Edd the Duck
Release Date  1990
Original Publisher  Impulze (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Arcade Game: Platform
Max. Players  1
Edited with  Edd the Duck Editor
Original Price  £9.99
Disk Price  £14.99
Controls  Cursor, Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Redefineable keys
Tie-in Licences  Edd the Duck (Cartoon) from BBC Enterprises Ltd (UK)
Other Platforms  Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64
Average mag. score  72.86% (7 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score  68.7% (15 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - EDOS (UK)
     #2 - Zeppelin Games Ltd (UK)(1990)
     * Release price: £3.99

Authors/Contributors
     Brian Beuken (UK) - ?
     Tink [David Taylor] (UK) - In-game Graphics

Known Errors
     Bugfixes provided by Mr. Anonymous:
  • Level 7 is impossible to complete because it only has 19 stars instead of 20.
    Fixed using POKE 45247,208: POKE 45249,80: POKE 45250,106: POKE 45251,0: POKE 45252,0
  • In level 7 there's also some graphical corruption. Fixed using:
    POKE 42497,15: POKE 42498,255: POKE 42499,248 (ice cream)
    POKE 42593,0: POKE 42594,0: POKE 42595,0 (tree top corruption)
    POKE 42641,10: POKE 42642,0: POKE 42643,40 (tree lower corruption)
    POKE 42689,0: POKE 42690,0: POKE 42691,0 (house top corruption)
    POKE 42305,0: POKE 42306,0: POKE 42307,0 (grass1)
    POKE 42353,0: POKE 42354,0: POKE 42355,0 (grass2)

Modified "BUGFIX" file provided by Einar Saukas.

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
 EddTheDuck.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(SpeedLock 7)English
EddTheDuck(BUGFIX).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
 EddTheDuck(ZeppelinGamesLtd).tzx.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(SpeedLock 7)English
 EddTheDuck(ZeppelinGamesLtd).z80.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
 EddTheDuck(MasterDisk)(ZeppelinGamesLtd).dsk.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English - (Master Disk)
 EddTheDuck(TapeMasterDisk)(ZeppelinGamesLtd).dsk.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English - (Tape Master Disk)
 EddTheDuck(ZeppelinGamesLtd).dsk.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 128 +3(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     EddTheDuck.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     EddTheDuck.gif5,122OriginalRunning screen
     EddTheDuck_Front.jpg279,294OriginalInlay - Front
     EddTheDuck_Back.jpg280,284OriginalInlay - Back
     EddTheDuck_Tape.jpg73,284OriginalMedia scan
     EddTheDuck.txt7,341OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     EddTheDuck(MULTI-LANG).pdf1,046,757OriginalInstructionsMulti-language: English, German, Italian
     EddTheDuck.jpg257,334OriginalAdvertisement
     eddtheduck.zip0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Rafal (with rollback)
     EddTheDuck-BUGFIX-Patch_SourceCode.txt2,215OriginalBUGFIX source code - Patch source code
     Edd the Duck (1990)(Impulze).pok68OriginalPOK pokes file
     EddTheDuck(ZeppelinGames).jpg395,660#2Inlay - Front
     EddTheDuck(ZeppelinGames)_Back.jpg248,184#2Inlay - Back

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #111-1991/Febpage 50- Review: 29%
     Crashissue v.1 #84-1991/Janpage 65- Review: 83%
     Crashissue v.1 #96-1992/Febpage 59- Review: 84%
     FIFOissue #24-1993 special "24 & 25"page 18- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #107-1991/Janpage 26- Review: 72%
     Sinclair Userissue #124-1992/Junpage 42- Review: 79%
     Your Sinclairissue #62-1991/Febpage 66- Review: 83%
     Your Sinclairissue #72-1991/Decpage 69- Review: 80%

Magazine References
     Crashissue v.1 #89-1991/Junpage 25- Tips
     Crashissue v.1 #90-1991/Julpage 26- Hack/Poke
     Crashissue v.1 #91-1991/Augpage 49- Tips
     MicroHobbyissue #207-1991/Febpage 17- Preview - Premiere
     New Computer Expressissue #140-1991/Jul/13page 22- Hack/Poke
     Sinclair Userissue #107-1991/Janpage 25- Feature
     Sinclair Userissue #115-1991/Seppage 22- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #116-1991/Octpage 17- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #119-1992/Janpage 15- Tips
     Sinclair Userissue #129-1992/Novpage 17- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #61-1991/Janpage 103- Preview
     Your Sinclairissue #69-1991/Seppage 37- Tips
     Your Sinclairissue #72-1991/Decpage 52- Tips

Magazine Advertisements
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #109-1990/Decpage 135- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #83-1990/Decpage 64- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #85-1991/Febpage 67- Full-page ad
     Crashissue v.1 #86-1991/Marpage 52- Full-page ad
     Sinclair Userissue #107-1991/Janpage 57- Full-page ad
     Sinclair Userissue #108-1991/Febpage 61- Full-page ad
     Your Sinclairissue #62-1991/Febpage 41- Full-page ad

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