Hans Christian Andersen: The Ugly Prince Duckling is an adventure game created with children in mind. The game is an original story inspired by the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

Set in Copenhagen during the Golden Age, the Master of Darkness has kidnapped the princess and plans to take over the city. Players control a young Hans Christian Andersen who must rescue the princess and stop the Master of Darkness' evil plans. The journey is filled with characters from Andersen's tales, such as The Little Mermaid, The Little Match Girl and The Swineherd.

The game is controlled using the keyboard for movement and the mouse for interacting with people and things. For instance, arrow keys move Hans Christian, holding down the Shift key makes him run and the Spacebar is the main action/interaction key.

Whenever Hans Christian turns his head to look at something, that item or area can be actioned in some way. For instance, coins can be found by kicking barrels, boxes or other objects in the screen. He will turn to look at it. Action it (Spacebar) to kick the object and a coin will be ejected from it. Walk over the coin and press the action key again to pick it up.

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Alternate Titles

"The Ugly Prince Duckling: Play a New Classic" -- tag-lined title
"Mijn Sprookjesavontuur met Hans Christian Andersen: Het Mysterie van de Ontvoerde Prinses" -- Dutch title
"HCA: The Ugly Prince Duckling" -- Australian title
"H.C. Andersens magiske eventyr" -- Norwegian title
"H.C. Andersens magiska äventyr" -- Swedish title
"HC Andersens eventyrlige liv: Prinsessen og fyrtøjet" -- Danish title
"HC Andersenin Taikaseikkailu" -- Finnish title
"HCA: Les Aventures Extraordinaires D'Andersen" -- French title
"Die märchenhaften Abenteuer des Hans Christian Andersen: Die Rettung des Königreichs" -- German title

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	Hans Christian Anderson The Ugly Prince Duckling	Windows	$0.01
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Adventurespiele	Nov 30, 2006		80
Adventurearchiv	Jan 11, 2007	73 out of 100	73
Quandary	Jul, 2007		70
UHS (Universal Hint System)	May 11, 2007		70
Just Adventure	Apr 19, 2007	B-	67
GameBoomers	2007	B-	67
Game Over Online	Apr 18, 2007	65 out of 100	65
GameZone	Mar 27, 2007	6.5 out of 10	65
GamingExcellence	Aug 04, 2007	5.9 out of 10	59
Jeuxvideo.com	Jun 13, 2007	10 out of 20	50