Retro Game of the Day! A Boy and His Blob - by Ron Alpert

There was quite a stir when this game was announced, as it was to be David Crane's first major contribution to the NES library. He was the original developer of Activision's Pitfall! cartridge several years earlier, which is regarded as one of the first games to introduce the platforming mechanic (paving the way for other popular games like Super Mario Bros.)

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