| Genre: | Arcade Game: Platform |
| Publisher: | Zeppelin Games |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amiga 500, Amstrad CPC464, Atari ST, Commodore 64/128 & Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 1st February 1992 |
| Original Release Price: | £2.99 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | David Taylor, Tink & Brian Beuken |
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Edd The Duck
Retro Gaming Power
17th August 2024
An enjoyable platform game, but missing a few elements that could have made it amazing.
Crash
1st February 1992
A good platform game. Owes more than a little to Rainbow Islands for inspiration, but that isn't such a bad thing. Read Review
Crash
1st January 1991
Edd The Duck is obviously more appealing to younger Speccy players, although it's quite hard. Read Review
Sinclair User
26th February 1992
A splendid, vertically scrolling platform game, very "Rainbow Island-esque" with lots of hopping, skipping and jumping around the screen. Read Review
Sinclair User
13th October 1990
He's cute, he's cuddly he's bound in BBC tape and will appeal only to true Ed fans. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st February 1991
A neat and colourful Rainbow Islands clone with a cutsie BBC puppet. Fun, but not all that original. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st December 1991
Very playable, with brash and colourful graphics... You may find the game a bit short (only three levels, after all) but it's well worth a look. Read Review
Full Instructions
Edd The Duck
Yo! Doods!!
this is me edd the duck starring in my very own, first ever computer game about me and my showbiz life at the b.b.c. Being a full time mega-star is no easy task! come with me to famous departments in television centre and help collect stars that'll take us to the top!
I'll save you from the evil "arglefrogs" with my special snowball shooter - one blast and they freeze!!
It's dead awesome!! It's great! and I'm in it!!
ha! ha!
love - edd the duck xxx
P.S. The evil arglefrogs are nearly as ugly as Wilson the butler!!
Edd the Duck, superstar, pop singer and all-round cool dude, starts his new series on BBC1 this week. The series, split into nine episodes, chronicles his exciting escapades around the various departments of the BBC Television Centre.
Could this be the program to launch Edd's super-stardom on to a new plane? Watch out on a small screen near you...
Gameplay
Edd The Duck has to outmanoeuvre his opposition as he travels upwards through the bowels of the BBC. To help him succeed, the Special Effects Boffins have developed a Snowball Shooter which Edd can use to freeze his opponents for short periods of time. Pressing Fire allows Edd to throw a snowball.
On each scene, Edd has to collect all of the twenty stars before he can progress to the next episode. If he falls, the filming must stop and Edd loses one of his four takes.
Edd has to collect stars from the following Departments in the Television Centre, whilst avoiding Wilson the Butler and his cronies:
- Weather
- Special Effects
- Childrens' TV
The "On Air" light is flashing, and the audience is just a buzz in the background - Edd The Duck is off on yet another smash success!!
After the game has loaded, you can either begin "the shoot" straight away by pressing 0, or the control methods can be set by pressing 1.
Game Controls
O - Left, P - Right, Q - Up, A - Down, SPACE - Snowball Launch
1. Sinclair Joystick 1 ... Selects Control Method
2. Sinclair Joystick 2 ... Selects Control Method
3. Cursor Joystick ... Selects Control Method
4. Keyboard ... Alters the keys from Default
0. Return to Main Menu ... Starts the Game
H - Freezes the Take, 1 - Ends the "Shoot"
On Sinclair Joystick options, pressing Space ends the "Shoot".
Loading
LOAD"" (ENTER)
Game Credits
Produced & Directed by: Brian Beuken
Costume & Set Design: David Taylor
BBC and Edd The Duck are trademarks of the British Broadcasting Corporation
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