Duck (Chinese: 醜小鴨, a literal translation meaning Ugly Duck), also known as Duck Maze, is an unlicensed clone of Doki Doki Penguin Land developed for the Famicom by Bit Corp.. It would initially be released in Taiwan as a Famicom cartridge by Bit Corp. themselves in 1987, and NES versions would later be published in Australia and Brazil by HES and Dismac respectively.
Overview[]
Duck's gameplay.
This game plays similarly to Doki Doki Penguin Land, a Sega SG-1000 and MSX game that had been released in 1985. In it, the player controls a duck pushing an egg downwards into an underground living room. Like some early Famicom titles, the player can start on any level (or scene as this game calls them) and there are 20 in total. In a similar way to Lode Runner, the player can dig through the ground with the A button and dropping the egg too far causes it to break, resulting in the player losing a life. There are three lives and no continues.
The graphics are based on those from Doki Doki Penguin Land, although they are not exact and the stages are palette-swapped.
There is only one music track, which plays during gameplay. This track is original, although it may be based on the 18th-century folk song Long, Long Ago, which is heard in The Oregon Trail.
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Trivia[]
- Being released in 1987, this is the second unlicensed game known to have been made for the NES or Famicom, after Super Maruo in December 1986.
- The original release is subject to freezing upon counting points when a stage is cleared, as Bit Corp. made use of a CPU instruction that is not available on the CPU of the original Famicom and NES.
- A Famicom release of the game originating from Korea is known to exist, although it is unknown if it was licensed by Bit Corp. or not.