QuackShot starring Donald Duck

aka: I Love Donald Duck: Guruzia Ou no Hihou, QuackShot estrelando Pato Donald
Moby ID: 7960
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QuackShot starring Donald Duck is a steady Disney run-and-jump platformer, with a little puzzle-solving element. Characters are mostly based on Disney's cartoon series Duck Tales.

Donald and his three nephews get their hands on a treasure map and set out to hunt the big prize. Donald travels throughout the world, to places like Egypt, India, South Pole, and even Transylvania, while his nephews fly an airplane.

As a weapon Donald uses plungers that can freeze the enemies or stick to walls which can then be used for climbing. Other wacky weapons are popcorn and bubblegum.

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  • アイ ラブ ドナルドダック グルジア王の秘宝 - Japanese spelling

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Average score: 86% (based on 32 ratings)

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Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 39 ratings with 1 reviews)

A Duck In The Rough

The Good
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck is part of a Sega 16-bit trilogy of Genesis titles starring Disney characters. QuackShot, like Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion, really looks, sounds and feels like a labor of love.

Instead of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck gets top billing in this game as a world class, adventure explorer. It is nice to see Donald Duck actually get to star in his own video game.

Quackshot features the amazing, 16-bit graphics, animation, music and sound effects seen in Castle of Illusion and World of Illusion. The controls are easy to pick up, with some good Disney/Sega humor tossed in along the way.

Donald main weapon are plungers. Yes! Shooting Plungers is actually a pretty cool idea, and works for Donald. Different Plungers can do different things and our hero also has a nifty popcorn or bubble-gum shooting pistols.

The game perfectly combines standard, single player, side scrolling platforming with some mystery/adventure game elements to it.

Donald has to find/speak with other (notable) characters in order to get clues and better weapons. This introduces a bit of Adventure/Role Playing elements into the game.

Yeah, you will need to pay attention to what people say (sometimes even do a bit of work to find a character) in order to progress in the game.

It is rare to find a 8-bit/16-bit era video game that is able to so wonderfully combine platforming with adventure gaming elements, but this game does it.

The Bad
QuackShot can, at times, become a tad bit too frustrating, especially, if you are not entirely sure where to go.

The Plunger you start out with is weak, and sometimes, now and again, you may feel like the game could do with some more icons to restore health, add ammo to your popcorn/bubble gum weapon or give you some extra tries.

It is not, entirely, clear if this game is a video game adaption of the Disney Ducktales TV series or not. The cartoon series was airing when the game came out, but (beyond Donald) most of the Disney characters are reduced to supporting roles/cameos.

Perhaps the biggest complaint about the game is that its a tad too short. I could have done with some more adventures, but, alas, it was not meant to be.

The Bottom Line
QuackShot Starring Donald Duck is a great Sega Genesis game, carrying on a tradition Sega started with Castle of Illusion, and it is also one of the best video games starring a Disney character.

Genesis · by ETJB (428) · 2012

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Game added by Syed GJ.

Additional contributors: chirinea, j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】, Zynk.

Game added December 13, 2002. Last modified March 16, 2024.