Episode 633: Donald Duck (Patreon)

Stuart: He’s angry, dresses in a sailor suit with no pants, and is best friends with a mouse. Yes, that’s right – it’s Stuart Gipp, and he’s back with an episode about Donald Duck games. There’s a whole quacktastic spectrum of duck tales across multiple generations of gaming, though we’re not here to talk about either DuckTales or the Spectrum. For once. No, this is all Donald, that beloved duck whose name is in no way sullied by association to anybody else.

We’ve got stuff going all the way from the Atari years through the PlayStation 2, with both Sega and Nintendo getting attention en route. Indeed, Donald’s likely best-known by us retrosods for his Sega outings, a trilogy of exclusive platformers across the Master System and Mega Drive, none of which have much in common besides jumping. It’s duck diversity like this which made a podcast examining the beaky bastard so necessary, and I hope with 99% sincerity and 1% cool detachment that you will enjoy it. We’ve also taken a look at a strange but rather wonderful SNES title that bafflingly didn’t see a Western release, and got to grips with the unusually widespread Qu@ck Att@ck?/Goin’ Qu@ckers multi-console release. Not to mention Donald Duck’s Italian superhero alter ego, Paperinik. Or, if you’re British (I am!), the very creative “Superduck”. Quackeroonie!

Perhaps you have some thoughts about the entertainment in question? By all means, waddle into the comments section. You’ll be hearing some more episodes about your cartoon favourites from me in the near future, with a handful already recorded. That said, it’s the 30th anniversary of Sonic 3 & Knuckles this year, isn’t it? Better do something about that.

Art by Salem Sloane; edits by Greg Leahy.

15:13 - Donald Duck (FC): Pogo

21:23 - Donald Duck (FC): Sack Race | QuackShot: Duckburg

37:18 - QuackShot: Egypt

49:08 - The Lucky Dime Caper (GG): Ending | Deep Duck Trouble: Savanna

58:41 - Deep Duck Trouble: Ice Cavern

1:10:20 - Donald Duck no Mahō no Bōshi: Rescue Mission

1:20:06 - Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow (MD): Mojo Stronghold | Continue

1:29:20 - Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (N64): Duckburg Rooftops

1:39:26 - Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (PS2): Forest Edge

1:47:54 - PK: Out of the Shadows: Main Menu

Closing - QuackShot: Staff Roll