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.
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| Developer(s) | Paradigm Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
| Director(s) | Mike Engeldinger |
| Producer(s) | Kenneth Tabor |
| Artist(s) | Cash Case |
| Composer(s) | Robert Daspit |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
editThe player controls Duck Dodgers as he must go around five planets to collect all the energy atoms, and defeat Marvin's Henchmen.
The first level Daffy enters is Planet E, which mostly takes place in a mine. Daffy has two moves, a kick and a jumping stomp, although in some levels the player is given a ray gun which either kills or stuns an enemy. Daffy is able to push some things out of the way, such as boxes or mine carts. There are a couple mini games, one where the player plays a version of Pong using Daffy's head. with the second being a basketball game. In some parts of a couple levels, the player will be put in a First Person Shooter perspective.
Throughout the levels are quarks, which gives Daffy health when collected, if a player collects 50 of them, Daffy is given an extra life. Also across the levels are energy atoms, after collecting a certain amount, you'll be able to enter a boss fight. If the player can find Lola Bunny, she'll give you an extra try.
Plot
editMarvin the Martian has developed an ultimate weapon that will allow him to finally destroy Earth, which will ultimately allow him to take control of the universe. Upon the demonstration of the weapon, a slight snag hinders Marvin from completing his devious deed. The weapon is out of atoms, which it runs on, so he sends his minions (all of which are characters from the Looney Tunes universe) to gather atoms to fuel his weapon.
Duck Dodgers is informed by his academy of Marvin's deeds and sets out to find the one-hundred Atoms before Marvin can. This ultimately has Dodgers and his sidekick, Cadet, trekking to four different planets, including a large pirate ship, to obtain the upper-hand over Marvin.
Development
editDeveloped by Paradigm Entertainment and Published by Infogrames. Suppose to be released in 1999, the game was pushed back to 2000.[2]
Reception
edit| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 72.73%[3] |
| Metacritic | 69/100[4] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 4/10[5] |
| GameFan | 77%[6] |
| GameSpot | 5.8/10[7] |
| IGN | 7.6/10[8] |
| N64 Magazine | 75%[9] |
| Nintendo Power | 7.9/10[10] |
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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ IGN, staff (October 22, 1999). "Delayed but Not Forgotten". IGN staff. IGN. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck for Nintendo 64". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ^ a b "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck Critic Reviews for Nintendo 64". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ^ "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck". Electronic Gaming Monthly. 2000.
- ^ "REVIEW for Duck Dodgers". GameFan. August 11, 2000.
- ^ Davis, Ryan (2000-08-22). "Duck Dodgers Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ^ a b Boulding, Aaron (2000-07-06). "Duck Dodgers". IGN. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
- ^ Green, Mark (November 2000). "Duck Dodgers". N64 Magazine. No. 47. Future plc. pp. 56–57.
- ^ "Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck". Nintendo Power. No. 133. June 2000.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lewis, Rachel. "Duck Dodgers Review (N64) - Gaming Age". Gaming Age. Archived from the original on 2005-12-30. Retrieved 2014-05-16.