Power Piggs of the Dark Age Longplay (SNES) [QHD]

Game Info --------------------------------------------------- Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Titus Year of Release: 1996 Game Review & Impressions --------------------------------------------------- Certainly one of the weirdest premises for a game I've come across in a while, Power Piggs of the Dark Ages is a tongue-in-cheek take on the platforming genre. It stars a bunch of donut-loving hogs who embark on a quest to save their donut shoppe, and the rest of the kingdom, from some kind of big bad wolf wizard and his minions. What's obvious from the outset is this is a game which clearly wasn't dunked in the deep-fat frier long enough. Despite the prologue and title screen clearly showing three pigs, the game only ever lets you play one of them. Clearly, the plan was to have different pigs with different skills, but this must have been scaled back at some point. What remains is a game which feels rather like the Sega Genesis version of Disney's Aladdin. You can attack enemies with your sword, as well as hurl a variety of different donuts from afar. The levels involve a fair degree of running and jumping, collecting coins for bonus lives, and using air vents to reach higher places. It's not the worst game I've played, just achingly mediocre - nothing changes over the course of the entire game, other than the backgrounds change occasionally. It doesn't help that most of the artwork uses really drab shades of brown, grey and taupe. Ultimately, Power Piggs is kind of cool as a curiosity for fellow retro historians keen to delve into the lesser-known titles in the back catalogue of SNES games, despite the fact it's no where near being one of the best. Chapters --------------------------------------------------- TBC