Time Waster: Launch your hog over the hedges

by Drew Olanoff Jul 3rd 2008

Launching stuff is cool, and doing so in a flash game online is even cooler.

VivaLaGames brings us a new Time Waster with "HedgeHog Launch".

The premise is simple, you go through a series of days and launch HedgeHogs with a nice launcher gear, much like you would water balloons. Except these aren't balloons, these are dangerous little beasts called HedgeHogs. it's not quite Sonic, but we think it's way more fun.

The name of the game is to only get distance, but to grab money in the air while your HedgeHog flies.

The controls are quite easy, and you can play in fullscreen mode too. Just don't do it at work, because we can't be held responsible for having "HedgeHog Screwoff" on your permanent record. But that would be pretty schweet though.

You can dig in and tweak your thrusts left or right, and as you go through the days, your skills will get better and the stakes will get higher. Collect money, buy better rockets, some stylish goggles, and even a parachute to get better scores.

The music is addictive too.

So launch your hog and share your scores in the comments.

Tags: flash, games, hedgehog, launch, vivalagames

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Maikel said 5:18PM on 7-03-2008

The best thing is when you win. You fly around in space... Very addictive!

Drew Olanoff said 11:03PM on 7-03-2008

I haven't won yet :(

Ian said 10:57PM on 7-03-2008

That ... was ... awesome. Thanks to DS for finding this, and to Armor Games for making it. That was a fun *ahem* hour.

Made it into space on day 12. Longest traveled on one trip was around 22,000+ feet.

Drew Olanoff said 11:04PM on 7-03-2008

I can play this over and over and over.

whiskey said 1:56AM on 7-04-2008

Made it in day 12 also... longest travel was 92,017.

You know what it means right? Well that you could run this operation and get tons of mad money, and never actually completing the space program...

It would be really cool if you could play this on your pda (well maybe those with flash enabled pda's can)

Matt S. said 12:25PM on 7-04-2008

Went to space in 20 days having bought everything I could with a surplus of about $14,000. Longest trip was about 66,000 feet. Highest amount of money gathered in one trip was $70.

Didn't get to test how far I could go with my last purchase of the most expensive band. Since I went into space.

lanx93 said 12:56PM on 9-19-2008

how do i actually download this game were is the download link on this page????

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