May 2018 Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck

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

@space-cadet

Considering Nintendo's no violence policy at the time, even the Game Gear version was better. That policy lost them a lot of customers and I don't believe they've ever been able to shake the stigma of being a childish company in many people's eyes even after it was abolished.

Absolutely. They had a win with Street Fighter 2 which convinced a lot of people to buy a SNES (myself included - I bought the street fighter 2 bundle).
Only a year later Mortal Kombat was on the way and I saved for ages so that I could buy it - the most expensive game I've bought as it cost £65 if I remember correctly and I had to trade in some games to get the price down a bit. And what a disappointment, easily the game I've most regretted buying ever. Without the blood and gore it was a very mediocre fighting game.

[lilbud]

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

Without the blood and gore it was a very mediocre fighting game.

Hell, even with the blood and gore I still see the first few Mortal Kombat games as mediocre at best.

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

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

Without the blood and gore it was a very mediocre fighting game.

Hell, even with the blood and gore I still see the first few Mortal Kombat games as mediocre at best.

You aren't wrong. I do think that the second game was a big improvement though and is the only 2d Mortal Kombat I still quite like (though that is probably largely due to nostalgia) it has much more memorable characters apart from anything else.

[mediamogul]

@ruckage

Good point about 'Street Fighter II'. Control layout aside, it really felt like the arcade version had come home. After the novelty of the violence and digitized fighters wore off, the early MK series mostly appealed to me because of it's backstory, which MKII greatly improved upon. Outside of a thinly drawn story of a mystical martial arts tournament, I'd even say the first game doesn't have much of a story at all. However, it did feel very cinematic, seeing as how they directly ripped their characters from popular movies such as 'Enter the Dragon', 'Bloodsport', 'Big Trouble in Little China' and the China O'Brien series.

[meleu]

Hi fellows!

Thanks to this edition of GOTM I realized that the achievement set for Quackshot was very poor and buggy. I've made a revision fixing the bugs and adding some new achievements. I hope you enjoy. ;)

[lilbud]

@meleu Are you throwing your hat in the ring this month?

[meleu]

@lilbud hey, not a native speaker here. What does that mean? :P

If I'll play the game? Yeah! I'll master it!!

[lilbud]

@meleu I just realized I use a lot of American slang when I talk. Almost as much as I swear...

[meleu]

@lilbud by the way, I've changed yhe logic of that cheevo you chose for this month's challenge. Now it's an achievement for defeating the last boss without taking damage.

[lilbud]

@meleu I updated the text for the GOTM challenge

[lilbud]

You know, that...wasn't terrible

I had a blast playing Quackshot. Great music and graphics, Donald felt a little slippery to control but otherwise a great game

[pjft]

I hadn't played Quackshot before, though I had my eye on it and was just waiting for the right excuse to give it a shot. I played a bit yesterday, made it through the first 3 levels (to the point where we get the map and a few more levels open up) before having to call it a night.

It's a nice game, not too hard, and has enough variety to keep it from becoming repetitive. I hope to find some time to finish it during the month! Thanks for naming it game of the month - great choice.

[mediamogul]

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

Great music and graphics, Donald felt a little slippery to control

The graphics are very nice. Sega really had a knack for stellar visuals during this time. Unfortunately, I just haven't really taken to the overall game myself. Donald is indeed a bit slippery on the ground and his aerial maneuverability when jumping is also somewhat unwieldy. It's not that it makes the game particularly difficult, but at the same time, I just haven't had that much fun playing it. That combined with the static enemy AI just had me wanting a bit more of a challenge from Pete and his gang.

Obviously this is just my personal opinion, but I feel that these particular issues are almost non-existent in Disney Interactive's release of 'Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow' only a few years later. Still, I'm really glad to have tried it out, as the box art and screen shots have caught my eye for years, ever since I first saw the flap hanging in the video game aisle of Toys 'R' Us.

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

You know, that...wasn't terrible
I had a blast playing Quackshot. Great music and graphics, Donald felt a little slippery to control but otherwise a great game

Glad you enjoyed it in the end, well done for the achievement.

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

Unfortunately, I just haven't really taken to the overall game myself. Donald is indeed a bit slippery on the ground and his aerial maneuverability when jumping is also somewhat unwieldy. It's not that it makes the game particularly difficult, but at the same time, I just haven't had that much fun playing it.

We can't all enjoy the same games, but you gave it a try at least. The sega developed disney games all had a similar look and feel to them even if the gameplay differed and I personally really enjoyed them all (Megadrive version of Castle of Illusion being my personal favourite).

I've only briefly played Maui Mallard and wasn't sure about it, I'll maybe have to give it a proper go at some point.

[lilbud]

Thought I'd post this for Y'all.

When fighting the final boss, wait for him to throw his sword. Hit him with the popcorn gun, jump behind him and switch to the bubble gun. shoot bubble the second he stops flashing, repeat until dead. The rocks will never fall from above, making the achievement of the month laughably easy.

[mediamogul]

@ruckage

I've played 'Castle of Illusion' a little more and although there are similar flaws, I believe I was much more taken with the theme, being darker in tone. Considering the amount of releases over the years, it speaks to Disney's enduring brand quality that most of their games are generally well thought of.

[jwbmonk]

I can't seem to get cheevos to work for this game it just says "there are no achievements" this is the only game I've had this issue with

[meleu]

@jwbmonk you're probably using an incompatible ROM.

Check the OP on the RetroAchievements forum topic for this game: http://retroachievements.org/viewtopic.php?t=41

[mediamogul]

@jwbmonk

I had the same issue. This was also the first ROM I've noticed to be incompatible for me as well.

[meleu]

@mediamogul we did a massive clean up on the last couple of months. We had so many cheated ROMs linked to games. I mean patched ROMs changed to have infinite lives/money/ammo/whatever...

We also unlinked many ROMs where the RAM doesn't behave like in the ROM used by the achievement developer.

Also, there's a big chance that many actually compatible ROMs were unlinked in this process. But if you guys are pretty sure it was working before, you can post the checksum of your existing ROM in the forum topic of the respective game and also the exact name you have for it and a developer will review it with you to see if it is compatible. Reporting on our discord server gives more visibility for this request. https://discordapp.com/invite/TdfC3r7