May 2018 Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck

[obsidianspider]

I don't go for retro achievements, but I really enjoyed this game. I played it on my Genesis and while a bit confusing at parts, I had a lot of fun. Did anyone else think it was a bit odd that the powerup to give you full health was a cooked duck? (Ok, maybe a chicken or turkey, but still.)

[hooperre]

@obsidianspider said in May Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck:

I don't go for retro achievements, but I really enjoyed this game. I played it on my Genesis and while a bit confusing at parts, I had a lot of fun. Did anyone else think it was a bit odd that the powerup to give you full health was a cooked duck? (Ok, maybe a chicken or turkey, but still.)

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Sometimes it's hard to separate 'good' from 'nostalgic' haha.

[lilbud]

So I'll start a running list of who is eligible for voting for June GOTM

Me
@meleu
@obsidianspider
@mediamogul

[mediamogul]

@lilbud

You can add me to the list as well. Although it wasn't my particular jam, I figured why not finish what I started. In an overall good looking game, I thought the Transylvania level was especially gorgeous. I always love how Disney handles the macabre, going all the way back to 'The Skeleton Dance', or my own personal favorite Disney short, 'The Mad Doctor'. I also ended up liking how the acquisition of items was handled for progression. Doubling back to locations to use them helped break the action up in a nice way and made the game have more of a globetrotting feel.

[mediamogul]

I just remembered that 'The Mad Doctor' is one of three Disney cartoons that accidentally entered into the public domain, so I can't help but post it here.

[obsidianspider]

@hooperre No nostalgia for me as I never had a Sega as a kid.

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud My suggestion for June: Riviera - The Promised Land - Game Boy Advance

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider So its like a Final Fantasy Tactics type of game? Or closer to Fire Emblem?

The Promised Land

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud I've never played either of those so I'm not sure how to answer your question. It's an RPG.

[mediamogul]

@obsidianspider said in May Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck:

I've never played either of those so I'm not sure how to answer your question.

They're both really nice tactical RPGs. 'Riviera' is pretty unique within the RPG genre, as it contains certain dating sim elements that you don't really see anywhere else.

[lilbud]

The following people can throw a game selection into the poll

Me - Pokemon Fire Red
@meleu - Shinobi III
@obsidianspider - Riveria: The Promised Land
@mediamogul - Robocop vs Terminator

[mediamogul]

My suggestion for June is the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive version of 'Robocop vs. the Terminator' . I could talk up this particular action title all day, but I'll leave it to the 'Classic Game Room' review below.

[lilbud]

Poll is up for June:
https://www.strawpoll.me/15767947

Voting will end on Tuesday 5/29/18 at around 7:30 am EST

[lilbud]

Pokemon Fire Red will be the gotm for june!

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider Price is Right losing horn plays

Just Kidding :)

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud I still will never understand the appeal of Pokemon games. It's just grinding with nothing else.

[ruckage]

@obsidianspider said in May Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck:

@lilbud I still will never understand the appeal of Pokemon games. It's just grinding with nothing else.

Yeah, I agree. I have no nostalgic feelings towards them as I was too old for them when those games came out (they were the games my youngest brother played - no one my age was interested in them ) and despite giving them a go on several occasions I quickly get bored. I will perhaps give pokemon another go at some point to see if I can figure out what all the fuss is about but I don't hold out much hope.

[lilbud]

@ruckage The earlier ones are much better, once they got to the later ones and they started to slip

[ruckage]

@lilbud said in May Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck:

@ruckage The earlier ones are much better, once we got to the later ones and started to slip

Ouch, then I'm really not going to be impressed by any then as it's the original gameboy versions I've tried (I still have a few on cart I think that were my brothers).

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud I still have Yellow from when it was new. I keep trying to get into it, but I can't.