Quackshot

Quackshot (or Quackshot starring Donald Duck , Japanese title: Alive! Donald Duck: Georgia Or No Hihou ) is a Video game of platform, developed and published by Sega, left on Megadrive in 1991.

Scenario

Donald Duck finds by chance a chart with the treasure in the library of Picsou. Accompanied by its nephews Riri, Fifi and Loulou, it leaves to research the treasure… but it is not alone, Pat Hibulaire is already on its traces…

Gameplay

The player directs Donald , through various levels - generally divided into two parts, one in outside and one in interior - where it must advance in the play by avoiding the enemies, the traps and the obstacles (see scrolling). When Donald reached a zone or the plane of the nephews can land, it can leave the level, the play will take again of this point the following time.

It is possible to choose the order of the levels by moving a cursor on a chart, however, to advance in certain levels, obtaining a special object in another level is necessary.

Movements

Donald can walk, run, jump or to crawl but donot can swim. If Donald eats five Piment S, it becomes insane, fast and invincible during a few seconds, but this capacity is used finally little with the length of the play (only twice).

At the time of certain passages of the play, Donald is in a carriage or fixed on a hook, but in both cases, it advances automatically and cannot direct it. He keeps under control however his movement and can jump of a carriage (or hook) to the other.

Donald can draw with various weapons, there are three different:

It can in certain cases, to cling to the birds to steal and direct it (with the assistance of suction cups).

To eat an ice makes him recover a point of life, to eat a chicken all its points of life.

Use of the weapons

At the beginning, Donald has only Ventouse S yellows ( plungers in English) which are used to immobilize the enemies during a few seconds. With the fur and progression of the player measures, it will discover evolutions of suction cups, initially the reds, which have as additional properties, to cling to the walls a few moments, Donald will be able to go up above and to make use of it to climb walls; finally the green suction cups will allow him to cling to the birds to steal and direct them in the airs a few moment.

In addition to multifunction suction cups, Donald will be able to have of a gun with Pop-corn or another with bubbles of Chewing-gum, each one having a definite utility.

The good use of the weapons in the play is paramount and makes it possible to progress, the evolution of the suction cups which is proposed precedes to some extent, the modern RPG.

Levels

With the beginning of the play, the player has only three levels:

Then it will be able to free:

Characters

The Disney characters according to appear in the play:
  • Donald Duck (main character)
  • Riri, Fifi and Loulou (nephews of Donald, they drive the plane which makes it possible Donald to move)
  • Dingo (in the temple of Mexico City, it will give to Donald the red suction cups and a note which indicates the code for the level of Egypt)
  • Géo Trouvetou (It is at the end of the electric wires with Donaldville, it will give you the gun with bubbles of chewing-gum and will fill your stock with each visit)
  • Pat Hibulaire (the enemy of Donald in the play)
  • Picsou (appears in a long chair in the introduction, it is in its library that the chart with the treasure is discovered)
  • Daisy Duck (appears in the introduction and at the end of the play)
  • Mickey Mouse (appears in a montgolfier in the second part of the level of Donaldville)

References to Indiana Jones

Quackshot parody Indiana Jones, by his introduction and its end, its chart of the world and overall the various topics approached. One will note in particular:
  • the use of very the Font face for the title of the play.
  • Donald carries the same costume as Indiana.
  • the topic of hunting for the treasure.
  • the chart with the treasure is very similar to those of Indiana Jones.
  • the scene in the mine on a launched carriage with sharp pace is identical to the adventure of Indiana Jones.
  • the hold precedent the final confrontation points out the scene of end of the film Indiana Jones and the last Crusade .
  • Donald fights a knight at the end of the play just like Indiana Jones.

Development team

  • Range Designer and realizer: Emirin
  • Art Director : Thomas Yuuda
  • Artists: Rice, Mikarin Nishida, Thomas Yuuda
  • Programmers: Muimui, Momonga Momo, M-Ohmori, Yamai, Ryuu, Tatsuyan
  • music Composition: Kamiya Studio
  • Producing sound: Tokuhiko “Bo” Uwabo

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