Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
Encyclopedia
Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (known in the European Game Boy version as Daffy Duck) is an action
video game for the Super NES
and Game Boy
.
This video game involves Duck Dodgers
in the 24th and a ½ Century, as told in the classic Looney Tunes
stories created by Chuck Jones
. Greg Burson
was the voice of Daffy Duck in the Super NES version of the game while the Game Boy version lacked digitized voice capabilities. Most of the people who would go on to make Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
would design and develop this video game.
's more infamous lines from the 1950s like Mother and You're despicable, voiced by the famous voice actor Greg Burson who did his voice from 1993 to 1995. Ironically, the Duck Dodgers character was voiced by Mel Blanc
in the actual cartoon
itself.
The player starts out at a resort
on Mars
(complete with a lava
swimming pool
and the layout of a 1950s North American motel), and then the stages grow more surreal
from there. Shrinking rays and crushing platforms are commonly seen as the player tries to kill Martian
s that are standing in his way. In the end, Marvin the Martian
must be destroyed in the final stage of the game. The game is actually very well put together. He has infinite ammo
for his starting gun.
However, Dodgers can find or buy more for other guns (there are five types of guns, the regular gun, the three-shot gun, the electric gun, the bomb
gun, and the antimatter
gun) throughout the game with the game's fictitious currency (which is depicted by the dollar sign). Dodgers actually has a jet pack
so he can fly around should the danger on the ground be too much to handle. A shield to block incoming projectiles as well as a special little thing called a Nutty which is like a special weapon where Duck Dodgers goes insane killing everything on the screen.
Action game
Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...
video game for the Super NES
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
and Game Boy
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
.
This video game involves Duck Dodgers
Duck Dodgers
Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Eoghain Dodgers is the metafictional star of a series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. He is actually the famous cartoon star Daffy Duck, cast in the role of an intergalactic future hero....
in the 24th and a ½ Century, as told in the classic Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
stories created by Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio...
. Greg Burson
Greg Burson
-Biography:Greg Burson was given the responsibility of voicing Bugs Bunny in the 1995 Carrotblanca, a well-received 8-minute Looney Tunes cartoon originally shown in cinemas alongside The Amazing Panda Adventure and The Pebble and the Penguin...
was the voice of Daffy Duck in the Super NES version of the game while the Game Boy version lacked digitized voice capabilities. Most of the people who would go on to make Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage
Bugs Bunny Rabbit Rampage is a Super NES action video game where the player controls Bugs Bunny as he fights traditional Looney Tunes villains in order to confront the main villain of the story, animator Daffy Duck...
would design and develop this video game.
Gameplay
Duck Dodgers himself has some funny one-line jokes. When he is hit he will say some of Daffy DuckDaffy Duck
Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, often running the gamut between being the best friend and sometimes arch-rival of Bugs Bunny...
's more infamous lines from the 1950s like Mother and You're despicable, voiced by the famous voice actor Greg Burson who did his voice from 1993 to 1995. Ironically, the Duck Dodgers character was voiced by Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
in the actual cartoon
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century is a Merrie Melodies cartoon created in 1952 and released on July 25, 1953, starring Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant, and Marvin the Martian as his opponent...
itself.
The player starts out at a resort
Resort
A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. Resorts are places, towns or sometimes commercial establishment operated by a single company....
on Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
(complete with a lava
Lava
Lava refers both to molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption and the resulting rock after solidification and cooling. This molten rock is formed in the interior of some planets, including Earth, and some of their satellites. When first erupted from a volcanic vent, lava is a liquid at...
swimming pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
and the layout of a 1950s North American motel), and then the stages grow more surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
from there. Shrinking rays and crushing platforms are commonly seen as the player tries to kill Martian
Martian
As an adjective, the term martian is used to describe anything pertaining to the planet Mars.However, a Martian is more usually a hypothetical or fictional native inhabitant of the planet Mars. Historically, life on Mars has often been hypothesized, although there is currently no solid evidence of...
s that are standing in his way. In the end, Marvin the Martian
Marvin the Martian
Marvin the Martian is a fictional character appearing in the Looney Tunes cartoons. Marvin's likeness appears in miniature on the Spirit rover on Mars.-Conception and creation:...
must be destroyed in the final stage of the game. The game is actually very well put together. He has infinite ammo
Ammunition
Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...
for his starting gun.
However, Dodgers can find or buy more for other guns (there are five types of guns, the regular gun, the three-shot gun, the electric gun, the bomb
Bomb
A bomb is any of a range of explosive weapons that only rely on the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy...
gun, and the antimatter
Antimatter
In particle physics, antimatter is the extension of the concept of the antiparticle to matter, where antimatter is composed of antiparticles in the same way that normal matter is composed of particles...
gun) throughout the game with the game's fictitious currency (which is depicted by the dollar sign). Dodgers actually has a jet pack
Jet pack
Jet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack, and similar names are various types of devices, usually worn on the back, that are propelled by jets of escaping gases so as to allow a single user to fly....
so he can fly around should the danger on the ground be too much to handle. A shield to block incoming projectiles as well as a special little thing called a Nutty which is like a special weapon where Duck Dodgers goes insane killing everything on the screen.