In late 1996 Maxis's lawyers asked me to change the name of SimBlob, because they said it was too similar to SimCity, SimEarth, and so on. I asked my readers for suggestions. I ended up naming the game BlobCity.

Ben's suggestions:

• BlobCity
• BlobTown
• Blob Kingdom
• Legend of Blob
• Big Land Of Blobs (B.L.O.B.)
• Blobenomics
• Blobinator II: Judgement Day

cricket's suggestions:

• B2: The Mighty Blobs
• Blob-o-rama
• Lord Blob's Kingdom
• Blob Kingdom
• Invasion of the Blobby Snatchers
• Blob 2000
• Blob '97 (bundled with Office '97)
• Totally Blobby

Richard Thrapp's suggestions:

• BLOB: Big Lumps Of BLOB
• BlobLords
• Sim(this is not a reference to Maxis)Blob
• BlobSim
• Blobs R Us
• Blobs Are We (the grammatically correct version)
• Blobs? What?
• High Lords of Blob
• King of the Blobs

Douglas Lee Hendrix's suggestions:

• BlobSim
• BlobWars
• CimBlob
• ScimBlob
• BLOB
• The Sim

Jon Butler's suggestions:

• BlobsAway!
• Danger! UXBlob -UneXploded is a WWII acronym
• Blob's-your-Uncle -In Australia, "Bob's-your-Uncle" means "all is right"

Sauron's suggestions:

• BlimSob
• Blobs: Just add water
• Blobs: Just add roads

Tarjei T. Jensen's suggestions:

• Blob World
• BlobWorld Simulation
• BlobWorld the Simulation
• Act of God: BlobWorld
• Acting God: BlobWorld edition

vlotty's suggestions:

• BlobQuest
• BlobCiv
• HexaQuest: Blob
• Dominatrix: Blob

Jens Agrens' suggestions:

• MaxiBlob
• Big Lover Oswald Blob
• Brave Leader Overlord Blob
• The It!
• the Blobsons
• Mutant Blob
• Big Loaded Overkill Blob
• Master Blob
• Globe Blobber

Chetan Chauhan's suggestions:

• Blob - It!
• The Blob Adventure
• * Blobs! *
• The Incredible Blob(s)
• Blob Builder
• Blob Generator
• The Nature Simulator
• Natural Simulator

Eric Berntson's suggestions:

• MicroBlob
• Squishy Blob
• Blob Kingdom
• CivilBlob
• Blob Farm
• Blob Parity
• Model Blob
• SocioBlob
• LegoBlob
• Lincoln Blobs
• Erector Blob
• Golden Age of the Blob
• GoldBlob (from GoldBug)
• Blobs Tale
• Tale of Two Blobs
• The Mask of the Red Blob
• DemiBlob
• Lord of the Blob <Lord of the Flies>
• Xena Blob Princess
• Star Blob: The Next Generation
• GreenBlob
• Blob of Iron
• Bronze Age Blob

Timothy Toroni's suggestions:

• Blobway
• BlobTune
• BlobTown
• BlobMen
• BlobBoys

Ned Lovely's suggestions:

• Blobbit
• Blobber
• Blobby

Roger Pierce's suggestions:

• BlobCraft
• The Art of Blob
• CivBlob

Florent Castelnerac's suggestions:

• Terre de Blob <Land of Blob>
• Blob 'e' boulga
• The first of the Blob
• For Bold Blob call B.B.
• Kill the blob <reference to Billy the Kid>
• Blobs are forever
• Maxis Blob City II

Ouyang Yingzhao's suggestions:

• One Blob Here, One Blob There (OBH, OBT)
• Here A Blob, There A Blob, Everywhere a BlobBlob (Hab.Tab.Ebb)
• BlobMaster
• B-Day (read 'Blob-Day')
• Sir Blob
• The Ultimate Blob
• We Have Blobs!

Dominic Cooney's suggestions, based on Television Programs:

• Blobbed and Confused
• As Good As Blob
• Blobstone: Subspecies II
• Blob in a Cadillac
• The Blob
• Blob: Innocence Lost
• The Disappearance of Blob
• Golden Blobs
• Pretty Blob
• These are the Blobs
• Walk Like a Blob
• Blob Academy
• Blob Season
• The Facts of Blob / The Blobs of Life
• My Two Blobs
• Blob Affair
• Blob Family
• The Blobees
• I Dream of Blob
• Major Blob
• Happy Blobs / Blob Days
• The Flying Blob
• Quantum Blob
• The Blobford Files
• Lifestyles of the Rich and Blobby
• Designing Blobs
• The Blob Couple
• The Incredible Blob
• 77 Blobset Strip
• The Blob Newhart Show
• Super Blob
• Darling Buds of Blob
• Whose Blob is it Anyway?
• Twin Blobs / Blob Peaks
• Blob Chronicles
• The Blob Show
• Blob Blok
• Blobbox
• Those Incredible Blobs
• Blob Watch
• Blobs of Survival
• Passport to Blob
• Adventures in Blob
• The Big Blob
• The Century of Blob-fare
• Beyond Blob 2000
• The New Blobs
• Aaaah! Real Blobs
• Blobrats
• Blob's Modern Life
• Wisdom of the Blobs
• Blob and Friends
• Blob Explains it All
• Get Blob / Blob Smart
• Blob 1999
• Blob XL5
• Blobanza
• BlobBlobBlob

Nils Jeppe's suggestions:

• BlobLife
• BlobBlubb
• Little Red Critters
• BlobOut
• The Blob Sim
• Natural Born Blobs (OK that's a silly one)
• Blobs' World
• BlobNation

Bill Cahoon's suggestions:

• Blobal Matters
• Golden Blobs
• Blobs Schmlobs

nerfdude's suggestions:

• Blobz 2 men
• Puff Blobby(s)
• Big Blobba
• Back to the Blobber
• Blob: The FInal Frontier

Others:

• BlobWar - unknown
• Blobtech 2000 - Sander Antoniades
• BlobJob - Omar Illescas
• HexaBlob - Ambrozy Gabor
• The World According to Blob - Mark Devlin
• The gAme Formerly Known As Simblob - T.A.F.K.A.S. - Thomas Bonk
• The Blob - Panu Artimo
• EcoBlob - J Hulley-Miller
• SlimBlob - Pegasuce
• BlobCity - Francesco Boscarino (another vote)
• BlobWorld - Jesse D. Sightler (another vote)
• Blobby's World - Justin Curtner
• Life of the Blobs - Risto Ahonen
• ButtheadBlob - Alex
• MaxiBlob - Zachary DeAquila
• Deadly Virus Unleashed by Maxis - Jim Nicholson
• SimuBlob - Darrel Spice Jr.
• Microsoft Blob - Jim Stageman