Duck Pond
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'''Duck Pond''' is a game from the Strong Bad Email [[duck pond]]. If you feed one of the two ducks 10 times in the [[Tandy 400]] version, you reach the Atari 2600 version of the game. | '''Duck Pond''' is a game from the Strong Bad Email [[duck pond]]. If you feed one of the two ducks 10 times in the [[Tandy 400]] version, you reach the Atari 2600 version of the game. | ||
| - | == Tandy 400 | + | == Tandy 400 Version== |
| + | Insructions- | ||
<pre>Duck Pond Simulator 3.0 | <pre>Duck Pond Simulator 3.0 | ||
copyright 1981 | copyright 1981 | ||
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Press Spacebar to Start</pre> | Press Spacebar to Start</pre> | ||
| - | + | When you feed the ducks ten times, you get this message- | |
<pre>GAME OVER | <pre>GAME OVER | ||
You fed them ducks good. | You fed them ducks good. | ||
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Press the Spacebar</pre> | Press the Spacebar</pre> | ||
| - | == Atari 2600 | + | == Atari 2600 Version == |
| + | The Atari 2600 Version has some different controls, compared to the Tandy 400 version.- | ||
*Press F to throw bread. | *Press F to throw bread. | ||
*Press A to drop an anvil. | *Press A to drop an anvil. | ||
| - | *Press 8 to drain the pond ''( | + | *Press 8 to drain the pond ''(Note: Once the pond is drained, it cannot be refilled)''. |
*Press Y to shrink the brown duck ''(Note: Can only be done once)''. | *Press Y to shrink the brown duck ''(Note: Can only be done once)''. | ||
| - | == | + | == Fun Facts== |
| + | === Glitches === | ||
*If you hold the F key in for a few seconds, you will throw three pieces of bread simultaneously. | *If you hold the F key in for a few seconds, you will throw three pieces of bread simultaneously. | ||
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*On some computers, the Atari 2600 version doesn't work at all. After Strong Bad comments on the "state of the art graphics," the email will start to play again. | *On some computers, the Atari 2600 version doesn't work at all. After Strong Bad comments on the "state of the art graphics," the email will start to play again. | ||
*It is possible to get the ducks moving after the pond has been drained. Just get a piece of bread to fall in front of them. They will eat it and swim as if there was water in the pond. Once you've activated this glitch, you have to press A to drain the pond again, and the other buttons won't work. | *It is possible to get the ducks moving after the pond has been drained. Just get a piece of bread to fall in front of them. They will eat it and swim as if there was water in the pond. Once you've activated this glitch, you have to press A to drain the pond again, and the other buttons won't work. | ||
Revision as of 21:16, 28 April 2005
- This article is about the game. For the Strong Bad Email, see duck pond.
Duck Pond is a game from the Strong Bad Email duck pond. If you feed one of the two ducks 10 times in the Tandy 400 version, you reach the Atari 2600 version of the game.
Contents |
Tandy 400 Version
Insructions-
Duck Pond Simulator 3.0 copyright 1981 Instructions: Press "F" to throw bread Press Spacebar to Start
When you feed the ducks ten times, you get this message-
GAME OVER You fed them ducks good. Wanna play the Atari 2600 version?? Press the Spacebar
Atari 2600 Version
The Atari 2600 Version has some different controls, compared to the Tandy 400 version.-
- Press F to throw bread.
- Press A to drop an anvil.
- Press 8 to drain the pond (Note: Once the pond is drained, it cannot be refilled).
- Press Y to shrink the brown duck (Note: Can only be done once).
Fun Facts
Glitches
- If you hold the F key in for a few seconds, you will throw three pieces of bread simultaneously.
- On some computers, the Atari 2600 version doesn't work at all. After Strong Bad comments on the "state of the art graphics," the email will start to play again.
- It is possible to get the ducks moving after the pond has been drained. Just get a piece of bread to fall in front of them. They will eat it and swim as if there was water in the pond. Once you've activated this glitch, you have to press A to drain the pond again, and the other buttons won't work.
- If you press S while playing the Atari 2600 version in fullscreen (.swf), the flash file will go back to the beginning where Strong Bad checks his email.
