Ducks Ahoy!
arcade game for Commodore 64, 1984
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Ducks Ahoy! is a simple arcade game which takes place in Venice. On the screen
you see some houses, the canal and the beach (on the top). The player is in
control of a boat which can carry two ducks at the same time. The ducks start
to walk around the houses slowly getting to the exit where they just jump out
into the open no matter if there is a boat waiting for them or it's just
water.
The aim is to catch the ducks with the boat and deliver them to the beach. To
make things more difficult there's a hippo in the water swimming around
(always where the bubbles on the surface are). If the hippo catches the boat
the player loses a life. After ten ducks are delivered to the beach they
start to sing and the the game restarts, increasing the difficulty by making
the ducks faster.
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Some useful keyboard shortcuts
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[PAUSE] - stop/continue game
[F9] - quick load game state
[F12] - quick save game state (still stored after leaving the site)
[F11] - toggle fullscreen mode
[ScrollLock] - quick switch control ports
[PageDown] - make a screenshot (320x200)