Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck

Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck
Duck Dodgers box art.
DeveloperParadigm Entertainment
PublisherInfogrames
DirectorMike Engeldinger
ProducerKenneth Tabor
ArtistCash Case
ComposerRobert Daspit
PlatformNintendo 64
Release
  • NA: August 15, 2000[1]
  • EU: October 27, 2000
GenrePlatform
ModeSingle-player

Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck (known as Daffy Duck Starring As Duck Dodgers in PAL regions) is a platform video game for the Nintendo 64 released in 2000. Based on the 1953 theatrical cartoon, the player takes control of Daffy Duck and explores five fictional planets and saves the Earth. The object is to collect energy atoms to unlock the boss areas and defeat the bosses, whom upon defeating, opens up the next planet. This game has Rumble Pak support and allows the player to save the game directly to the cartridge with the battery back-up, rather than using a Controller Pak, as many other third-party titles on the Nintendo 64 used such to save game data.

Gameplay

The player controls Duck Dodgers as he and his sidekick, the Eager Young Space Cadet, travel to five planets, collecting atoms and defeating the henchmen of Marvin the Martian. Dodgers has a kick and a jumping stomp, he can push certain objects, such as boxes or mine carts, and he can use his ray gun to stun or kill enemies. Throughout the levels are quarks, which provide health, and grant an extra life if fifty are collected. Finding Lola Bunny will also reward the player with a life.

Certain parts of the game play like a first-person shooter, and there are minigames, including basketball and a version of Pong with Dodgers's head.

Plot

Marvin the Martian has developed a weapon which will finally destroy Earth, allowing Mars to conquer the universe. The weapon does not fire because it is out of atoms, its fuel, so he sends his minions to gather one hundred more across five planets. Setting out to stop him are Duck Dodgers and the Eager Young Space Cadet.

Development

In October 1999, the game's release was delayed to the summer of 2000.[2]

Reception

IGN gave Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck a good 7.6 out of 10 overall praising the game's presentation but had criticism with the blurry graphics and the gameplay because of "super loose control and difficult camera movements".[8] Overall reviews were mixed.[11][12] GameRankings gave it a score of 72.73%,[3] while Metacritic gave it 69 out of 100.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Infogrames Zaps Looney Tunes: Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck For Nintendo 64 Into Stores This Week". oceanltd.com. August 15, 2000. Archived from the original on September 28, 2000. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ IGN, staff (October 22, 1999). "Delayed but Not Forgotten". IGN staff. IGN. Archived from the original on 10 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  4. 1 2 "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck Critic Reviews for Nintendo 64". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ↑ "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 2000.
  6. ↑ "REVIEW for Duck Dodgers". GameFan. August 11, 2000.
  7. ↑ Davis, Ryan (2000-08-22). "Duck Dodgers Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  8. 1 2 Boulding, Aaron (2000-07-06). "Duck Dodgers". IGN. Archived from the original on 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  9. ↑ Green, Mark (November 2000). "Duck Dodgers". N64 Magazine. No. 47. Future plc. pp. 56–57.
  10. ↑ "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck". Nintendo Power. No. 133. June 2000.
  11. ↑ Curtiss, Aaron (2000-10-26). "'Girl' Dangerously Cool, but Dodge the 'Duck'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  12. ↑ Lewis, Rachel. "Duck Dodgers Review (N64) - Gaming Age". Gaming Age. Retrieved 2014-05-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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