Darkwing Duck is a side-scrolling platformer developed and published by Capcom for the NES, based on the Disney series and built in the Mega Man mold by the DuckTales team. Players choose from three initial stages, using Darkwing’s gas gun and collectible special-gas types to defeat F.O.W.L.’s hired villains, deflecting projectiles with his cape and grabbing onto platform undersides.
How To Play Darkwing Duck
Control
Action
D-Pad
Move, crouch; press Up to raise the cape and deflect projectiles; grab onto platform undersides
A Button
Jump
B Button
Fire gas gun (while standing or jumping straight up)
Select
Switch between standard and special gas
Start
Pause
About Darkwing Duck
Release date
NA: June 5, 1992 · EU: December 9, 1993 (Game Boy port: 1993)
Developer
Capcom
Publisher
Capcom
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES); also Game Boy
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