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Darkwing Duck (TurboGrafx-16)
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Darkwing Duck is a video game for the TurboGrafx-16
console based on the animated series Darkwing Duck
. It designed by Interactive Designs and Radiance Software. It was published by Turbo Technologies Inc. in 1992.
Players battle enemies while collecting puzzle pieces scattered throughout each of the first three levels. Levels are timed and Darkwing is crushed by a falling safe
for prolonged idling.
The player's primary attack is jumping on enemies heads. The player can also use a gas gun
, which can only be used when the player has gas pellets as ammunition. Three colors of gas pellets correspond to confusing, sleeping
, and knock out gases, which describe the effects inflicted on enemies. Cherry bomb
s can be used to defeat all enemies on the screen and scattered power-up
s can be collected for various effects such as increasing remaining lives or granting temporary invulnerability.
TurboGrafx-16
TurboGrafx-16, fully titled as TurboGrafx-16 Entertainment SuperSystem and known in Japan as the , is a video game console developed by Hudson Soft and NEC, released in Japan on October 30, 1987, and in North America on August 29, 1989....
console based on the animated series Darkwing Duck
Darkwing Duck
DarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
. It designed by Interactive Designs and Radiance Software. It was published by Turbo Technologies Inc. in 1992.
Plot
Steelbeak has recruited some of St. Canard's dangerous criminals to help to build an ultimate crime weapon. As a result, S.H.U.S.H. requires the help of Darkwing Duck to stop them. There are few clues, except a picture of the criminals looking at stolen artwork. Darkwing must bring Steelbeak to justice by scouring the city to find puzzle pieces that reveal the villain's location.Game play
Safe
A safe is a secure lockable box used for securing valuable objects against theft or damage. A safe is usually a hollow cuboid or cylinder, with one face removable or hinged to form a door. The body and door may be cast from metal or formed out of plastic through blow molding...
for prolonged idling.
Gas pistol
A gas pistol is a non-lethal weapon for self-defense. It is typically a close-to-exact replica or conversion of a real handgun made to be able to fire lachrymatory gas cartridges only. Effective range is up to 4,5 metres depending caliber...
, which can only be used when the player has gas pellets as ammunition. Three colors of gas pellets correspond to confusing, sleeping
Sleeping gas
Sleeping gas is an oneirogenic general anaesthetic that is used to put a subject into a state where they are not conscious of what is happening around them...
, and knock out gases, which describe the effects inflicted on enemies. Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb
Cherry Bombs are approximately spherical shaped exploding fireworks, ranging in size from three-quarters-inch to one-and-one-half-inch in diameter...
s can be used to defeat all enemies on the screen and scattered power-up
Power-up
In computer and video games, power-ups are objects that instantly benefit or add extra abilities to the game character as a game mechanic. This is in contrast to an item, which may or may not have a benefit and can be used at a time chosen by the player...
s can be collected for various effects such as increasing remaining lives or granting temporary invulnerability.
See also
- Darkwing DuckDarkwing DuckDarkWing Duck is an American animated television series produced by The Walt Disney Company that ran from 1991–1992 on both the syndicated programming block The Disney Afternoon and Saturday mornings on ABC. It featured the eponymous anthropomorphic duck superhero whose alter ego is mild-mannered...
- Darkwing Duck (Capcom)
- List of Disney video games by genre
