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[1]’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