Proto:Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (Windows)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers (Windows).

The Donald Duck Demo was included in various demo discs from Mickey Mouse magazines and more. It has several differences between the final. Only 4 levels can be played in the demo. It can be downloaded from here: http://kuribo64.net/board/thread.php?id=3352

General

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Donald Duck Goin Quackers was simply named "Donald Duck Demo" and it also had a simple copyright.

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Proto	Final

Only three languages could be selected and Gyro's house looks completely different and unfinished.

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The HUD had a more mechanic design that was changed drastically in the final.

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To do: On the final game's data, the string "DDPC991119-v0002" can be found at the top. This may still be true here, on the proto, since the Pause Screen doesn't show the full image in-game. Add extra information regarding the "off-screen" information if that's the case.

• The pause menu had a different background, that still exists in the final game's data.
• Some of the unused loading screens from the final are used here.
• The stars had a different design:

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• The One-Ups had no animation yet.
• The warp pads had a different animation; It changes to black instead of changing back to the gray texture, when entering it.

Level Differences

First Avenue

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The electric areas were darker and some planks were thicker.

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The car had a different design. In the final, it was changed to a blue and red theme to present Scrooge McDuck's car.

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The little balcony to the room with the golden warp pad is not present.

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The music has a slightly different melody.

Haunted Hall

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The music is completely different.

Creepy Corridor

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• The area with the golden warp pad was not present.
• The wooden signs from the coffins had a different texture:

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• Uses the main theme from Magica De Spell instead.

Unused Graphics

Early Rayman 2 Leftovers

A big number of graphics of an early Rayman 2. Some of them still exist in some proto and final versions of Rayman 2.

Early Icons

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HUD

Most likely an early HUD. The wooden vertical meter can still be found in an updated form in the final version of Rayman 2. The last 7 icons also exist unchanged and unused in the final.

Shoot Effect

A shiny shooting effect which is meant to be copied and flipped around like this:

Early Graphics

Early Boss Icons

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Earlier icons for the bosses can be found. They all had a lower pixel resolution.

Early Dialogue Icons

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Some early dialogue icons. Gladstone's icon got even updated in the final and went simply unused there too.

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The title screen without the "Donald Duck DEMO /1.1" text.

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An unused font, possibly for debugging features. It also can be found in an early Rayman 2.