Donald duck maui mallard

[Anonymous No.10343402]

This was probably one of the best looking sega games

[Anonymous No.10343518]

>>10343402
I always forget about this one. Have not played it but I've played some of the other Disney Genesis games

[Anonymous No.10343853]

>>10343402
Shame it has a poor gameplay and isn't fun. People need to stop caring only about graphics. Go play Quackshot instead.

[Anonymous No.10343859]

I never understood how the staff combat worked, so I just ran through enemies while attacking - worked just fine.

[Anonymous No.10343861]

>Donald in Maui Mallard
>Donald in Cold Shadow
>Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
what in the fuck was up with the various names for this?

[Anonymous No.10343869]

>>10343402
have yet to give a honest try on this one, how hard does it gets?

[Anonymous No.10343904]

>>10343861
It was always supposed to be Donald Duck as Maui, but Disney apparently didn't like this and so he was hastily turned into an original character. "Cold Shadow" was a new subtitle to replace the "Maui Mallard" title screen.

[Anonymous No.10343932]

>>10343861
Wouldnt surprise me if they had planned a new Donald Duck cartoon where he'd pretend to be a P.I. called Maui Mallard (M.M. instead of D.D.) who'd moonlight as the crime fighting ninja named Cold Shadow.
But then they were all like "wait, t'is a silly idea lets not go there." but by then the game had already come out.
Personally I found it a confusing game, so the confusing name/story is kinda appropriate.

[Anonymous No.10344956]

Why the PAL aspect ratio is so wide?

[Anonymous No.10346109]

>>10343402
I've always been curious about this one, mostly due to my love for the character, QuackShot is one of my favorite video games too, so playing another 16-Bit Donald Duck title sounds nice, I feel skeptical though, because while it looks so good, it also looks like jank, I felt the same with Mickey Mania compared to Castle of Illusion, it might be good, but I'm putting it off for now...

[Anonymous No.10346137]

>>10346109
Quakeshot>Lucky Dime Caper>Donald Duck and the Magical Hat>Magical Quest 3>Deep Duck Trouble>World of Illusion>Going Quakers>>Maui Mallard

[Anonymous No.10346998]

>>10346137
I'd say that, from the ones I've played until now, my list would be something like this:

1. QuackShot starring Donald Duck
2. Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers/Quack Attack
3. The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
4. World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse & Donald Duck
5. Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck
6. Donald Duck and the Magical Hat

All I'm missing now is Magical Quest 3 and Maui Mallard, I'll probably try out the Magical Quest trilogy first though, they look like quite fantastic titles, I wouldn't expect less from Capcom.

[Anonymous No.10347038]

>>10346998
They are pretty great, Maui Mallard is really the weakest Donald game, still worth a try though

[Anonymous No.10347074]

>>10346137
Your placement of Goin' Quackers is gonna vary wildly depending on which version you played
PS1 is its own unique version and it's arguably the best
PC/DC/N64 have only minor differences with each other but are clearly worse than the PS1 version
PS2/NGC is just pure fucking garbage
And that's not even getting into the GBC and GBA games which are both entirely their own things

[Anonymous No.10347323]

>>10347074
Isn't the DC version just a better graphics version of the PS1 version with some level differences?

[Anonymous No.10347352]

>>10347074
pc and ps1

>>10347323
no,
dc and pc are the same

[Anonymous No.10347497]

>>10343869
I start to get filtered in the third level

[Anonymous No.10347996]

>>10347074
>>10347323
>>10347352
I've only played the PS1 version and enjoyed it, should I even bother with any of the other versions that it got?

[Anonymous No.10348031]

>>10344956
>Why the PAL aspect ratio is so wide?
NTSC had 480 lines at 60hz while PAL had 576 lines at 50hz. The additional 96 lines of PAL often went unused resulting in boarders at the top and bottom of the screen that squashed the image vertically.

[Anonymous No.10348050]

>>10347074
What makes them all better or worse?

[Anonymous No.10348293]

>>10348031
>The additional 96 lines of PAL often went unused resulting in boarders at the top and bottom of the screen that squashed the image vertically.

When you put a Pal game on NTSC TV...

[Anonymous No.10348415]

>>10346137
forgot to put PK Out of the Shadows between Magical Quest 3 and Deep Duck Trouble

>>10348050
DC/PC version had the best soundtrack and graphics

[Anonymous No.10348801]

>>10348050
PS1 often mixes sidescrolling and 3D in the same level
PC/DC/N64 only has either one in each level
PS2/NGC has its own unique levels but also adds extra bullshit and runs like a jetski on gravel
Bosses also differ between the variants.

[Anonymous No.10349253]

>>10343853
>Shame it has a poor gameplay and isn't fun. People need to stop caring only about graphics. Go play Quackshot instead.
It's innately pleasant to control something that looks so nice, but yes, the gameplay is pretty fuckin' bad and it diminishes the enjoyment

[Anonymous No.10349257]

I just hate how the camera moves whenever you go left or right.

[Anonymous No.10349452]

>>10349253
Things were nice when Disney only licensed their properties to proven third-parties, like Capcom or Sega. It all went to shit when Virgin came along and made sure to involve Disney's animators in the business. The latter were stubborn and had tons of difficulty adapting to videogames' limitations and gameplay quirks. That "tug of war" tipped the balance in favor of graphics, which were heavily praised by the press. Disney became confident and began to handle many games themselves, shitting on many and many titles... Animation was still top-notch, at least.

[Anonymous No.10349507]

>>10349452
Agreed, though I wouldn't blame Virgin entirely, what they came up with when making Aladdin is something we had all dreamed of back then, feel like we're playing the film, because it looked just like it, of course gameplay is still key, but Aladdin specifically still played quite well, it was in latter titles that the standard kept going down, maybe staring with the Lion King, though I enjoyed that.

We really had a few years were Disney titles got handled by both SEGA and Capcom, huh? It feels a bit surreal to be honest, but I'm glad we had it, even if it didn't last as long as it should have last.

[Anonymous No.10350937]

>>10343932
I just remember from my Nintendo Power mags that the game got delayed A LOT from when it was first announced

[Anonymous No.10351268]

>>10343904
>It was always supposed to be Donald Duck as Maui, but Disney apparently didn't like this and so he was hastily turned into an original character. "Cold Shadow" was a new subtitle to replace the "Maui Mallard" title screen.

From what I understand, the dev team at Disney wanted Maui Mallard to be an original character? But Disney exec didn't want to add a new character to Disney's roster, which changed the character to Donald Duck playing the role of Maui Mallard. Maui Mallard seems like Disney learning how to make a game from Virgin. The game uses the TUME level editor, like Aladdin and every other Virgin game. The levels have a very maze like style to them like a Virgn/ Shiny game. The game looks great for a 16bit title, even on the SNES.

[Anonymous No.10351279]

>>10351268
Maui Mallard was only released in UK as a game cartridge, but I think it was also released as a download on the Sega Channel? Only the SNES version was released in North America. i noticed that Donald is advertised as being Maui Mallard for the PAL region boxes. But the NA SNES box drops Donald and just says : Maui Mallard as Cold Shadow. The name was always kinda confusing.

[Anonymous No.10351285]

>>10351279
>Maui Mallard was only released in UK as a game cartridge,

I meant the Mega Drive game was released in pal regions. Maui Mallard was never released on the Genesis as a cartridge. But Nintendo published the SNES and the GameBoy game in tbe NA market.

[Anonymous No.10351297]

>>10351279
The marketers dropped Donald Duck from the NA release because they didn't think he was cool enough to appeal to Americans. Europeans still liked him, so they retained Donald's name there. I'm trying to link the interview, even the archive link, but 4cluck thinks it's spam, so just check the development section of game's Wikipedia page.

[Anonymous No.10351314]

>>10351297

Ah,m I see. But they only removed Donalds name from the US box art, the game intro still says: Donald Duck is Maui Mallard, or something. Shame a sequel was never made, but there was a beta for the 32bit consoles by Eurocom?

[Anonymous No.10351578]

>>10343402
>overuse of composite blur techniques, looks like butt with decent signal
>trash FM tunes
Oh yeah, it's western Megadrive time.

[Anonymous No.10351732]

Got it running on the side here as I browse, what a weird fucking game.
And i'm not a fan of the vertical dithering, I get that it would blend everything nicely together with an RF cable. but its just one of those games that really suffered when most Sega fans started embracing superior video cables years later.

But yeah the entire game just has this weird "LETS MAKE IT COOOOOOOL AND ACTION LIKE FOR THE AMERICANS!" and then.. it only got released in Europe and Brazil.

I'm too lazy to check my own manual, but this game would have benefited from a nice mini comic that explains the change in setting.

[Anonymous No.10352001]

>>10351732
>But yeah the entire game just has this weird "LETS MAKE IT COOOOOOOL AND ACTION LIKE FOR THE AMERICANS!" and then.. it only got released in Europe and Brazil.

I think it had something to do with Nintendo getting the rights to publish the SNES version. The Genesis game was only released on the Sega Channel in NA. Sega Interactive made the Genesis and PC games, using what they learned from the Genesis Aladdin. But Eurocom did the SNES port. There was a sequel in the works for the PS1, apparently...

https://youtu.be/dEto2oNsxvQ

[Anonymous No.10352075]

>>10352001
That looks awesome, it should have been a Snes game instead of PS1. (Sony didn't like 2D games)

[Anonymous No.10352689]

>>10352001
>Sega Interactive made the Genesis and PC games

I meant to say Disney Interactive. I think The Genesis/ MD version of Maui Mallard was their first real in house game?

[Anonymous No.10352869]

>>10352075
>>>10352001 (You)
>That looks awesome, it should have been a Snes game instead of PS1. (Sony didn't like 2D game

The SNES port of Maui Mallard was a pretty late SNES release, November 1996. At that point, Shadow of the Empire for the N64 was released around the same time, and the N64 game got more adverting and attention. If they got a sequel out by 1997, that seems pretty late. Possibly why Eurocom made that demo on the PS1.