Freak Boy is an unfinished puzzle-platform game developed by Zono for the Nintendo 64. Played from a third-person perspective, the game was planned to be published by Virgin Interactive.[1] Announced in early 1996 under the name Stacker,[2] the game saw two complete redesigns before finally being cancelled in late 1998. A playable early alpha build of the game was successfully fundraised and released online on June 28, 2020.[3]
Gameplay
Freak Boy, the main character, is a tall blue character, humanoid in shape, but composed of three disembodied parts: head, torso/arms, and legs. Each of these parts can absorb objects to acquire an assortment of different powers.[4] These powers can be used to apprehend enemies, or solve puzzles. There are 25 levels in total.
Plot
On New Years Day, the planets align, allowing alien invaders called ZoS to take over the solar system by extinguishing the sun. The hero Freak Boy has to save the inhabitants of earth by defeating the aliens using his super morphing powers, which allow him to take on the shape and properties of objects he absorbs.
References
- ↑ "In Development". Next Generation. No. 29. Imagine Media. May 1997. p. 55.
- ↑ "E3: Freak Boy". GamePro. No. 95. IDG. August 1996. p. 33.
- ↑ "Fundraiser: Freak Boy for N64 | Obscure Gamers - Video Game Preservation Community". www.obscuregamers.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020.
- ↑ "Freak Boy". GamePro. No. 97. IDG. October 1996. p. 38.
- IGN Staff (May 12, 1997). "Freak Boy Won't Show at E3". IGN. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- IGN Staff (October 17, 1997). "Freak Boy". IGN. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- IGN Staff (October 17, 1997). "Freak Boy Fate: Late '98". IGN. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- IGN Staff (January 27, 1999). "What Ever Happened To Freak Boy?". IGN. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- monokoma (October 23, 2015). "A playable proto of the cancelled Freak Boy N64 has been found at a carboot sale". Unseen64. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- Latshaw, Tim (October 27, 2015). "Apparent Prototype of Unreleased N64 Game Found at UK Sale". Nintendo Life. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- Rad, Chloi (November 10, 2015). "Long-lost N64 game Freak Boy has been rediscovered, and it's so 1996". Kill Screen. Retrieved November 1, 2017.