News, reviews, and interviews

Below are some Duck Attack! mentions in the media and elsewhere.

The A.V. Club

Back from the dead: 9 modern games for obsolete consoles

By Anthony John Agnello, published November 19, 2013. An excerpt:

“It’s a wholly modern 2600 game that’s actually fun and as awesomely weird as old 2600 games like Frankenstein’s Monster. Rather than control a duck, you’re in control of a robot who invades a mad scientist’s lab and tries to destroy his army of fire-breathing, nuclear-egg-laying mallards. Both the ducks and the robot are crafted with an impressive amount of detail for the 2600, somehow coaxing a new look out of an ancient machine.”

ZeroPage Homebrew

Twitch Livestream from April 15, 2020. Segment on Duck Attack begins at 7:20.

Kittysneezes

I had a really fun time talking with my friend Matt Keeley about Duck Attack! and various other things in this interview from 2010.

1UP

“31 Homebrew Games Worth Playing” by Ryan Winterhalter (via archive.org), published April 29, 2011.

“Just what was that big enemy in Adventure for the 2600? Was it a dragon? Maybe it was a duck. That seems to be the idea behind Duck Attack, which plays a bit like Adventure — except you have a giant waterfowl pursuing you across the map for the whole game. It’s like someone took Adventure and mixed it with Resident Evil 3. Only with more ducks.”

Blistered Thumbs

“The Pipeline – Top 5 New Games For Old Consoles.” Posted December 21, 2010; the Duck Attack segment begins at 2:45.

“Duck Attack! is one of the more interesting ones to come out this year. The graphics are pretty smooth, and it looks like a pseudo-clone of Adventure, but don’t let that fool you. The gameplay is quick, and that darn duck just follows you everywhere.”

Racketboy

Racketboy Podcast #19 – Atari 2600 Homebrew, December 20, 2010. The first segment is an interview with former Microsoft VP and Halo 2600 creator Ed Fries, and in the second segment we discuss Duck Attack.

Will Nicholes, creator of Duck Attack, discusses his journey from ROM hacking to creating a feature-rich Atari 2600 game from scratch. Will provides details about the amount of time and effort that went into all the revisions of the game, the homebrew community’s support during and after the game’s release, and his and Ed [Fries]’s shared inspiration for creating these labors of love.

Sidney Daily News

“Introducing Duck Attack!” by Lindy Jurack, published December 15, 2010.

Interviews and features

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: “Atari revival; City man develops new game for ‘antique’ computer hardware” by Bob Caylor (via archive.org), published August 18, 2010.

Toledo Free Press: “Tech-savvy fans programming, developing on classic console” by Jeff McGinnis (via archive.ph), published August 4, 2010.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: “Ducks roam new game for old Atari” by Frank Gray (via archive.org), published August 4, 2010.

Pix’n Love (French magazine): “Duck Attack! review” by Cyril Denis, Issue 13, page 14, published July 4, 2010.

Other mentions

Fanbyte.com: “The true legacy of the Atari 2600” by Jody Macgregor, published May 5, 2017, updated September 16, 2022.