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thingamarob

[TOMT] Side-scrolling game on Android that my daughter liked

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My wife reset an old phone and deleted a game my little girl had been playing. Things I remember about it:

  • 2D side-scrolling platform game like Super Mario Bros.
  • I think it took place in a miniature world of toys. Not entirely sure about this. It is not the game Toyshop Adventures
  • You could jump and collect coins, roll and kill bad guys.
  • It had a great instrumental sound track.
  • It was on an older phone, so probably more than a year old.

I appreciate any help you can offer.

Posted Aug 12, 2019, 1:46 PM UTC

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CIA_Recruit1•

Don’t have an Android but on iOS you can go to the store and see what’s been downloaded to you account in the “cloud” even if you didn’t put it on the device you’re using. Just a thought to try

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thingamarobOP•

Thanks, that seems obvious now.

Edit: No success with this method. Would resetting the phone to factory settings erase any history of the app's existence? I don't know, but I couldn't find it. Maybe it was possibly part of another app like Google Play?

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Sporkalork•

It's not in 'my library' of previously owned apps that aren't on the current device (on Google Play)?

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thingamarobOP•

I don't see it anywhere. I realize this sounds highly unlikely. I've scoured the app history for every device we've had under every google account we have.

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Sporkalork•

Damn, sorry!

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GottaUseEmAll8•

Bad luck. Was able to recover a game my son loved by doing this.

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thingamarobOP•

One last detail: when my daughter was playing, she would often comment on her "buddies" so maybe the game's main character had companions? Again, not certain of this.

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thingamarobOP•

More details: the character you play is red and she said it looks kind of like an ugly doll from the Ugly Dolls movie. There is also an old man character who follows you.

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thingamarobOP•

Paper Monsters

No, the graphics on this one look a little sharper. It's similar though, for sure. I bet my daughter will like this one.

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thingamarobOP•

No, this one doesn't look to be available on android.

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thingamarobOP•

No, not it, as mentioned in OP.

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Mike90909090•

"Bounce ball" or "Red Ball"? Aside from an old guy chasing the ball (maybe that also happens in 1 of the games I haven't played bounce ball at all and I've played red ball a long time ago) everything seems to fit

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thingamarobOP•

Bounce ball

It does fit, but the character you played wasn't a ball. He was a little humanoid figure.

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Mike90909090•

I don't know if it's a mobile game but I found something called "Reggie, his cousin, two scientists and most likely the end of the world" which showed cutscenes of the red guy with an old man and it is a 2d platformer like a super mario bros game

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