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    May 2018 Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck

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    • meleuM
      meleu @mediamogul
      last edited by meleu

      @mediamogul Yeah, your ROM is incompatible...

      We recommend achievement developers to choose NTSC USA release ROMs if available, because 60 FPS is a smoother gaming experience. PAL European releases run at 50 FPS, and are to be avoided in most cases. NTSC Japan releases also run at 60 FPS , but is only the best choice if the game was a Japan-exclusive release. Needing to resort to a PAL European release game should be a last resort case (Europe-only exclusive), and is typically a very select few unique games from the entire console's library.

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @meleu
        last edited by mediamogul

        @meleu

        Isn't (UE) the same ROM classification as (W) depending of whether or not you're using 'Good' or 'TOSEC' releases? I had read in the past that these particular titles adjust their timing based on region detection.

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        • cyperghostC
          cyperghost
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          @mediamogul This is very interesting ;) ROM Suffix Explanations
          For sure (W) should be (JUE) ;)

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @cyperghost
            last edited by mediamogul

            @cyperghost

            So, I guess the final question would be, are (UE) and (JUE) viable for the RetroAchievements, seeing as how they, alongside (U) and (W) are all NTSC compliant?

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator
              last edited by mediamogul

              @meleu, @cyperghost

              I believe I figured it out. The full name of the 'Good' dump in question is:

              QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (UE) ~ QuackShot - I Love Donald Duck - Guruzia Ou no Hihou (J) (v1.1)

              After studying up on the 'Good' naming conventions, the (UE) is meant to denote the English title that precedes it, whereas (J) denotes it's Japanese name. So, it looks like this ROM is in fact a (JUE), making it the same as (W) in TOSEC. I guess there were never any other regional versions of 'Quackshot' released other than this one. I'll make a report to the discord server when I have some time.

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              • meleuM
                meleu @mediamogul
                last edited by

                @mediamogul you can also give me the md5 and I link it to our database. And then you can test it to see if it'll work. There's an easy cheevo for this test: getting 5 peppers in Duckburg.

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                • obsidianspiderO
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                  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.)

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                  • hooperreH
                    hooperre @obsidianspider
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                    @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.

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                    • lilbudL
                      lilbud
                      last edited by lilbud

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

                      Me
                      @meleu
                      @obsidianspider
                      @mediamogul

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @lilbud
                        last edited by 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.

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator
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                          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.

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

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

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

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

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                                  • mediamogulM
                                    mediamogul Global Moderator @obsidianspider
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                                    @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.

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                                    • lilbudL
                                      lilbud
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                                      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

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                                      • mediamogulM
                                        mediamogul Global Moderator
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                                        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.

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

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

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                                          • lilbudL
                                            lilbud
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                                            Pokemon Fire Red will be the gotm for june!

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