Which game is this animation of a guy with a green shirt, backpack, and blue pants from?

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I don't really know if it's from a game, but it surely looks like:

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This animation is used as avatar in several different forums over the internet.

+1 for being the first Game Identification I've seen in ages with an actual artifact. — Comic Sans Seraphim, Feb 05 '14 at 18:27
If you dump this image into Google image search (in the Chrome browser you can just right click "Search Google for this image", Google also answers this question correctly :-) — Steven T. Snyder, Feb 06 '14 at 16:31

agent86 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-05T17:32:33.063

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That's the titular Boy, from A Boy and His Blob, on the NES.

Here he is alongside his Blob, I believe in the process of tossing the Blob a jellybean:

The Boy, also his Blob

edited Feb 05 '14 at 17:32

answered Feb 05 '14 at 17:26

agent86

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Hot holy crap, an ITG that both had a salient A/V artifact and got answered. It's a christmas miracle! – Rilgon Arcsinh Feb 05 '14 at 17:37
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when things go as planned its poetic. – Rapitor Feb 05 '14 at 18:06
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@RilgonArcsinh: Currently all of our (valid) ITG questions have been answered. – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft Feb 05 '14 at 21:09
@BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft In my defense, I have not been on Arqade for a long time (since about the time the ITG debate was raging) and hadn't seen a valid one be answered. – Rilgon Arcsinh Feb 05 '14 at 21:12
@RilgonArcsinh it's February – Nick T Feb 06 '14 at 06:03
Hahaha that game was soooo wierd. I remeber I thought the city in the background looked quite photorealistic at the time thou :) – Viktor Sehr Feb 06 '14 at 09:40

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