May 2018 Game of the Month: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck

[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?

[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.

[meleu]

@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.

[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.