''Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau'' (''Woody Woodpecker's Frustrated Vacations'') is a platform

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developed and published by Tec Toy for the

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, and the

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, it was released in October 1996 for

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only. This video game was based on the animated short film series created by

Walter Lantz Walter Benjamin Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. Biography Early years and start in animat ...

, and the title and some of the game art makes references to the Brazilian release of ''

National Lampoon's Vacation ''National Lampoon's Vacation'', sometimes referred to as simply ''Vacation'', is a 1983 American black comedy road film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Chris ...

'' under the name ''Frustrated Vacations''.

Gameplay

The player takes the role of

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. Woody's attack is using his beak to attack at enemies. One can also jump to cross platforms or to avoid enemy attacks such as throwing acorns. Also the player would have to collect money bags which are across the levels. Aiding Woody Woodpecker is a rocket pack which makes the player travel faster and a horn to wake Wally Walrus, but these only appear in the Mega Drive version.

Story

At the start of the game, Woody Woodpecker and his friends are travelling down in a car towards their vacation spot. When Woody takes a photo of his friends, a flash suddenly makes them disappear. A letter falls. It reads that Buzz Buzzard (known as Zeca Urubu in Portuguese) has kidnapped Woody's friends and the first to go is Andy Panda. Woody has to save them. Oswald Rabbit is one of the characters that must be saved.

References

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* * * 1996 video games Brazil-exclusive video games Master System games Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Sega Genesis games Single-player video games Tectoy games Video games about vacationing Video games based on Woody Woodpecker Video games developed in Brazil {{platform-videogame-stub