History VideoGame / Gobliiins

''Gobliiins'' is an {{Adventure|Game}}[=/=]PuzzleGame developed by Coktel Vision and originally released in 1991. It spawned two sequels: ''Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon'' and ''Goblins 3'' (aka ''Goblin's Quest 3''). A third sequel, ''Gobliiins 4'', was released in 2009

''Goblins 3'' is about just one goblin, Blount (though the player usually controls both Blount and a sidekick character), a news reporter who investigates a conflict between two kingdoms over a giant maze.

Not to be confused with [[{{Goblins}} the webcomic]].

''Gobliiins'' is an [[AdventureGame Adventure]]/PuzzleGame developed by Coktel Vision and originally released in 1991. It spawned two sequels: ''Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon'' and ''Goblins 3'' (aka ''Goblin's Quest 3''). A third sequel, ''Gobliiins 4'', was released in 2009

* [[ThreateningShark Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: Subverted. The Gobliiins ride a friendly shark in the end of the game to fight the BigBad.

* MagiTek: As the manual puts it, to go back home in ''Gobliins 2'', you will need to join science and magic.

* [[NonHumanSidekick Non Goblin Sidekick]]: Chump the parrot and Fulbert the snake.

* OddlyNamedSequel: Removing an "i" for the second and third installments to make it the same number as the goblin protagonists, and yet naming the fourth installment ''Gobliiins 4''.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: As seen on one of the loading screens in ''Goblins 3'', Ooya the magician wears polka-dot boxers under his robe.

* SpeakingSimlish: The floppy disk versions of all three games. The CD-ROM version of ''2'' replaced all of it with real-language voice acting, while in the CD-ROM version of ''3'', the conversations still happen in Simlish, but Blount (or Wynnona) summarizes them in real language afterward.

** In ''Gobliins 2'', Tazaar has a picture of the three goblins from the first game on his wall.

* CrystalBall: Blount meets a female warrior called Korin who has a crystal ball as the hilt of her sword. When Blount looks inside, he sees Princess Winona trying to recover her father's Maze key from Fourbalus.

* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: They just look like small humans with pointy ears, or are purple-skinned and have heads like pterodactyles!

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: In Goblins 3, Blount will sometimes give hints to solve the puzzles, sometimes pretty much outright telling the answer. This is good or bad depending on the player. Some will be grateful if they're stuck, others may be annoyed since they would rather solve the game on their own.

* ContinuityNod: In the third game, the brutes in level 2 seem to be of the same race as Winkle from the second game. Also in the Bar not only is there a portrait of Winkle, but he has a drink named after him "The Blue Winkle"

* OurGiantsAreBigger: Meliagante in the first game is huge and can block the gobliiins' path with just his finger, and two other giants appear in ''Gobliins 2''. One just stays still and seems to be a statue, the other is an obstacle to the heroes and he can punch them out even when asleep. And in ''Goblins 3'', Blount and Chump drink a potion that turn them into even bigger giants. They become extremely tiny when entering a city, though. When Blount flies around above the clouds, there is a giant peeking his head behind a rock.

* MoonLogicPuzzle: In spades.
* TheLoad: The [[CharacterTitle Prince Buffoon]], in Gobliins 2.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Blount meeting Wynnona.

*** The entire 3rd level in Goblins 3

* ContinuityNod: In the third game, the brutes in level 2 seem to be of the same race as Winkle from the second game. Also in the Bar there is a framed portrait of Winkle (Apparently he is a celebrity customer)

* JackAndTheBeanstalk: When the Gobliins and Prince Buffoon are reduced in size, they have to use a magical bean seed in a magic map which makes a giant beanstalk grow out of it, allowing them to climb down and this leads them back to the village in the beginning.

Tropes in the series include:

* FridgeLogic: Why do the Gobliiins have different names in the fourth game?
* GameBreakingBug: The Save feature in the Goblins series is questionable at best. Giving Goblins 3 (Amiga) the incorrect disk during a disc select will bring the game to a complete crashing halt.

* TalkingAnimal
** AliensSpeakingEnglish

* TheOddCouple: Fingus and Winkle.

* Jerkass: Winkle in Gobliins 2.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A chicken appears in ''Gobliins 2''. If Fingus tries to mess with it, it will bite them with its ''teeth''.

* UglyCute: Everybody.

* EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks: Subverted. The Gobliiins ride a friendly shark in the end of the game to fight the BigBad.

* EverythingsBetterWithChickens: A chicken appears in ''Gobliins 2''. If Fingus tries to mess with it, it will bite them with its ''teeth''.

* GuideDangIt: Oh boy, where do we start...?
* HollywoodVoodoo: King Angoulafre is insane because he is being tortured with a voodoo doll (this is not a spoiler, as it is shown in the game's introduction).

The ''Gobliiins'' series consists of four puzzle adventure games developed and released by Coktel Vision (and later Sierra On-Line) in the early 1990s for the Amiga, Atari ST, PC and Mac platforms. The fourth title was released in 2009. The unique visual look of the series and its characters was contributed by Pierre Gilhodes, a French artist who gave his famous signature style to many of Coktel Vision's other games. The original is slated for an upcoming iOS debut, brought by publisher Bulkypix.

In ''Gobliiins'' the player controls a team of three different goblins, each with a unique skill. The first goblin, Asgard (BoBo in the US release), is a warrior who is more brawn than brain, and whose skill is punching, causing various things to break or fall over. He is also the only one who can climb other objects than stairs and ladders. The second, Ignatius (US: Hooter), is a magician who can 'zap' things with magic with a wide variety of usually unexpected effects, which include objects moving, growing, or becoming alive. The third, Oups (US: Dwayne), is a technician and is the only one of the three that can pick up and use items.

The game is linear and consists of 22 levels, each of which occupies a single screen. The puzzles on each level must be successfully solved in order to progress to the next.

Several actions may harm the goblin involved, including leaving them in an unsafe place, using incorrect items, or interacting with items with the wrong characters, thus reducing their shared life meter. When the meter runs out, the game ends in defeat (though all levels can be completed without loss of life).

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