Pigs on Head

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Hey pard'ner, what's that on your head? In this zany new game, it's pigs stacked high to the heavens. But be careful, one false move sends these curly-tailed oinkers tumbling to the ground! Play this high-action Videlectrix game!

Page Title: Pigs on Head - Handheld Gamings-on!

Contents 1 Instructions 2 Controls 3 Gameplay 4 Scoring 5 Fun Facts 6 External Links

Instructions

GAME A - Help PAGEBOY catch the falling pigs! Before they stack up too high, take them over to HANK or FRANK on the ladders to unload them. You control all 3 characters in this mode.
GAME B - You only control PAGEBOY in this mode. Catch pigs and unload them on HANK or FRANK ...if they're around!

Controls

• In both modes, use the left and right arrow keys to move Pageboy left and right.
• In Mode A, use the Q and A buttons to move Hank (the individual on the left ladder) and the up and down arrows to move Frank (the individual on the right ladder) up and down.
• You can also directly click the D-Pad and buttons with your mouse to get the same effect.

Gameplay

In both modes of the game, the object is to catch the pigs on Pageboy's head and give them to either Hank or Frank. If Pageboy fails to catch a pig, it's destroyed and Pageboy loses a life. Lose all three, and the game is over. Be warned that Pageboy can only carry 10 pigs on his head at one time.

In Mode A, you control all three characters at once.

In Mode B, Hank and Frank move up and down the ladders in a predetermined pattern (when Hank goes up, Frank goes down and vise-versa).

Scoring

The number of points you earn for dropping off pigs is directly related to the number of rungs up Hank/Frank are on the ladder. Therefore, the bottom rung (or one pig on head) is worth 1 point, while the top rung is worth 10.

Fun Facts

• First appeared in 2 emails. When the email was being fast-forwarded, Strong Bad can be seen playing the PC version of the game on his computer.
• The game makes a cameo appearance (along some other Videlectrix games) in anything. It's one of the "Sega tapes" that Homestar made into a coaster.
• Apparently there is no Hank or Frank in the PC version.
• The LCD version of the game is specifically designed after the generic look of the Game & Watch series of LCD games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1988.
• The three character control style is much like the style found in the game Mario Bros. for the Game & Watch.
• The game parodies the old Kickman and Pooyan arcade games.
• The kid on the box art has blue hair like Stinkoman.

External Links

• play "Pigs on Head"
• View the Flash file for "Pigs on Head"

Videlectrix Games
Games Menu	50K Racewalker, Awexome Cross, Duck Guardian One, Hallrunner, Kid Speedy, Peasant's Quest, Pigs on Head, Population: Tire, RhinoFeeder, Secret Collect., Stinkoman 20X6, StrongBadZone, TROGDOR!, Thy Dungeonman, Thy Dungeonman 2, Thy Dungeonman 3, Where's an Egg?
SBCG4AP	Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Homestar Ruiner (Snake Boxer 5), Strong Badia the Free (Math Kickers), Baddest of the Bands (Limozeen's Hot Babelien Odyssey), Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective (Space Circus Catastrophe), 8-Bit is Enough (Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder)
itch.io	Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate (Behind the Dangerdesque; The Intersection of Doom & Boom (Rig Rug); Keep My Enemies, Loser; Inspection Certificate on File in Building Office), Halloween Hide & Seek, Marzipan Beef Reverser, Trogday Micro Game (Burninate the Barnyard)
Other	Duck Pond, Where's The C.H.E.A.T.
Non-playable	Butcher Bros., C.H.E.A.T., Cheat Commandos Tactics, Duck Guardian 2, Fluffy Puff Mayonnaise Game, Halfathlon, King Dingo, Lewis Rudkin SX: england, Planet Alert!, QWERTY, Rabbit Algebra, Salad Daze, Shploitz!, Spaceshipper, Spirits of '76, Sundae Drivin', Trogdor: Let's Burninate Phonics
See Also	Videlectrix Guys, Videlectrix Mascot, videlectrix.itch.io, videlectrix.com, Viidelectrix