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|header='''''The Head'''''
 
|header='''''The Head'''''
 
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'''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br />
 
'''Release type:''' [[Shareware]]<br />
'''Release date:''' ?<br />
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'''Release date:''' ~1992-[[1993]] (original release)[[Category: 1993|Head, The]]<br />
 
'''Levels:''' 7<br />
 
'''Levels:''' 7<br />
'''Author:''' [[Acord Games]]<br />
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'''Author:''' [[Gary Acord]]<br />
 
'''Website:''' [http://acordgames.webs.com/ Acord Games]<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 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 />
 
'''Registration price:''' $20<br />
'''Related games:''' none
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'''Related games:''' ''[[Street Wolf]]'', ''[[Dogs]]''
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Well, hey. He gets points for style, anyway. Neat premise for a game.
  
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An inscrutable web of levels and links, nearly impossible to rationally navigate...
  
  
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== Story ==
  
 
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Well, hey. He gets points for style, anyway.
 
 
 
==Story==
 
  
 
You'll start to lose your head as you guide the head through a perilous, otherworldly adventure in this fast-moving VGA game!
 
You'll start to lose your head as you guide the head through a perilous, otherworldly adventure in this fast-moving VGA game!
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: [F1O] - about Acord Games.
 
: [F1O] - about Acord Games.
  
==Credits==
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== Credits ==
  
 
[[Acord Games]]
 
[[Acord Games]]
  
==Links==
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== Resources ==
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As with ''[[Dogs]]'', the levels are all variations of a level from ''[[Street Wolf]]''.
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== Availability ==
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Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the [http://acordgames.webstarts.com/ author's Website], and through several third-party mirror archives.
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== Archive History ==
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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.
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== Links ==
  
 
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* [http://www.dosmuseum.com/pages/view.php?ref=1196 ''The Head'' (DOS Museum)]
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=== Listings ===
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/TheHead_1020 archive.org entry]
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* [http://www.demu.org/resource/TheHead_1020 demu.org entry]
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=== Misc. Links ===
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* [http://fuckyeahshareware.tumblr.com/post/10437447076 Fuck Yeah Shareware]
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* '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/thehead.php Play ''The Head'' online]'''
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== Downloads ==
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* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/head.zip The Head]''''' (584 kB)
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* [[Media:TheHead1.png|Level 1 map]] (? kB)
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* [[Media:TheHead2.png|Level 2 map]] (? kB)
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* [[Media:TheHead3.png|Level 3 map]] (? kB)
  
 
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[[Category: Action games|Head]]
 
[[Category: New discoveries|Head]]
 
[[Category: New discoveries|Head]]
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[[Category: Complete games|Head]]
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[[Category: Games needing maps|Head]]
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[[Category: Texas|Head]]
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[[Category: United States|Head]]

Latest revision as of 04:36, 6 August 2017

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The Head
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Release type: Shareware
Release date: ~1992-1993 (original release)
Levels: 7
Author: Gary Acord
Website: Acord Games
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
Registration price: $20
Related games: Street Wolf, Dogs


THIS ARTICLE IS INCOMPLETE
FULL ENTRY COMING SOON!


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[edit]

Head.gif

You'll start to lose your head as you guide the head through a perilous, otherworldly adventure in this fast-moving VGA game!

Instructions[edit]

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[edit]

Acord Games

Resources[edit]

As with Dogs, the levels are all variations of a level from Street Wolf.

Availability[edit]

Distributed through contemporary bulletin boards, through the author's Website, and through several third-party mirror archives.

Archive History[edit]

On November 7, 2010, Demu.org maintainer Swizzle pointed out the archive of Gary Acord material on the site -- which was swiftly added to the Game-Maker Archive.

Links[edit]

Listings[edit]

Misc. Links[edit]

Downloads[edit]