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

Disney's Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers
Also known as: Donald Duck: Quack Attack (EU), Aku Ankka: Universumin Sankari (FI), Pato Donald (PT, BR) Developer: Ubi Soft Casablanca Publisher: Ubi Soft Platforms: Windows Released in US: November 16, 2000 Released in EU: December 2, 2000 This game has unused animations. This game has unused areas. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused cinematics. This game has unused music. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article This game has a notes page This game has a bugs page

To do: A lot suggests that there were originally in-game cutscenes like the Nintendo 64 version, instead of the pre-rendered movies, including unused animations, music and more. More unused graphics.

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Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers is a 3D platformer in a similar style to Crash Bandicoot and with a very nice soundtrack.

Donald's fiancée Daisy has been "kidnapped" by Merlin while she was secretly recording a film documentary live in his palace, so it's up to Donald to travel arround the world to save her before Gladstone does.

Sub-Pages

Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Notes

Bugs

Hidden Screenshot Feature

By pressing the F8 button, a screenshot will be saved in BMP format in the game's "SnapShot" folder.

Unused Areas

Cutscene Temple

There were originally in-game cutscenes in each version like in the Nintendo 64 version, instead of the pre-rendered movies. Lots of leftovers are still in the game's files, including this area of Merlock's temple where Daisy gets kidnapped.

Unused Models

Skateboard

A flying rocket skateboard! This was part of the scrapped in-game intro cutscene.

Lever

A lever that was part of the scrapped ending cutscene.

Merlock's Machine

Also part of the cutscenes.

Unused Animations

All of these are also present unused in the Nintendo 64 port.

Donald

Huffing

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  Sit down

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  Huffing

These animations should come into effect when Donald stops for a long time in his runaway mode in boss fights and chase levels. However, since Donald can never stop long enough in these modes because he gets hit directly by something, they never take effect.
There is another mode where Donald snorts while standing after he finishes a Chase level for the first time and meets Gladstone. But they are still not used there, because Donald's normal idle animation with his Daisy thought bubble is played instead.

However, the animation can be triggered by a glitch where you get in Head Alley behind the rolling head, which gives Donald endless time to sit down and take a breather.

Nephew Runaway

Nephew running away in a cartoony style. Might have been originally used when he moves away once Donald saved all his toys, but he simply walks relaxed away in the game.

Magica Flying Sideways

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Magica De Spell has an unused animation of moving horizontally and the fence has an unused animation where it moves down.
Perhaps the original intention during the coffin segment was to break the fence first and then accurately hit her with the skull bomb.

Note that the side animation doesn't loop properly in the middle, which might indicate that she should make an attack after this animation.

Cutscene Animations

A lot of animations for Donald, Daisy, Gyro, Gladstone and Merlock as well as objects such as Merlock's machine can be found that were all part of in-game intro and outro cutscenes, but the game simply uses pre-rendered movies instead which renders all these animations unused.

These are used however in the N64 version, albeit they are animated slightly different there.

Unused Graphics

Early Loading Screens

A big number of early loading screens exist in the game. A lot of them are renders from early levels and some of them are used in the early Donald Duck Demo prototype. These loading screens were meant to be used for each level, including the bosses and chase stages, but the levels use a more detailed loading screen which is the same per world in the final.

Ducky Mountain

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  trail.gf (Forest Edge)

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  forest_1_b.gf (Dangerous Cliff)

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  brush.gf (The Track)

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  thehike.gf (The Gorge)

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  forestchase.gf (Bear Path)

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  forestboss.gf (Bernadette)

• Forest Edge was at dusk instead of in broad daylight.
• The forestchase picture shows an early and unfinished version of the Bear Path with missing ground.
• Bernadette's Boss Area had a different background.

Some previews are also mixed with the forestchase picture for some reason.

Duckburg

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  SIDEWALK.gf (First Avenue)

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  EDGE.gf (Urban High-Rises)

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  city_2_b.gf (Roof Tops)

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  roof.gf (The Roofs)

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  citychase.gf (Main Street)

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  city_boss.gf (Beagle Boy)

The first two pictures are used in the Donald Duck Demo.

• city_2_b shows the stage in rain, which isn't the case in the final.
• city_2_b and SIDEWALK also have a mixture from the unused inca_4_2 screen for whatever reason.

Magica DeSpell's Manor

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  HAUNTEd3-1.gf (Haunted Hall)

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  haunted_3_3.gf (Ghostly Path)

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  HAUNTED3B.gf (Creepy Corridor)

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  Haunted_3_2.gf (Earie Alley)

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  housech.gf (Under'Hand'ed)

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  houseboss.gf (Magica DeSpell)

• HAUNTEd3-1 and HAUNTED3B are used in the Donald Duck Demo.
• The houseboss shows a different battle stage, similar to the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions.

Again, some of them are somehow mixed with the inca_4_2 screen.

Merlock's Temple

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  inca_4_1.gf (Temple's Entrance)

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  inca_4_3.gf (Ancient Fate)

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  inca_4_b.gf (Murky Way)

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  inca_4_2.gf (Artifact Way)

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  incachase.gf (Head Alley)

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  incaboss.gf (Merlock)

inca_4_2 is the screen, that is slightly mixed into some other loading screens. Also the incaboss shows a different boss battle stage, also similar to the GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions.

Donald_load.gf

Probably the earliest loading screen of all, as it can be found in the Proto, but without the development text on the top screen.

The "DDPC991119-v002" text possibly stands for Donald Duck PC, 19th November 1999, version 0.02. The final game was released in November 2000, a whole year later.

mapmonde.gf

A very early loading screen for Gyro's Labor. This is also similar to the PlayStation version.

load_menu1.gf

Unused	Used

An alternative version of the menu's loading screen, with different lighting and a better portrait of Gyro.

cn_live_NZ.gf

A node that says "live", found in numerous archives.

Daisy Wink

Donald's thought balloon of Daisy in his idle animation has two unused winking frames.

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  prop_daisy1.gf

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  prop_daisy2.gf

Unused Textures

Donald's Flattened Face

A texture that was probably meant for when Donald is thrown against the camera by Merlock or other chase bosses. Ouch!

Check Box

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  b_chek_p.gf

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  b_normale.gf

Textures for a wooden box with a C on it. It is very similar to the checkpoint crates from Crash Bandicoot.

Sprayed Wooden Floor

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  X_boss.gf

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  X_breezy.gf

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  X_creepy.gf

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  X_drooly

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  X_scary.gf

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  X_spooky.gf

Wooden textures with some words on it. These are found among the textures to Gyro's lab, and may have been used as level name placeholders.

mur1.gf

A portrait of Donald.

E3 Leftover

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  X_plant01.gf

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  X_plant02.gf

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  X_plant03.gf

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  X_plant04.gf

An E3 logo consisting of 4 poor quality parts. Doesn't look that good, when putting them together:

Unused Icons

Nephew Dialogue Icons

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  HLP_HueyNZ.gf

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  HLP_DeweyNZ.gf

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  HLP_louieNZ.gf

Early dialogue icons for Donald's nephews.

Gladstone Dialogue Icon

Also an early dialogue icon for Donald's rival Gladstone.

Donald Icon

An icon for Donald, also meant for dialogues. But Donald ironically doesn't say anything in the whole game. It was however used in the N64 version, where the cutscenes were in-game rather than the CGI clips used here. This icon was also later used in the Game Boy Color version in the main menu.

Early Boss HUD

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The HUD for the Boss' life meter was originally intended to be puzzle piece-like. Seems unfinished as the parts don't really fit together well.

Roller Skates

An icon of roller skates can be found within the other toy icons. Interestingly, this can't be found in the Donald Duck Demo, but all the other toy icons can be found there, so this was probably introduced and then scrapped in late development.

bonus_nz.gf

Found in the files for Gyro's laboratory. This was probably planned to appear, when unlocking the chase stages.

Development Icons

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  center.gf

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  curseur_nz.gf

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  curseur_nz_drag.gf

Some icons, most likely used for debug features. These can also be found in Rayman 2, which runs on the same game engine.

Miscellaneous

Continue.gf

Some sort of a continue screen. However, the final simply resets the game ultimately, when all lifes are gone.

Gameover.gf

A very early game over screen. The final uses a small videoclip, if Donald loses all his lives.

Donald Pictures

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  hyperactive-small.gf

Some pictures of Donald. Depicting its filenames, these pictures have something to do with Donald's health.

European Logo

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  qalogo.gf

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  qalogo1.gf

The European logos with white backgrounds. The second one has a different position and a slightly different size.

Unused Music

Cutscene Songs

There were originally in-game cutscenes which were scrapped in favour of the prerendered CGI movies. A lot of remains can still be found in the game's files including the music for both the intro and outro scene. The in-game cutscenes were only used in the N64 version along with these songs, but they ended up being downgraded and are even in the wrong key. So the original high quality versions were never used in any version.

Intro	Outro

Super-Dooper Songs

Originally there were invulnerability songs when Donald collects a Super-Dooper milkshake, which are different for each world, but it strangely isn't used. However, just like the cutscene songs, these are used in the N64 version but in a downgraded form along with the wrong key.

Duckie Mountain	Duckburg	Magica De Spell's Manor	Merlock's Temple

mans4a

The filename and the fact that this was used in the N64 version in an downgraded form, highly suggest that this was originally supposed to be used for the Under 'Hand'ed stage, which was replaced with a longer, more thrilling song in the final.

Unused	Used

Unused Voices

nw_swp01

Language	Audio
English
German
Spanish
France
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese

One of Donald's nephews playing with something? It's even "translated" into the other languages.

gg_lab07

Language	Audio
English
German
Spanish
France
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese

Gyro telling Donald about the costume machine. However, the machine itself tells Donald, how it works, so this goes unused and is even translated into the other languages.

However, the line is used in all the PlayStation versions.

Md_bo01old

Unused	Used

The Italian message from Magica DeSpell before the fight, but without the echo effect and with laughing.

Donald's Full Falling Sound

Though this is not unused, but only the first half second can be heard.

Unused Text

Boss Stage Names

To do: These unused text slots also exist in the swedish, danish, norwegian, finnish and dutch language settings.

Names for each boss level exist, but are not displayed when standing on the teleporter as with the other levels.
Also present in the Nintendo 64 version.

English	German	France	Espanol	Italiano
Bernadette's Peak	Bernadettes Gipfel	Pic de Bernadette	El Pico de Bernadette	Il Picco di Bernadette
Beagle Boy's Tower	Panzerknackerturm	Tour Rapetou	Torre Apandadora	La Torre della Banda Bassotti
Magica's Devilish Dome	Gundels Teufelsgewölbe	La Coupole	La Cúpula de Mágica	La Cupola Infernale di Amelia
Ceremonial Room	Zeremonie-Zimmer	Salle de cérémonie	La Sala de las Ceremonias	La Sala del Cerimoniale

Demo Selection Text

Side Walk
Urban High-Rises
Haunted Hall
Creepy Coridor

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Leftover texts of a level selection from the early Windows demo.
Oddly enough, these texts seem to be from an even earlier version, since Creepy Corridor is misspelled and First Avenue uses the internal name. In First Avenue's english text slot, the name was overwritten with letters exclusive from other languages, possibly for testing purposes.

The unused text also exist in the Nintendo 64 version, except for the letter test.

Placeholder Text

texte non valide

Empty, unused text slots use this placeholder text.
And yes, it also exist in the Nintendo 64 version.

Oddities

Covered Background Texture

The background used for some temple levels is almost completely covered by the model of the level. Among other things, these fancy temples are never seen.

Out Of Bounds Oddities

All of these also exist in the Nintendo 64 version, along with some extra collision for the N64's cutscene map, that was scrapped in the Windows/Dreamcast Version.

Gyro's House

Gyros House from the main menu has collision, although it is never used for anything.

Gyro's Lab

Outside the lab, simple planes with the flashing lamp textures can be found, possibly for testing. It even has collision.

Forest Edge

In Forest Edge, two milkshake objects are located out of bounds near the start of the level.

Creepy Corridior

Several orphaned planes can be found next to the goal. They have death and normal ground collision.

Collision Oddities

Many levels have collision that are never achievable, and in some cases are due to developmental lefts and/or from previous versions of the levels.

The Track

Collision	Model

• All death collision planes in this level have duplicates located a few meters below the actual planes and are never reachable.
• Every mushroom texture has collision, never used.

Urban-High-Rises

Collision	Model

Again, lots of decorations have collisions.

Murky Way

Except for a few triangles, the entire model has collision, never reachable.

Ancient Fate

Collision	Model

Below the treadmill is collision, which indicates that the treadmill did not exist before and instead there was a platform at the place.

Regional Differences

USA	Europe

Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers is known as Donald Duck: Quack Attack in Europe.