Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (PS1/PS2) - A Review
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I'm doing things a little bit differently for this review, namely I'm going to be comparing two versions of Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers rather than concentrating on one game - the PS1 and PS2 versions. I've probably missed out some important details and the review isn't as good as I would've liked it to be, but I hope you enjoy it all the same!
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ABOUT THE GAME
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack in Europe) is a platform game developed and published by Ubi Soft for various consoles and Windows-based personal computers. A different game with the same title was released for the Game Boy Color, as well as on Game Boy Advance, the latter being given the title Donald Duck Advance. The game's reception was mixed, with reviewers praising the music, backgrounds and animations, but criticizing the short length and its aim to be played by a younger demographic.
Goin' Quackers's gameplay is very similar to that of Crash Bandicoot, and requires the player to move through various settings in 24 levels in four warp rooms. The four level themes are Duckie Mountain, Duckburg, Magica DeSpell's Manor, and Merlock's Temple. Donald Duck has to dodge various enemies and obstacles throughout the levels and defeat bosses at the end of each warp room. There are also bonus levels where Donald Duck has to outrun a bear, a truck with an evil face, a ghost hand, and a statue head, respectively. The viewpoint of the levels can change between a 2D side-scrolling perspective and a 3D perspective. Re-doing the levels in order to defeat Gladstone's time in same, gives the player advantages in the game.
The player has four lives that can increase by finding special items. Each life gives Donald two opportunities to be touched by the enemy; the first time is touched, he becomes angry and throws berserk to the enemies, the second time, he loses a life. Donald can also unlock new outfits, which alter cutscenes and idle animations (such as Donald taking photos of the place if he is dressed like a tourist). - Hry
I am a fan of this style of review personally. Very professional. Nice new thumbnail style too!
Thank you so much! :)
When I was a kid I played the pc version, and I always assumed Gladstone was wearing a leg cast because either A: "He was faking it as an excuse why it wasn't him who rescued Daisy." or B: "It was because Donald beat him up after every time trial to get the outfits."
Man, this review took me back! Thanks for the nostalgia!
As someone who played the PC version non-stop, it has the graphics and pace of the PS2 version with the level design and challanges of the PS1 version. The Magica boss and final boss are completely different(With the last boss being a rip off of a Rayman 2 boss, which you should play BTW!)
They changed the bosses again? Maaan, I've never heard of a game with so many differences on various versions! Also I suppose I could try Rayman 2... Though I wasn't kidding when I said I'm not a fan. 😂
Toridori ironically Rayman 2 also has a lot of version differences across platforms. And the Rayman fan that is me is sad, but I respect that
It's the side scroller ones I can't get into, isn't Rayman 2 different in that regard?
@@ToridoriGaming It is, and not just for the fact it's 3D. I'd recommend giving it a shot since it's basically a more polished version of Donald
Great review! I grew up playing this game. Looking foward to watch more of your videos!
I just found this channel and I'm a big fan - keep up the good work!
Thank you Jonny!
first of all I love the thumbnail! much better then a picture from the game, Also I enjoy this style of reviewing, its professional and really funny. Have a good day Tori!
Thank you TheJDroid! 😊
Another great review as always Tori also tell your Auntie she did a great job with the art of Spyro in Artisans
Thank you James, I will! 😊
Just wanted to say that I think your videos are really funny, and you do a fantastic job! Keep on going and don't give up :) you're doing great!
Thank you so much Cameron, that means a lot to me! 😊
Fun fact: The PS1 version actually reuses the menu font AND sounds from Rayman 2. Also the N64 version's Merlock fight is a nod to Rayman 2's fire boss.
I've heard GREAT things about this game, but didn't know what made it so, thanks for covering it!
2:52 It was "Breakout", for me but I haven't played Crash Bandicoot.
5:50 Ahhh these were the kind of PSX games that used to arrive for us at the less fortunate places here in Mexico.
14:06 2-D or not 2-D... that is the question. =P
That was a fun review, glad to have found this channel!
Man, custom thumbnail art AND you get to play a game that doesn't make you want to tear your eyeballs out? You're movin' up in the world, Tori. 'S been kinda neat to see your whole journey from "girl who did those video essays about Spyro that one time" to "proper professional retro reviewer"; here's to hoping there's more of this and less torture in your future vids, eh?
But it's the suffering that brings people back. 😂
Awesome review! I have always been curious about this game.. may give it a go!
I am always so impressed with your ability to complete these games. I loved playing this game when I was little but I definitely couldn’t get past level/world 3. Also I had it for the computer, so I don’t know if it would have been easier on PS1.
Seems a lot of people had it for PC actually, I'm quite surprised! I would have thought the PS1 version would have been more commonplace. 🤔
I remember liking this game as a kid, but hating the tedious boss fights and also being so frustrated by world three that I gave up for awhile.
Always wanted to play that game, then forgot about it. And now thanks to you i must now find the rom. :-)
Enjoy! 😁
Very cool review ! Thank you for the video !
J'aurais jamais cru te voir dans les commentaires d'une vidéo anglaise Oo
when I was young, around 5 years old when I played this game, I remember the starting screen and the later levels (haunted house/temple) THEY CREEPED ME OUT SO MUCH!!!! also I only plyed ps1 version so i do prefer that cause of nostalgia, PLUS i like the rainbow portals, i think they added a lot to the ps1 version.
I would love to see a Donald Duck 🦆 goin Quackers remake / remastered video game 🎮 on all of the new videos games 🎮 consoles systems on the ps5 , Steam , ps4 , Xbox , Nintendo Switch ,
I loved this game as a child. Played it a lot on PS1. Thank you for the review!!
I think everybody had this but me! 😱
@@ToridoriGaming Tori, don't worry about it! It's better to play a game late than never! Besides, everyone seems to have missed some gem in the the childhood because it's not possible to play all the games due to time constraint. 😅
Time and money 😭
@@ToridoriGaming True! Same with me. I played on whatever consoles and games my parents gave me as a child. Gaming was a bit expensive hobby back then, and still is, if we try to buy all games instead of only the best ones from our favourite genre. 😅
On the PS2 version of Goin' Quacker, if you can make a big enough jumping combo (I think it can only be achieved in 1 level but I could be wrong) and then you do a special moves, all the gears are replaced with lives instead for a short amount of time.
Really like the new thumbnail art :)
Another random licensed game on the PS1 from my childhood given to me out of the blue. I'm surprised how decent it is for a Crash clone. As you stated, others just seem really half arsed (like that M&Ms game on PS1 and PC for example). I'll be sure to scout out the PS2 version. Surprised they even bothered to change up the level design also.
Yeah I was very surprised to find the level design was quite different to the PS1 version, I figured all that would change would be the graphics! Also the incorporation of special challenges rather than finding toys. 🤔
I really loved the ps1 version of the game and I had no idea that there were other ports of the game
This is strangely the closest I came to a crash game in my odd childhood
Didn't have the actual Crash games? 😱
@@ToridoriGaming ctr nitro fueled is the first crash game I ever got
Damn Ronald Ruck only has 2 life's, that's too many lives for a kids game
I like your reviews a lot
The PS1 version's ost is rather amazing. The way the songs are divided into different loops so the music can feel like it is progressing along with the level was a rather ambitious idea with.. mixed results, but the music's overall produced and composed impressively well. And yet the composer apparently only ever worked on this one ost and nothing else, unless they were using an alias.
The game with an insane amount of ports .
Indeed, the most I've seen for any game!
Fun fact- I own 4 copies of this game, PS1, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, and GameCube. What can I say, I’m a sucker for Donald Duck 😝
You don't like Ray-Man you say... that means it is time for you to review the entire series ;)
What have I done, I should have kept quiet! D:
Toridori No turning back now >:)
Darek Młot it has been YEARS since I played a RayMan game so excuse me... was that really worth commenting on considering I was just making a joke?
I'm sad I didn't discover this channel earlier. I hope you upload some time soon.
Love the thumbnail! And love the video! Keep it up 😁😁
Thank you Robert! 😀
I remember playing and I remember having Donald Duck 🦆 goin Quackers on the ps1 cd 💿 game disc and I played it on the ps2 and I have a ps2 I would love to play this videos games 🎮 on all of the videos games 🎮 consoles systems
I could listen to you allllll day, but you gave me ptsd to playing Enter the Dragonfly as a kid and having the exact same feelings lol, I found it reaaaaaally hard to care about the PS2 from that moment on, PS1 games just looked soooo aesthetically pleasing in comparison. Almost forgot this game existed somehow btw, I had it on PS1 as a kid, it's nice seeing it again!
Yep, EtD looks awful compared to the PS1 games. D:
@7:50 lmao!!! Naw bitch, you didn't!!!! 😂😂😂 too fucking funny!!!
Maybe I'm hinting towards Halloween themed reviews too... ;)
Donald Duck 🦆 and Crush Bandicoot they both have a lot in common
I have the ps1 version of this game I always thought gladstone was basically going through the levels like Donald would, just a little ways behind him, and kept getting harmed by all the stage hazards. That was my way of justifying the bandages and cast at the end of the game as a kid.
That would make sense! Especially as there are his time trials to complete. 😀
I always thought Gladstone fought agenst Merlock and got injured.
I played this game on Nintendo64 and PS2.I feel a lot of nostalgia when I think about this game.It wasn't that great,but it was a nice game during my childhood.
Doesn't matter how bad a game is when it's from your childhood! :D
@@ToridoriGaming I agree.I think that the PS2 version is pretty cool.The graphics and music aren't bad,my only issue is the game's lenght.
I agree with the "version negatives" you talked about: the controll on the ps1 version are less reactive than the others, while, on the other end, the ps2 more powerfull tecnical artstyle with less defined items borders (and an hitbox slighty too big for most items) makes it a bit difficoult to do precision jumps around damagin itmes
also, I used to have the games back them (actually, one mine, one my cousin gave me for safekeeping when he moved and never asked back) but I emulated the ps2 version to play it more easily a while back; the intro cutscene worked, but the final one ended after a second and a half
Seems you can only have one or the other cutscene but not both! 😂
8:37 - I thought I’d mention that Gladstone immediately runs into the portal, which explains the low power. Sort of.
4:45 is my favourite. Great video
Thank you James! :)
Ah yes, good old Donald's Quack Attack for the ps1... I remember that we could never even watch the intro because it was so glitchy it would crash the video on start. We had awesome childhoods! :D
But something different, what was that with the postoffice stealing your import games in south africa?? Sounds hardcore! D:
Oh my god I remember playing this game
Never finished it though
*angry Donald noises*
oh wait what the fuck hahaha PC version and Merlock has Donald running from three types of dragon that Merlock turns into, plus you gotta shoot them down. christ, so many versions :')
Another great vid :D
Cheers Spikkle! 😎
You do not get enough credit for the amount of work that goes into your videos
Comments like yours make up for that though! 😊
Love your channel
Thank you! :D
Loved this game. Silly but very enjoyable. I only got to the third boss but I would play it over and over.
Apparently the game was originally going to have a rewind feature. And the same team that made this would later make Prince of Persia: Sands of Time which would implement it.
Also I would suggest using Duckstation for PS1 emulation if the current emulator you're using is giving you these issues.
Rocking some custom thumbnail art now, noice. 👌
Thank you Serah, Lollipop makes amazing art! :D
mad respect for the Aku I clip.
Aku is still hands down one of my favourite villains of all time!
*OH SHIT I THOUGHT THIS GAME WAS JUST A FEVER DREAM!*
I need to play this game again one day, I could never beat the second world...
What console did you have it on? :)
I remember getting the PS1 version of this game for Christmas in 2000 wen I was 7 and it's still 1 of my favorite Disney games to this day.
For some awkward reason, Bernadette has been 1 of few bosses in a video game I keep thinking about throughout my life. I didn't find her hard at all as a kid, but I still love the concept of hers. A giant chicken mother who sends her newborn children to take out their mother's lunch for her and the mother tries to crush you butt crush you.
Fun fact: Bernadette can't crush you in the PS2 version, but on PS1? You instantly die and get a pretty disturbing animation of Bernadette rubbing her big butt on Donald.
More inner tori thoughts!
My inner thoughts manifested into gibberish!
I loved this game so much growing up
I'm not surprised, it's pretty fun!
Not gonna lie, I have a PC version (which is not compatible anymore so I played the dreamcast version, as I think it's the most similar), and the layout of the PC version seems identical to the ps1 version.
However, the whole jumping thing, combining jumps and all that, which you mentioned made the ps2 version better in that aspect, is absolutely doable on the PC version. So I guess I recommend trying... um. Dreamcast version to experience that.
Because you get all them pretty level designs and cohesion plus them amazing jumpy bois.
The thumbnail is so cute!
Thank you Maggie, my friend Bittles made it! 😀
Here is a game that you will probably never hear about but is so good that you need to play it.
*bishi bashi special*
If you like WarioWare, then you're going to like this game. It's a weird and wacky game that is as fun and zany as what you would find in WarioWare type games. If you had to choose your next game to play, this one should be on the top of your list. It's the weirdest game that I've ever played. If you thought WarioWare should be more weird, then Bishi Bashi special is the game for you to play.
That game looks insane, but I suppose it is Japanese. 😂
@@ToridoriGaming you should really do it then.
I only had two donald duck games, the first on game gear titled the lucky dime caper, i think, and second was later on gamecube titled pk:out of the shadows ( for ps2 and xbox as well) pk was fun for a cheap shooter action game
I have that on the list too (PK), going to try that one out soon. 😀
Hey Tori did you go quackers after making the review?
I sure did!
I remember playing the PC version back in the day. I still have the disc but sadly it doesn't work on windows 10. Now I emulate the PS1 version.
may I ask what ps1 & ps2 emulators do you use? coz I use both ps1 & ps2 emulators they both work well so maybe I could help you
Epsxe and pcsx2
I own a copy of the PS1 game, and I noticed that the intro cutscene plays just fine on an actual PS1, while it will skip the cutscene if you play it on a ps2. I guess just any form of emulation causes the cutscene to skip for what ever reason.
I believe it has something to do with the "analog" mode (when you click on the "analog" button in the ps2 controller). Click on it before starting the cutscene and it should not skip.
Donald duck always did cuss believe it or. Not he starts Talkin at first Anthony starts cracking a lot he's cussing 😂🤣 😂🤣 😂
Swearing like a sailor has never been truer. 😂
I grew up with the PC version and to me thats the best one
Ahh another childhood classic, though I never finished this one - (I think) I couldn't beat the last boss, so my pre-teenage self rage quit and never bothered to return to the game. I played the PC version which, from memory so I could be wrong, shared the same colour palette to the PS1 version, but had the other duck (already forgotten his name) in the cutscenes... so it was kind of a hybrid of the PS1 & PS2 versions, though don't quote me on that >.
I really forgot about this game, though I really wanted to get it as a little one! 😱
Though from what I know about the Game, I'm confused, that they used the ducktales movie's main antagonist for this game and seem to not even put little nod to this fact in this game 🤔
It seems to be a mish mash of villains from the show/films, so I don't think they put much thought into it!
Owwwwww really love the thumbnail 😍
My friend will be very happy to hear that, she worked hard on it! 😊
I have the gba version of this game, which I believe is just known as Donald Duck Advance. I didn't get very far though...
Not a good game?
@@ToridoriGaming not necessarily. From what I remember it was pretty good for a gba game. I was just playing it in between other things and never went back to it...
Ahh that happens a lot with my games. Play it for a month, love it, then forget about it. 😂
weee. wow that is a lot of versions and wow that is a ton shift between ps1 and ps2 versions
Imagine if I'd played them all! 😱
@@ToridoriGaming I fear you would have gone full on Quackers if you had better safe that you only went with 2
Given the PS2/Gamecube versions have gameplay that actually lines up with the cutscenes, I assume it's safe to say it's the "real" version of the game. ... Uhh however much that actually matters I guess lol
Oh my god yes! I loved this game on ps1
It's a pretty solid title I must admit. Definitely one of the better games I've reviewed. 😂
You live in south Africa? Then, is your husband south African? Also, have you played Jak and Daxter? I'm pretty drunk and I'm hiccupping a lot. And your reviews have great, humourous editing!
He is South African indeed! And yesss, at least the first 3. I love them and keep meaning to play again. 😀
@@ToridoriGaming Good stuff! Maybe review the trilogy?
I really want to! They're on PS4, right? If I could set it up properly I could record them from that with my capture card, but that means moving my PS4 into my study and setting it up with the computer. 😅
@@ToridoriGaming Ugh, pain in the arse, right? They're on PS3 as well, though you could be more classic and do it on PS2, although I don't know the layout or contents of your study. Just do what floats your boat, and don't rush. 😁
4:57 You know us too well...
also, wait, South african mail steal packages?!
Unfortunately, yes! My mum sent me a gardening book recently... a friggin gardening book... never arrived. :/
@@ToridoriGaming Ouch.
I wonder where Tori is, is she going quackers, lately I've been going fucking mental, but I keep it zen lol
I used to play the PS2 version of this game (although over here it was known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack) and I did not know there was a PS1 version and that it was different. I do remember the opening cutscene ending after one second even on my copy.
You should do more comparison videos! Like, you played the PS1 versions of Harry Potters PS and CoS. But have you ever played the PS2 versions? they are way different and in the case of PS....worse!! lol
I'm tempted, because even though this one was a struggle at times it was pretty fun to compare them!
Sometimes when u emulator game the developers put stuff in there so you won't have a good time at such with the Spyro the dragon people with sometimes lose eggs at the end they couldn't finish it could be what's going on with this game
I will never understand why games sometimes received different names in different regions while still both being in English?
Why why why?
For some reason I remember this being one of the very first game I successfully emulated like 15 years ago ^^;7
Makes you appreciate how solid the Dolphin emulator is in comparison to so many other ones that handles 3D.
I'm pretty sure my younger brother also owned this game back in the game but that was for the Game Boy Color.. Apparently he wasn't a fan.
The game also reminds me a whole lot of the Lilo & Stich: Trouble in Paradise game, and I suppose the Lion King game on PS1 as well
I always thought that Merlock died by the end of the Ducktales movie, but I suppose they did point out that he was immortal.. So I suppose he just broke everything in his body instead of dying. He did lose his amulet though so I have no idea how he got that back?
Also, I think the whole saying: "Swearing like a sailor" was almost made for Donald xD
I'm not sure, it's very odd! Like how Zootopia was known as Zootropolis in the UK. 🤔
And that's a good point I didn't think of, I mean he's basically a sailor in that get up, right? 😂
So you had a problem with the intro too? Happens with me as well on the PS1 and even Caddicarus has that too.
I wonder what causes it to happen!
@@ToridoriGaming idw to be honest.
@@Sevent77 Do you really think so?
aw man! one of my childhood games XD
played it on PC!
How was the PC version? That's the only one I haven't really seen footage of while doing my research!
@@ToridoriGaming I barely remember it. But I can tell you it ran perfectly smooth and looked a bit cleaner, like PS2, but I was sure it was just as bright in color as the PS1 you played.
I sadly don't have the copy of the CD anymore (it was my cousin's and also my laptop doesn't have a CD player, new "online games only" tech be damned) I was also like... 12 or 13 when I last played it
@@ToridoriGaming ps. I do remember 100% it on my playthroughs as best I could. I was a tryhard for pointless things even back then.
Also yes, it did not crash or lag either for me.... Tho I think the dialog boxes were different for sure, but I only remember it being PS1 style, but fuck English was not my first and I only knew a few words in it. So I don't remember if they ran smoothly or not.
Also... Haunted house levels were my fave... Even the big hand chases.
@@ToridoriGaming If I find like an online free downloadable version of the PC one, I will let you know, because I now craaave to play it again.
@@ToridoriGaming FOUND IT! www.oldpcgaming.net/donald-duck-goin-quackers-review/
Seems like a decent enough platformer, those disney games were quite something weren't they?
Some good, some bad, some in-between!
@@ToridoriGaming They can't all be winners!
In Europe it’s also known as Quack Attack.
Sat here on holiday watching this happily in the early hours of the morning with no regrets :) Who needs sleep? xD
Sleep is for wimps! Where are you on holiday? 😊
So...did they just got Master hand's lesser known brother.
P.S. Master hand is from Super Smash Bros, if you didn't know.
Rip-off Master Hand. 😂
Not a fan of Rayman?? You just lost a subscriber...just kidding 😂 great review Tori as per usual
I'm sorry! 😭
I still have the pc version .
ThErE iS a GbC vErSiOn Of tHe GaMe
Is this in response to all the comments telling me the same thing? 😂
No i have it and it is very annoying to play but good for car rides
HaHa y0u Dld wEll UnCa DoNaId
*Arnie intensifies*
But it doesn't seem like they did very good job of it if you beat the whole game it just seems like it was a temp to stop emulation then again I could be wrong it could just had bugs in the game
21:41 Sonic Adventure 2? Is that you?
Pls reveiw going quackers for the n64 and pc
I might do at some point but I need a break from it for now. 😂
Okay your channel is awesome keep up the good work
Thank you 😊
Did you know, I had a (not bought) downloaded pc version of donald duck going ment@l
Edit: I lost that game :(
Ohhh how was it on PC, do you remember? 😀
@@ToridoriGaming uhh I downloaded it through torrents on a windows xp computer at my grandparents' house-
@@ToridoriGaming The PC version feels like a hybrid of both PS1 and PS2 versions; it has the really colorful color scheme, but it obviously looks better than the PS1. It also had music tracks from the Dreamcast version(which were basically the N64 Midis but upgraded/arranged). The fights against Magica and Merlock were also altered drastically. All in all, I'd say that that version is the one that fixes all the complaints you had about the PS2 version, as the Hub was more like the PS1 version(but obviously looking much better), however, it did lack the special things that the PS2 version had, such as the gears, the whole "SPECIAL" system and some other things, mostly because the game itself was closer to the PS1 port.
I'm not sure if it works on Windows 10, though. I attempted it and I wasn't able to get it running, but apparently it still works on Windows 7 and prior versions.
Hope that little explanation helps!
Psone ❤️❤️❤️
If there is one game you should NOR play its Super Brawl Universe on mobile. No seriously DONT PLAY IT!!
Also if we get a sequel for this game the game better be called
Donald Duck goes FAKKIN MENTAL.
Now you're just encouraging me to check it out 😂
@@ToridoriGaming I screwed up havent i
ive heard that the dreamcast n64 and pc versions are better than ps1
It seems a lot of PS1 games like this have combat that did not age well.
Also, SISISISISISI~
Is it bad I have a huge crush on Tori??
Unrelated-ish but what do you think of the ducktales reboot?
EDIT: wait you live in south africa
I haven't had the chance to watch it, save for clips I saw on CZcams while making this video but it looks fun! I like the humour. 😀
And yesss, with my South African husband, but if I had the choice I'd move back to England in a heartbeat.
Where's the Toy Story 2 review?
You are hilarious XD
This is nice and all... but CAN U REVIEW ROBLOX!? (Im just messin dont actually take this seriously.)
Oh btw, how long have you had the samsung meteor mic? Mine lasted 2 weeks, you seem to have it for a while.
Ouch, only two weeks?? Mine has been going strong for.. almost two years now I think? :O
@@ToridoriGaming apparently its all soldering issue, id fix mine myself if i knew how to open it. It wasnt designed the best from what i read. Good mic for the price though. I wish i had mine for atleast a year.
In my opinion the ps1 version has really shitty hitboxes.
Actually that's something I wanted to bring up but forgot lol, the hitboxes are so shite on the PS1! I'm taking damage from touching something dangerous that was still a foot away!