Psycho Pigs UXB! C64

I love the smell of bacon in the morning!

Something insane is happening down at the farm. The pigs have all turned psychotic and rather than wait for their date with the abattoir they have decided to take fate into their own er trotters. When you just want to blow stuff up there is no better way than with Psycho Pigs UXB for the Commodore 64.

Survival of the fattest!

Originally released in the arcades as Mr. Pig, Psycho Pigs UXB is an arena combat game where the aim is to collect and throw bombs at your opponents while avoiding being hit yourself. There are two ways to die. Either a direct hit from a bomb or, once picked up, a number on the bomb will start to count down. When it reaches zero then boom and any pig in the blast radius is instant spare ribs. When you are last pig standing then it is on to the next round. The action is split every few rounds with a whack-a-mole style bonus round for extra points. Pigs pop out of holes on the screen and it's your job to run up and slap them back down. Aaaaah that feels good.

Whack-a-pig

The game is kept refreshing by special character pigs that are introduced at the beginning of each stage. Each character pig has special attributes. Either they are more aggressive, more strategic or faster. To even the score you can collect various power ups throughout the level. A bag to hold up to three bombs at a time, a bomb suit allowing you to survive one explosion, speed up drinks and smart bombs that clear the screen in a flash.

A pig on bomb disposal duty

The game controls are simple, fast and fluid. Run into a bomb and you automatically pick it up. Then aim your pig in the direction you want and press the fire button to launch. With all the pigs and bombs flying around the action gets frantic at times but it is great fun and for a game that shows all it has in the first few screens the game never gets repetitive all the way to the shock twist end screen. The graphics, while not that great to look at, do a fine job in making sure that things are not confusing and the music is nice. Although, like the gameplay, there is no real variety in either.

Psycho Pigs UXB is one of them hidden gems that not a lot of people have heard of but if you manage to give it a go you will find an exciting, action packed game. It's a blast!

Absolutely B-oinkers!!!