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SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge is a 2001 2.5D platform game developed by Climax Development and published by THQ. The game is based on the Nickelodeon cartoon series of the same name. It was released for the PlayStation on September 20, 2001, and for the Game Boy Advance on November 8, 2001.

Fifteen years after its release, the source code and most of the development assets for the PlayStation version were sold on two DVDs, and the contents were released on the Internet Archive in 2016.[3] Early source code for the Game Boy Advance version was later found and released in 2019 as well.[4]

Gameplay[]

The game is divided in five worlds (listed as "chapters"): Bikini Bottom, The Center of the Earth (an underwater volcano), Prehistoric Bikini Bottom, Rock Bottom, and Industrial (the industrial district of Bikini Bottom). Each world is divided into four levels, which are cleared by collecting the object desired by Barnacle Boy. In addition, the fourth level of every chapter has a boss enemy who must be defeated to progress.

Scattered through all the levels there are spatulas. By collecting all 100 in a level, SpongeBob earns an extra life. In the PlayStation version, spatulas serve as Sonic the Hedgehog-style health measures for the player. If SpongeBob is touched by an enemy, he loses all of the collected spatulas, and if he is touched by an enemy without any spatulas, he loses a life. In the PlayStation version, there is a continue feature that features Patrick at SpongeBob's house all alone; he encourages the player to keep going on SpongeBob's quest by saying where are his friends, and thinking they forgot his birthday. In the Game Boy Advance version, a separate health measure is used, which can be replenished by collecting items like Salty Fries, Salty Shakes, and Krabby Patties. Lives also can be obtained by finding underpants.

In the PlayStation version, by collecting a certain number of spatulas in every chapter, a secret level named "Six Clams Adventure Land" (a reference to the Six Flags amusement park) can be unlocked. In those levels, set in an amusement park, SpongeBob must ride through obstacles and collect all 25 flower tokens. These tokens can be used to buy props for Patrick's birthday party at the end of the game.

Plot[]

It is Patrick's birthday, and SpongeBob wants to give him "the best present ever": a photo signed by his favourite superheroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. However, the heroes want nothing more than to get rid of SpongeBob, so they keep sending him to accomplish random tasks around Bikini Bottom. After returning from one such task, SpongeBob discovers that the television in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's retirement home is broken, so he searches Bikini Bottom for repair tools. After finding the tools, SpongeBob returns to fix the television. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, feeling grateful, finally give SpongeBob the autographs. The game ends with Patrick thanking SpongeBob for the autographs, and everyone wishing him a happy birthday.

Development and re-releases[]

SpongeBob Squarepants: SuperSponge is the second SpongeBob game released on PlayStation, after Nicktoons Racing, which features SpongeBob, Patrick, and Plankton as playable characters.

In 2016, source code and much of the game's developmental assets were sold away on two DVDs, with the contents later being uploaded and released on the Internet Archive during November 2016. Notably, the developmental assets contained drawings of SpongeBob characters engaging in explicit behaviour. Similarly, source code for the Game Boy Advance version of the game was also located, and was also uploaded to the Internet Archive in December 2019.

The Game Boy Advance version was later re-released on a Twin Pack cartridge bundled with SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman[5] and a Triple Pack cartridge bundled with Tak and the Power of Juju and Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party in 2005.[6] The PlayStation version of the game later received a Greatest Hits re-release.

Reception and sales[]

SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge received mixed reviews since its release. The PlayStation's version received a 68% and the Game Boy Advance version a 67.83% on GameRankings.[7][8] The PlayStation version of this game also received the title of "Greatest Hits".[9]

Reviewing the Game Boy Advance version of the game, Nintendo Power's five reviewers gave the game mixed scores, with an average rating of 2.5 stars out of 5, describing the game as 'basic'.

The PlayStation version of SuperSponge sold 1.06 million copies, becoming one of the console's best-selling games.[10] The game was later reissued for the PlayStation as a Greatest Hits title.


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Media
Television series: SpongeBob SquarePantsKamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under YearsThe Patrick Star Show
Films: Film quadrilogy (The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants) • Television films (SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantisSpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big OneSpongeBob's Truth or SquareSpongeBob's Big Birthday BlowoutSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie)
Albums: SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme HighlightsThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More...SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow AlbumSpongeBob SquarePants: The Best Day EverSpongeBob's Greatest Hits • SpongeBob SquarePants: BOBmusik - Das gelbe Album • It's a SpongeBob Christmas! AlbumThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Soundtrack)The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Video games: Legend of the Lost Spatula • Operation Krabby Patty • SuperSpongeEmployee of the MonthRevenge of the Flying DutchmanBattle for Bikini Bottom (Rehydrated) • The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieLights, Camera, Pants! • The Yellow Avenger • Creature from the Krusty KrabAtlantis SquarePantisUnderpants Slam • Drawn to Life: SpongeBob SquarePants Edition • The Big One: Beach Party Cook-OffTruth or Square • Boating Bash • SpongeBob SquigglePants • SpongeBob's Surf & Skate RoadtripSpongeBob Moves In!Plankton's Robotic RevengeSpongeBob HeroPantsSpongeBob's Patty PursuitThe Cosmic Shake
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Books: Grand Prize Winner!The Never-Ending StayBad Luck Day
Characters
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Locations
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Episodes
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Songs
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Attractions
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (cameo) • Sandy's Blasting BroncoSpongeBob SquarePants 4-DSpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom PlungeSpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly RescueUniversal's Superstar Parade
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