Quackshot Starring Donald Duck
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sega CS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: The Walt Disney Company | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SMPS Z80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quackshot Starring Donald Duck, called Quackshot: I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou or just I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (アイラブドナルドダック グルジア王の秘宝) in Japan, is a platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. It is part of the series of Disney games Sega were allowed to publish for their console during the early 1990s.
Its 8-bit counterpart is The Lucky Dime Caper, released for the Sega Master System and Game Gear in the same year.
Contents
Gameplay
In the game the player controls Donald Duck, armed with a plunger, who travels across the world looking for treasure.
jumps,
+
slides,
fires plungers and holding
while moving makes Donald run.
While the yellow default plunger can only stun enemies, later variants can also stick to walls and ceillings. Further weapons are a bubble shot (which can dissolve concrete) and a popcorn shooter (spreadshot).
Collecting chilly peppers puts Donald in a rage mode, granting temporary invincibility.
The game partially non-linear: special tools like the above mentioned weapons or other items need to be collected and used in order to fully explore and clear stages.
Levels
Duckburg | |
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Mexico | |
Transylvania | |
Maharajah | |
Egypt | |
South Pole | |
Viking Ship | |
Hideout | |
The Island | |
History
Release
Two versions of the game exist, with the later ROM being considerably larger than the former due to a large block of padding added in the middle for unknown reasons.
Legacy
In Japan, Quackshot was bundled with Castle of Illusion in Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou for the Sega Saturn. A compilation of the two was also available in the form of The Disney Collection.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Quackshot Starring Donald Duck | Quackshot Starring Donald Duck |
English (US) | Quackshot Starring Donald Duck | Quackshot Starring Donald Duck |
Japanese | I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou (アイラブドナルドダック グルジア王の秘宝) |
Production credits
- Game Designed & Directed by: Emirin
- Art Director: Thomas Yuuda
- Artists: Rice, Mikarin, Thomas Yuuda
- Programmers: Muimui, Yama1, Momonga Momo, Ryuu, M·Ohmori, Tatsuyan
- Music Composed by: Kamiya Studio
- Sound Producer: Bo
- Special Thanks to: Bert, Jackson You, Hugh, Ohsan
- Walt Disney's Producer: Jim Simmons
- Main Programmer & Program Coordinator: Satman
- Source:
- In-game credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Sega Retro Average | |||||||||
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Mega Drive, AS† |
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1991-09 | Cartridge | REV00 | |||||||||
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1.25MB | 1991-09 | Cartridge | REV01 |
References
- ↑ File:Quackshot md jp cover.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Power, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-10-30), page 11
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-15), page 50
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 29
- ↑ Supergame, "Março 1992" (BR; 1992-03-xx), page 22
- ↑ Supergame, "Maio 1992" (BR; 1992-05-xx), page 32
- ↑ ACE, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-08), page 92
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1992" (JP; 1991-12-07), page 78 (80)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-15), page 50-52 (50)
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ Game Power, "Febbraio 1992" (IT; 1992-xx-xx), page 46-48 (48)
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 56 (60)
- ↑ Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 127-129 (127)
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1992" (ES; 1992-xx-xx), page 36-39 (36)
- ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 140-141 (140)
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 78
- ↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 65
- ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 20-23 (20)
- ↑ Mean Machines, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-27), page 72-74 (72)
- ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 50-53 (50)
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 28-29 (28)
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 38-39 (38)
- ↑ Sega Force, "1/92" (SE; 1992-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ Sega Force, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 24-26 (24)
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