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About
Inspired by a classic game from the golden age of arcades, Quest for the Golden Duck allows you to bring up to 3 more friends in a co-op game. Or take control of the monsters in PvP game and prevent the other team from stealing all the gold from the castle.Features:
In versus games, players side with Team Heroes or Team Monsters. Heroes have to collect all the gold, while monsters have to chase them down before the time runs out. Players can use powerups to escape tough situations.
- Single player campaign
- 2-4 player co-op
- PvP game: 1v1, 2v1, 2v2 modes for 2-4 players
- 5 playable heroes
- 100 hand-crafted levels
- Full controller support
- Run around the maze and collect all the gold while being chased by spooky monsters.
- Complete the levels before the time runs out to get extra lives.
- Lure monsters into traps and away from treasure. Hide and sneak behind their backs.
- Power Gem allows you to chase down and banish the enemies
- Ice Bomb freezes all the enemies on the screen
- Clover Leaf makes you invisible
- Pick up keys to unlock doors
- Use secret passages when enemies are closing in
In versus games, players side with Team Heroes or Team Monsters. Heroes have to collect all the gold, while monsters have to chase them down before the time runs out. Players can use powerups to escape tough situations.
System requirements for Nintendo Switch
System requirements for Linux
Minimum:
- OS: Any 32bit or 64bit
- Processor: Core2Duo 1.0 GHz
- Graphics: 1GB Video RAM, OpenGL 1.1+
- Storage: 500 MB available space
System requirements for PC
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP or newer
- Processor: Core2Duo 1.0 GHz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Video RAM, OpenGL 1.1+
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 500 MB available space
System requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- OS: 10.9 Mavericks
- Processor: Core2Duo 1.0 GHz
- Memory: 2048 MB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Video RAM, OpenGL 1.1+
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Quest for the Golden Duck reviews and comments
This game is a great update to the original Pac-Man formula. It has 100 unique levels, 3 unique enemy types and several items with different effects. It's good for single or multiplayer gaming. But it's hard. The enemies move a little too fast, and some enemies are a little to effective for casual play. This makes the levels, which are often design as a basic puzzle, very hard to complete. Since you start with very few lives shared among all players game overs are common.
There are several sections to the game, each with a number of levels. But if you get a game over, you must restart from the beginning of that section with 4 lives, making progress very hard. This is especially true when playing co-op. I reached out to the developer and suggested he add casual and beginner modes to make it easier to play with casual friends. He seemed to think this was a great idea and implied he was working on it.
It's a very hard game and good for seasoned gamers to play single player.
The versus mode is also a lot of fun, where you chase down your friends. You cannot camp on the last gold coins since the game timeouts and give the victory to the treasure hunters. It's fun and frantic.
Positive points
A fun Pac-Man like experience with a variety of levels and enemies. It's also Inexpensive.
Negative points
Hard for a party game: you start with few lives, the enemies are fast and the levels are built like a puzzle. Some friends can get frustrated with the lack of progress.