Freak Boy Explained

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

• Web site: Freak Boy Won't Show at E3 . IGN Staff . May 12, 1997 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: Freak Boy . IGN Staff . October 17, 1997 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: Freak Boy Fate: Late '98 . IGN Staff . October 17, 1997 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: What Ever Happened To Freak Boy? . IGN Staff . January 27, 1999 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: A playable proto of the cancelled Freak Boy N64 has been found at a carboot sale . monokoma . October 23, 2015 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: Apparent Prototype of Unreleased N64 Game Found at UK Sale . Tim . Latshaw . October 27, 2015 . . November 1, 2017.
• Web site: Long-lost N64 game Freak Boy has been rediscovered, and it's so 1996 . Chloi . Rad . November 10, 2015 . . November 1, 2017.

Notes and References

1. In Development . . 29. Imagine Media. May 1997. 55 .
2. E3: Freak Boy. GamePro. 95 . IDG. August 1996. 33.
3. Web site: Fundraiser: Freak Boy for N64 Obscure Gamers - Video Game Preservation Community . www.obscuregamers.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701041918/https://www.obscuregamers.com/threads/fundraiser-freak-boy-for-n64.2451/ . 2020-07-01.
4. Freak Boy . GamePro. 97 . IDG. October 1996 . 38.