Qwak, Amazing and fun platformer on the Amiga

Remember how much fun you had playing Bubble Bobble? Well, Qwak is a lot like that dinosaurus bubble-em-up. It is a two-player game where you have to bounce around a single screen knocking out the bad guys with large round objects while collecting enough keys to open the exit to the next level. Levels range from castles to snowy wastelands. Why two little ducks are wandering around castles and wastelands, the manual doesn’t say, but there you are, throwing eggs with all your might at floating fish, phantoms and spiked balls. At the start of each level, you will be given a clue as to what to expect. For example, if a clause pops up saying, ‘I wish I’d brought my brolly’, means that the next level will have a lot of things falling from the top of the screen. Visually, the game is little more than an explosion of colour. Detailed and bright sprites race around clearly-defined levels, and there is no such thing as subtlety where the palette is concerned. The Amiga can display over 4000 colours and Qwak sure uses some of the brightest! Playing the game is a real throwback to the days when all that mattered in a game was the way it played. All you need is fast and frantic action, responsive controls and challenging levels. Basically, it is an excellent little game…

news source: AF/AP/CU/AC / image source: GenerationAmiga / watch on Youtube / download Qwak

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