun. uses a special weapon, called a Remote. opens up the weapon select menu; use to cycle through possible gun bullets (or a fist, see below) and cycles through possible Remotes. You have limited ammunition on each weapon; if you run out of all types bullets for the gun, or if you select the fist in the weapon select menu, punches. Ammunition is collected by collecting icons scattered throughout each level. Pressing crouches; pressing stands back up. You can still move and shoot while crouched, but you cannot jump. The goal of each level is to get to the goal (a circle of stars) before time runs out.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	B.O.B.	B.O.B.
English (US)	B.O.B.	B.O.B.
Japanese	スペースファンキーＢ.Ｏ.Ｂ.	Space Funky B.O.B.

Production credits

• Programming: David Foley, Bob Rummell, Dean Sitton, Burt Sloane
• Animation: Dennis Turner
• Art Conversion: David Foley, Alan Murphy
• Music: Lx Rudis
• Produced by: Roland Kippenhan III
• Asst. Producer: Robert Zalot
• Assistant: Tony Iuppa
• Game Design: Chris Gray, Dennis Turner, Ed Zolnieryk

Source: In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: B.O.B./Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #48: "July 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #49: "August 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #141: "August 1993" (1993-07-15)

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #17: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Hobby Consolas (ES) #24: "Septiembre 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Beep! MegaDrive (JP) 53 Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP) 34 Computer & Video Games (UK) 78 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 78 Famitsu (JP) 55 №258, p38 GamePro (US) 70 Hippon Super (JP) 40 №1994-01, p41 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 31 №13, p40-41 Mega (UK) 50 №11, p47 Mega Action (UK) 87 №3, p20-21 MegaTech (UK) 60 №20, p72-74 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 77 Player One (FR) 79 №33, p78-79 Sega Power (UK) 67 Sega Pro (UK) 59 №23, p82 Sega Zone (UK) 80 №10, p52-53 Sega Force Mega (UK) 82 Sonic the Comic (UK) 73 №12, p12

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Based on 18 reviews

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 eaa2acb7 MD5 6dd99077ae4e896155a88363b0649080 SHA-1 84d63c848d68d844dbcf360040a87a0c93d67f74	1MB	1993-07	Cartridge (US/EU)
✔	CRC32 e9310d3b MD5 26b5f14afbacb91fec2c461298ad2e86 SHA-1 2d0e4423e28d7175fc27a9c5b1cb86f1d5cedd3e	1MB	1993-11	Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 e3e8421e MD5 ac007195a983cf2c8057f144e3c58206 SHA-1 eb5e4221b13372f2155ac80e88eb1114a6e2ccc7	1MB	1992-10					Page