Retro Review Friday: Quackshot

<p><em>Welcome to Retro Review Friday&excl; Be sure to stop by BagoGames each Friday and join us as we dive into the vault and take a look back at a Retro game&excl;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>The Sega Genesis was never part of my console line-up when I was little&period; My parents told me to pick one or the other&period; I chose Nintendo knowing that Mario and Link awaited me on that console&period; If I ever needed a Sega fix&comma; my buddy had one and we would spend countless hours playing <em>Mutant League Football<&sol;em>&period; Now that I&&num;8217&semi;ve grown up and managed to snag one of the Sega Genesis knock offs&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m starting to enjoy some of the platforming titles I&&num;8217&semi;d never been able to get my hands on&period; Since I loved the old Disney platformers like <em>Ducktales<&sol;em> and <em>Chip N Dale&colon; Rescue Rangers&comma;<&sol;em> I figured that another Capcom platformer would do me right &&num;8212&semi; <em>Quackshot<&sol;em> was soon added to my collection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The story is a pretty simple one&period; Donald Duck&comma; while rummaging through Uncle Scrooge&&num;8217&semi;s library&comma; finds a map&period; But not just any old map&colon; a map to the treasure of King Garuzia who use to rule The Great Duck Kingdom&period; Before the king passed&comma; he placed his most prized and valuable possessions in a secret lair that Donald is convinced he can find and will finally bring him his riches&period; Unfortunately for Donald&comma; Big Bad Peter overhears his findings and is there every step of the way to steal the treasure from Donald&period; After enlisting help from Huey&comma; Dewey&comma; and Louie and armed with a plunger gun&comma; Donald begins his Earth trotting trip in Duckburg&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;106803" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-106803" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-106803" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03165757&sol;5&lowbar;0&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;QUACKSHOT - CAPCOM&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"480" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-106803" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Quackshot&comma;<&sol;em> Capcom&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The controls in this title are pretty simple and pretty tight&period; If you need to run you hold down A and press the D-pad in the direction you want to run&period; You can also use the D-pad to duck and avoid projectiles from enemies&period; B is fire weapon and C is jump&period; Insanely easy&comma; right&quest; These controls won&&num;8217&semi;t let you down&period; If you die&comma; it is your fault&comma; not the games&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve read that some people found the jump controls to be a bit &&num;8220&semi;floaty&period;&&num;8221&semi; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t have that problem&comma; or I compensated for it with the length of the jump and such&period; Another platformer&comma; <em>Ren and Stimpy&colon; Space Cadets<&sol;em>&comma; was said to have &&num;8220&semi;floaty&&num;8221&semi; jump controls&comma; but I beat that game when I was eight or so&period; Don&&num;8217&semi;t let the naysayers fool you&comma; you can jump with Donald just fine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are other weapons in the game&comma; so you aren&&num;8217&semi;t only stuck with the plunger&period; Donald can find popcorn&comma; bubble gum&comma; and an improved plunger gun in different levels&period; The improved gun is probably the most important as&comma; once Donald acquires this&comma; he can stick plungers to buildings and climb them&period; Plus&comma; if he shoots a bird with it&comma; he can use that bird as a form of transportation&period; Donald also has a &&num;8220&semi;rage meter&period;&&num;8221&semi; Once it&&num;8217&semi;s full&comma; Donald becomes invincible and faster so you can plow through a bunch of enemies with ease&period; This makes it easy when cacti have surrounded you in the desert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;106807" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-106807" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-106807" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03165742&sol;QuackShot20-20Starring20Donald20Duck-3&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;QUACKSHOT - CAPCOM&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"468" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-106807" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Quackshot&comma;<&sol;em> Capcom&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Quackshot<&sol;em> is a classic&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m thrilled that I get to play it now without the lenses of nostalgia ruining my experience&period; I was able to play this game as an adult with a huge amount of love for this hobby and it was an amazing experience&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m enjoying being able to play games I&&num;8217&semi;d never heard of&comma; or never got the chance to play&period; There are lots of games on the Sega list&comma; and quite a few surprisingly on my PSP list now as well&period; Fans of Disney and <em>Ducktales<&sol;em> would do themselves a favor by picking this title up&period; Also anyone who calls themselves a platformer fan needs to take a gander at this title as well&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s fun&comma; well made&comma; humorous&comma; and is full of Disney Easter Eggs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em><strong>Have a Retro game you think we should take a look at&quest; Email our Senior Reviews Editor&comma; Logan Schultz&comma; at logan&period;schultz&commat;bagogames&period;com with your suggestions&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;