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Power Piggs of the Dark Age

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Power Piggs of the Dark Age
North American cover art
Developer(s)Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)Titus France[1]
Designer(s)David Roberts
Brian Thalken
Emmanual Soupidis
Composer(s)Marc Baril[2]
Platform(s)Super NES
Release
  • NA: May 1996
  • PAL: 29 September 1997
Genre(s)Hack and slash, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Power Piggs of the Dark Age is a 2D hack and slash platform game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Titus France. It was released in 1996 for the Super NES in North America, and in the PAL regions the following year. A Sega Mega Drive version was planned but never released.[3]

Gameplay

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Confronting the first boss of the game.

The video game takes place during the Dark Ages. In control of a group of humanoid pigs, the player's object is to defeat a warlock named the Wizard of Wolff, a humanoid wolf with strange magical powers. Each of the Power Piggs was planned to use their own medieval weapon and uses it to defeat minor enemies that lie in his path.[4] However, the actual released version of the game featured only one playable character, Bruno, in spite of all three still appearing on the title screen.[5]

The first stage is a typical medieval town but it only gets more surreal from there.

Doughnuts are seen as food in the game for the main characters.[4] One of the main characters is a knight named Bruno; his secondary weapon happens to be pastries that explode on contact with the enemy.[6]

Several in-game passwords help to reveal a mini-game in addition to hidden messages within the coding of the game itself.[7]

Reception

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Power Piggs of the Dark Age received average reviews.[8][12][13][18] Nintendo Power found the game fun and quite challenging, but saw the poor hit detection and some near-impossible jumps to be negative points.[22] GamePro's Doctor Devon praised the character's moveset, cartoon-style graphics, humorous sound effects, and fast-paced music, though he acknowledged that the game lacked the sophistication of some of the more recent platform titles.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. ^ "Composer information". SNESMusic.org. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  3. ^ Nick (October 1996). "Review Round Up - Mega Drive: Power Piggs". Sega Power. No. 84. Future Publishing. p. 53.
  4. ^ a b "Basic game overview". MobyGames. Retrieved 2012-01-10.
  5. ^ "Basic overview of the characters". Black Falcon Games. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  6. ^ "Character overview". Bit Mob. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  7. ^ "Hidden screens". The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  8. ^ a b Boissarie, Véronique (July 1996). "Super Nintendo Review: Power Piggs of the New Age". Consoles + [fr] (in French). No. 56. EM-Images. p. 121.
  9. ^ Hellot, Grégoire (July 1996). "Le Zapping des Tests: Power Piggs". Joypad [fr] (in French). No. 55. Hachette Disney Presse. p. 79.
  10. ^ Ehrle, Oliver (January 1997). "Test: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". MAN!AC [de] (in German). No. 39. Cybermedia. p. 102. (Transcription Archived 2024-12-10 at the Wayback Machine).
  11. ^ Pütz, Christoph (March 1997). "Test Mixed: Power Piggs". Mega Fun [de] (in German). No. 54. Computec. p. 82.
  12. ^ a b Dawson, Phil; White, Shaun (June 1996). "Review: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 45. United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 24–26.
  13. ^ a b Lassale, Guillaume (July 1996). "Vite Vu – Le Zone de Vite Vu: Power Piggs". Player One [fr] (in French). No. 66. Média Système Édition [fr]. p. 127.
  14. ^ Mott, Tony (July 1996). "UK Review: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Super Play. No. 45. Future Publishing. pp. 46–47.
  15. ^ Weaver, Tim (July 1996). "Reviews: Power Piggs". Total!. No. 55. Future Publishing. pp. 52–53.
  16. ^ Berg, Frederic (December 1996). "Test: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Total! (in German). No. 42. X-Plain-Verlag. p. 61.
  17. ^ Sauer, Dirk (December 1996). "Reviews: Schweinekram - Power Piggs". Video Games [de] (in German). No. 61. Magna Media. p. 116.
  18. ^ a b Beard, Alan (November 1996). "Super NES Review: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 44. Australia: Catalyst Publishing. pp. 42–43.
  19. ^ Bruinsma, Bjørn (July–August 1996). "Review: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Power Unlimited (in Dutch). No. 34. VNU Media. p. 45.
  20. ^ Lassale, Guillaume (July–August 1996). "Test éclair: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Ultra Player [fr] (in French). No. 36. Média Système Édition [fr]. p. 106. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  21. ^ "Power Piggs of the Dark Age (Super NES Review)". VideoGames. No. 91. Larry Flynt Publications. August 1996. p. 65.
  22. ^ "Now Playing: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". Nintendo Power. Vol. 83. Nintendo of America. April 1996. pp. 96–97.
  23. ^ Doctor Devon (September 1996). "The 16-Bit Gamer's Survival Guide: Power Piggs of the Dark Age". GamePro. No. 96. IDG. p. 76.
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