3 years prior to A Boy And His Blob, a Japanese boy already shared an adventure with a multifaceted blob.
When you see this 1986 MSX game, called "Come on! Picot", you realize how similar it is to A Boy and His Blob... or how similar ABAHB is to Come On! Picot.
You start outside a building, where you can begin interacting with your bloby sidekick by riding it or pushing it.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-2.png) (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-3.png)
The way you can make the blob interact with the environment is not by jellybeans, but by picking up certain items found on the levels.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-4.png)
Once you pick up an item, you can push the blob to make it roll and defeat enemies, or to morph with it to achieve invincibility.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-6.png) (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-8.png)
If you stand around doing nothing, your blob pushes you around and makes you comically fall.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-5.png) (http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-9.png)
And what do you do when the blob is out of your reach? Well, you call it of course.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/ReyVGM/forums/comeon-10.png)
Also, the name of the hero is Jean. Jellybean. Coincidence?
Thanks to MP83 from HG101 for letting me know about this game. Here's a video of the game in action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW3YFOxP2tE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW3YFOxP2tE)
Interesting. I loved A Boy and His Blob as a kid.
My eyes!
Cool I foresee an article coming at TheFlyingomlete. I still don't know how to beat A Boy and His Blob but I have gotten far. That game has amazing graphics for a NES game.