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Deadly Duck (character)
''Deadly Duck'' is fixed shooter for the Atari 2600 released on January 20, 1982 in North America. It was designed by Ed Hodapp for Sirius Software and published by 20th Century Fox Games. It was later ported to the VIC-20 The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PE .... Gameplay Cranky crabs are attempting to get the ducks out of their ponds. The crabs fly in the air while throwing bricks and bombs at the ducks. To fight back, the ducks are armed with a bill that is also a gun barrel that shoots a limitless supply of bullets straight up. The player starts with four lives and a bonus life is awarded when all eight crabs in a level have been shot. If the player is hit by a brick they lose a life. When bricks land at the bottom of the play area they impede player movement fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius Software
Sirius Software was a video game publisher of Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Commodore 64, and VIC-20 games in the early 1980s. Sirius also developed games for the Atari 2600 which were published by 20th Century Fox Video Games. History The company was founded in the early 1980s by Jerry Jewell and Terry Bradley. It gained attention for its dramatically quick rise to prominence and its equally quick collapse in 1984 after 20th Century Fox (Fox Video Games) failed to pay over USD$18 Million in owed royalties.S. Levy, ''Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution'', Doubleday, Garden City, 1984 Sirius Software designed and marketed more than 160 computer video games, software products and hardware devices worldwide. Jewell was profiled by author Steven Levy in his book ''Hackers''. Sirius' quick rise was due in part to a chain of hits by programmer Nasir Gebelli. Gebelli's breakthrough game was ''Gorgon'', which brought the gameplay of the arcade's '' Defender'' to the Apple II. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Interactive
Fox Interactive was an American video game publisher based in Los Angeles, California. The company published games based on 20th Century Fox properties, yet also published several original titles, such as '' Croc: Legend of the Gobbos''. History 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1994–2003) Fox Interactive was formed in May 1994, and was led by former Time Warner Interactive executive Ted Hoff, the company was a division of FoxVideo, the home media distribution part of 20th Century Fox, and also distributed their titles. The first two games published by the new division were ''The Tick'', based on the Fox Kids cartoon series of the same name, and ''The Pagemaster'', based on the film of the same name. On January 5, 1996, the company announced the release of ''Die Hard Trilogy'' for a August–September 1996 release window. The company would attend their first Electronic Entertainment Expo in 1996, and announced six mainstream titles during the event: ''The Simpsons C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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