Qwak!
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Qwak! is a single-player duck hunting light gun shooter arcade video game developed by Atari subsidiary Cyan Engineering and released in November 1974. In the game, ducks fly one at a time across the screen, and the player shoots at them using a light gun attached to the game cabinet. The player gets three shots per duck; ducks change direction away from missed shots and fall to the bottom of the screen when hit. A screen overlay adds images of reeds and a tree branch, and an image of a duck is added to a row at the top of the screen whenever a duck is hit. Games continue until a time limit, set by the machine operator, is reached.
Developer(s) | Cyan Engineering |
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Platform(s) | Arcade |
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Genre(s) | Light gun shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Development of Qwak! began in 1974, finishing in November. It was presented at the November 1974 Music Operators of America (MOA) Music & Amusement Machines Exposition for release that month. The game was not commercially successful; according to Ralph H. Baer, approximately 250 units were sold. A two-player electro-mechanical clone game by U.S. Billiards, Duck Shooting, was produced around the same time, and Qwak! has been suggested as a possible inspiration for the 1984 Nintendo Entertainment System light gun game Duck Hunt.