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{{Pending}}{{box |header='''''The Head''''' |file=[[File:thehead.gif|290px|border]] |text= '''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br /> '''Release date:''' ~1992-[[1993]] (original release)[[Category: 1993|Head, The]]<br /> '''Levels:''' 7<br /> '''Author:''' [[Gary Acord]]<br /> '''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<br /> '''Registration bonus:''' ''The Head 2'' and ''The Head 3'', hint sheet, secret bonus game, copies of all shareware games, membership in the Zapper Game Club<br /> '''Registration price:''' $20<br /> '''Related games:''' ''[[Street Wolf]]'', ''[[Dogs]]'' }}{{PendingHeader}}[[Category: Pending articles|Head, The]] Well, hey. He gets points for style, anyway. Neat premise for a game. An inscrutable web of levels and links, nearly impossible to rationally navigate... == Story == [[File:Head.gif|center]] You'll start to lose your head as you guide the head through a perilous, otherworldly adventure in this fast-moving VGA game! ==Instructions== [[File:theheadShot.png|320px|thumb|Having a decaptivating time with ''The Head'']] : Arrow keys - move around. : [X] - jump right. [Z] - jump left. : [Space] - shoot low. : [A] - shoot high. : [P] - pick up objects. : [M] - small right jump. : [N] - small left jump : [F1] - instructions. : [F2] - inventory. : [F3] - toggle sound. : [F5] - save game. [F6] - load game : [F7] - joystick setup. : [F1O] - about Acord Games. == Credits == [[Acord Games]] == Resources == As with ''[[Dogs]]'', the levels are all variations of a level from ''[[Street Wolf]]''. == Availability == Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the [http://acordgames.webstarts.com/ author's Website], and through several third-party mirror archives. == Archive History == On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on [http://www.demu.org/resources?textsearch=gary+acord the site] -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive. == Links == <videoflash>tibHXwFGihA</videoflash> === Listings === * [http://www.archive.org/details/TheHead_1020 archive.org entry] * [http://www.demu.org/games/detail/TheHead_1020 demu.org entry] === Misc. Links === * [http://fuckyeahshareware.tumblr.com/post/10437447076 Fuck Yeah Shareware] * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/thehead.php Play ''The Head'' online]''' == Downloads == * '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/head.zip The Head]''''' (584 kB) * [[Media:TheHead1.png|Level 1 map]] (? kB) * [[Media:TheHead2.png|Level 2 map]] (? kB) * [[Media:TheHead3.png|Level 3 map]] (? kB) [[Category: Shareware|Head]] [[Category: Gary Acord|Head]] [[Category: Free-floating|Head]] [[Category: Varied perspective|Head]] [[Category: Action games|Head]] [[Category: New discoveries|Head]] [[Category: Complete games|Head]] [[Category: Games needing maps|Head]] [[Category: Texas|Head]] [[Category: United States|Head]]

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