Qwak BBC micro version

haynor666 · 26 May 2011, 10:23

Qwak was first made on BBC micro but published inside compilation by Superior Software (source: http://www.ppa.pl/artykul-Rozmowa.z....7_22_1184.html )

Another source http://www.thehouseofgames.net/index.php?t=10&id=53

so Qwak is not amiga original after all. Some people consider amiga qwak as remake.

Some screens.

PS. GBA version is sold out so it can't purchased from dev. site anymore.

TCD · 26 May 2011, 10:31

Thanks, info added. Will add the conversion shot once I'm home.

haynor666 · 26 May 2011, 10:33

I think you should also change amiga original to 'no'

TCD · 26 May 2011, 10:42

Okay, changed.

Galahad/FLT · 26 May 2011, 12:30

Are we even sure that Qwak on the BBC is even the same game or simply a case of Jamie later accidentally using the same name?

Is the BBC Qwak even by Jamie?

Codetapper · 26 May 2011, 12:46

Jamie did the BBC version.

haynor666 · 26 May 2011, 13:19

I posted interview with Jamie (in polish but you can use google translator). He clearly stated that he did BBC micro first then amiga version with Team17.

qwak · 26 May 2011, 13:54

I think the BBC version pre-dated the Amiga version by about 4 years.

Amiga version was based on the BBC version (it had a duck, bubbles you can ride up the screen on, crumbling tiles to walk on etc). Also, quite a few new elements introduced in to the Amiga version (throwing eggs, different types or eggs, levers and trap walls, power-up potions, flying helicopter hat, raining fruit falling out of sky).

haynor666 · 26 May 2011, 14:31

So basically, You did a remake of your BBC version or more like advanced port of BBC one?

TCD · 26 May 2011, 14:31

Ah, the man himself

Always good to he the confirmation by the developer.

kriz · 26 May 2011, 14:50

What a KULT classic.. Really enjoy it still after all these years.. Amazing.

Galahad/FLT · 27 May 2011, 11:03

Well that told me!

qwak · 27 May 2011, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by haynor

So basically, You did a remake of your BBC version or more like advanced port of BBC one?

I don't know, to be honest, I'm not sure how you'd catagorise it.

It's a bit of an odd one I guess; I'd say there's more of a difference between the BBC and Amiga versions; than there is between the Amiga and PC / Mac / iPhone version (which is essentially the same game).

I'm not sure if you'd say it was a different game or not. So, BBC and Amiga versions, both have ducks as the main character, both platform games, you collect fruit, there are some similarities, but a lot of differences and improvements with the Amiga version.

Enough to say it's a different game, but with the same name maybe. It's really up to you how you guys want to catagorise it, I don't mind either way.

Hoping to do another installment, at some point, which will be quite different again!...

Better get back to it.

BippyM · 27 May 2011, 12:48

I am still waiting for the Android version... Money is waiting and Android is getting much bigger

26 May 2011, 10:23	#1
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,748	Qwak BBC micro version Qwak was first made on BBC micro but published inside compilation by Superior Software (source: http://www.ppa.pl/artykul-Rozmowa.z....7_22_1184.html ) Another source http://www.thehouseofgames.net/index.php?t=10&id=53 so Qwak is not amiga original after all. Some people consider amiga qwak as remake. Some screens. PS. GBA version is sold out so it can't purchased from dev. site anymore. Last edited by haynor666; 03 January 2014 at 23:31.

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26 May 2011, 10:31	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Thanks, info added. Will add the conversion shot once I'm home.

26 May 2011, 10:33	#3
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,748	I think you should also change amiga original to 'no'

26 May 2011, 10:42	#4
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Okay, changed.

26 May 2011, 12:30	#5
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Are we even sure that Qwak on the BBC is even the same game or simply a case of Jamie later accidentally using the same name? Is the BBC Qwak even by Jamie?

26 May 2011, 12:46	#6
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Jamie did the BBC version.

26 May 2011, 13:19	#7
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,748	I posted interview with Jamie (in polish but you can use google translator). He clearly stated that he did BBC micro first then amiga version with Team17.

26 May 2011, 13:54	#8
qwak Game Developer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 78	I think the BBC version pre-dated the Amiga version by about 4 years. Amiga version was based on the BBC version (it had a duck, bubbles you can ride up the screen on, crumbling tiles to walk on etc). Also, quite a few new elements introduced in to the Amiga version (throwing eggs, different types or eggs, levers and trap walls, power-up potions, flying helicopter hat, raining fruit falling out of sky).

26 May 2011, 14:31	#9
haynor666 retro maniac Join Date: May 2002 Location: Tarnobrzeg/Poland Age: 45 Posts: 1,748	So basically, You did a remake of your BBC version or more like advanced port of BBC one?

26 May 2011, 14:31	#10
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	Ah, the man himself Always good to he the confirmation by the developer.

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kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 41 Posts: 3,185	What a KULT classic.. Really enjoy it still after all these years.. Amazing.

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27 May 2011, 11:03	#12
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Well that told me!

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BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	I am still waiting for the Android version... Money is waiting and Android is getting much bigger