Deadly Duck

Deadly Duck

Developer(s) Sirius Software
Publisher(s) 20th Century Fox Games
Platform(s) Atari 2600, VIC-20
Release date(s)
  • NA January 20, 1982

Deadly Duck is an Atari 2600 game released on January 20, 1982[1] in North America. The game was programmed by Sirius Software and released by 20th Century Fox Games.[2]

Description

In the game Deadly Duck, there are cranky crabs that are attempting to get the ducks out of their ponds. The crabs have the ability to fly into the air while throwing bricks and bombs aimed at the ducks. To fight back against the crabs, the ducks are armed with a bill that is also a gun barrel that shoots bullets at the crabs.[3] The player has four lives and a bonus life is awarded when all eight crabs in a level have been shot. If the player is hit by a brick they lose a life. When bricks land at the bottom of the play area they impede player movement for a temporary period.[4] The game is designed for the Atari 2600 (VCS). It was later ported to the VIC-20 and Commodore 64 as a game cartridge.[5]

Information

The game Deadly Duck is played with a joystick. The genre of this game is recorded to be shoot 'em up. It was released in the year of 1983 in the United States of America. It is a single player game. The programmer of the game was Ed Hodapp.[6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Deadly Duck for Atari 2600 from". 1UP. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  2. ↑ "Atari 2600 - Deadly Duck (20th Century Fox)". AtariAge. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Deadly Duck". GameFAQs. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ https://atariage.com/manual_page.html?SystemID=2600&SoftwareLabelID=124&maxPages=6&currentPage=2
  5. ↑ "AGH Atari 2600 Review: DEADLY DUCK". Atari HQ. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Deadly Duck". Atari Mania. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  7. ↑ Halfhill, Tom R (1983-07). "Deadly Duck Cartridge Game for Unexpanded VIC-20". Compute! Gazette. pp. 63–64. Retrieved 4 December 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)