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''Qwak'' is a cute duck-based PlatformGame created by Jamie Woodhouse.

The original Platform/BBCMicro version was released in 1989 as part of Superior Software's ''Play It Again Sam 10'' compilation. A definitive remake for the Platform/{{Amiga}}, which added simultaneous 2-player and greatly expanded the variety of stage designs, potions and other bonus items, was released by Team 17 in 1993. This version was ported by the author to the Platform/GameBoyAdvance in 2006 as an unlicensed limited release. A HD remake for PC, Macintosh and UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}} is [[http://www.qwak.co.uk/ currently available from the game's website]].

[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not to be confused]] with either of the two similarly-named UsefulNotes/{{Arcade Game}}s produced by Creator/{{Atari}} in [[VideoGame/AtariQwak1974 1974]] or 1982.

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!!This game contains examples of:

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Getting killed by anything results in your duck exploding into colourful confetti.
* EdibleCollectible: The game has six different types of fruit. Under some conditions, they rain down continuously from the top of the screen (with some SpikeballsOfDoom mixed in). Not only does collecting them score points, they can be redeemed for eggs as an end-of-round bonus.
* FriendlyFireproof: Enemies like penguins can run into helicopter blades that instantly kill your duck with no problem.
* NoPlotNoProblem: The game is fast-paced and simple enough that most players probably won't notice the absence of a plot. "Games this good rarely need a story" is how the manual of the Platform/{{Amiga}} version put it.
* OneHitpointWonder: Your duck falls from one hit from anything.
* PacifistRun: The "Peacefully done" bonus for killing no enemies on a level.
* RespawningEnemies: In the original Platform/BBCMicro version, enemies would respawn [[TurnsRed faster and tougher]] a few seconds after they were killed. This was averted entirely in later versions.
* SetBonus: A big point bonus for collecting all six colors of gems.
* SpikeballsOfDoom: Black spiked balls are fixed hazards in some stages, but they also may fall randomly from the ceiling in some circumstances.
* StalkedByTheBell: Take too long on any level (whether or not there is a visible timer), and the music will become ominous as a constant rain of SpikeballsOfDoom begins (replacing the constant rain of fruits in {{Bonus Stage}}s).
* TemporaryPlatform: The game has blocks that dissolve from the bottom up when players stand on them.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The title is ''Qwak'' because "Quack" wasn't cool enough.

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