
The woods level featured owls instead of hawks.

At the wharf's boss battle, Megavolt moves much faster and the running spark at the bottom of the screen is not present. The warehouse wharf level had platforms with spikes under them. At the tower level boss battle, Moliarty lacks a stationary sprite, plus all three flamethrower machines are fully operational when the battle begins. But a few details are different, especially in later levels of the game. Darkwing can also deflect certain projectiles with his cape by hitting Up on the control pad.įor the most part the beta version of this game is pretty consistent with the final version.

You can freely switch between the special gas and the standard gas by hitting Select. Picking up a different type of special gas replaces the one you currently have. Each special gas requires having ammunition and take up different amounts and function differently, but you can only have one type of special gas at a time. It is said that the game itself is actually running on a tweaked Mega Man 5 engine.ĭarkwing begins with his standard Gas Gun but can collect different types of gas throughout each stage: Thunder, Heavy, and Arrow. Once all six stages are clear you head off to F.O.W.L.'s Floating Fortress for the final confrontation with Steel Beak. You can choose from three different stages at the start of the game with another set of three becoming available after that. The gameplay is based on typical platforming while using a Gas Gun to take down enemies. Darkwing must go and one-by-one stop these criminals in order to find Steelbeak and save the city.ĭarkwing Duck is a platformer with a couple of elements similar to Capcom's Mega Man video game series.


They have hired six of Darkwing's greatest foes to wreak havoc in different areas throughout St. Canard and S.H.U.S.H. requires the services of the caped crime fighter Darkwing Duck to stop it as it appears that F.O.W.L. and their valued operative Steelbeak is behind the uprising.
