#power piggs of the dark age

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A Strange Case of Failed Tie-Ins

When I was younger, I came across a lot of strange Super Nintendo games. One was a game where Sonic ran around trying to rescue Mario from cages, and another was a slideshow of images. (Which I had the fortune of avoiding.)

However, there was one game that I found the most odd. That game was Power Piggs of the Dark Age.

It's a platformer with wacky enemies and animation. The level design also tends to get lazy sometimes. (Some of them have straight paths near the end of them with few obstacles in sight before a boss appears) While the game is fine for what it is, the presentation is something else.

The art style is very expressive, and the game is filled with tons of humor. It feels less like an original game and more like it's based on a cartoon. But no cartoon existed around the time of this game's release. So all we're left with is a title with art and writing that would fit well in a 90s TV show. A real shame a show didn't exist. At least until I did some more digging into this game's background.

It turns out there WAS a cartoon in the works. This game was intended to be a tie-in. Complete with a separate version for the Sega Genesis. The show never ended up materializing, and any plans for it were axed. The Genesis port also ended up getting canceled later down the line. So all we have of this could-be cartoon show is a video game adaptation.

I always wondered why the game looked the way it does. And my initial thoughts of a cartoon were right.

If a TV show DID release, I bet we'd see more stuff like this:

If only...

#Power Piggs of the Dark Age #Super Nintendo #Radical Entertainment #oddities

[viciogame]

🎮 Power Piggs of the Dark Age (Super Nintendo)

Complete Gameplay: https://youtu.be/okWXAcL3owA

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‘Titus Interactive - ‘SNES Lineup’’

[SNES] [USA] [MAGAZINE] [1996]

Titus the Fox introduces a line-up of cute, family-friendly platformers for the SNES! You can rent them all at Blockbuster Video, which is probably best suited for such offerings anyway!

Source: GamePro, September 1996 (#86) || RetroMags; Phillyman

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Power Piggs of the Dark Age (1996)

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Play Power Piggs of the Dark Age (Europe) (Beta) Play Power Piggs of the Dark Age (Europe) (Beta) Online Play this Super NES game in your web browser, here on GamePhD!

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