Darkwing Duck is an adventure game released by Capcom in 1992. The game revolves around the journey of a Darkwing hero against the sound plot to seize the city of FOWL. The player’s task is to control that hero to fight the bad guys in search of Steelbeak and rescue the city. They must overcome a series of difficulties in six different stages. At each stage, players must overcome a number of dangerous terrains such as sewers, towers, cities, bridges, and forests. Eventually, Darkwing will find his way to FOWL’s floating fortress and fight Stealbeak to complete his mission.
In the first stage, Darkwing will fight three monsters. They are provided with a weapon called Gas Gun to destroy them. Darkwing cannot use a weapon while he is on the move. With the terrain being a bridge, he needs to use the character’s high jump skills to move through obstacles. This jumping skill also helps Darkwing avoid the attacks of enemies in the next stage. After that, he will use Gas Gun to attack directly on enemies and destroy them. In addition to the weapons provided, Darkwing will collect new weapons on the move such as Thunder Gas, Heavy Gas, and Arrow Gas. With Arrow, when fired, gas is fired like an arrow. If the bullet hits a wall or other object, it will cling to it and allow Darkwing to climb and stand on it. Heavy Gas is also a popular weapon that Darkwing can find. He used this weapon to shoot a large ball. This ball will split into two small bullets that destroy two consecutive enemies. The last weapon Darkwing can collect is Thunder Gas. He will use this weapon to attack enemies above. In addition, he can also use a shield to prevent attacks from enemies.
Players can choose any stage to continue the mission. The difficulty of the game increases as Darkwing progresses to the final stages. Passing the first five stages will bring him to the final battle. In this battle, Darkwing will destroy the enemies on the terrain is the city with many obstacles. His enemies moved at high speed and kept throwing arrows at Darkwing. Players have to move flexibly to dodge and attack them again. The last enemy he meets is the final boss Stealbeak. The game ends when Stealbeak is destroyed, the city peaceful again.
