the gameplay is incredibly simple, but that's perfectly fitting a game as adorable as this! you control a boat, with the goal of catching the waddling ducks before they splash from their houses into the water, all while avoiding a submerged hippopotamus. the colors are cute, the ducks are well animated, and the music is pleasantly quacky.
you can play it on the internet archive (https://archive.org/details/Ducks_Ahoy_1984_CBS_Software_cr_Danish_Crackers, just press f12 and fiddle around in the joystick settings to change the controls), where you can also view the cute manual (https://archive.org/details/ducks-ahoy-cbs-software/Ducks_Ahoy_Activity_book_CBS_Software/) that doubles as a children's book! ...i suppose this /is/ the most children's book video game i've ever played, after all!
you can play it on the internet archive (https://archive.org/details/Ducks_Ahoy_1984_CBS_Software_cr_Danish_Crackers, just press f12 and fiddle around in the joystick settings to change the controls), where you can also view the cute manual (https://archive.org/details/ducks-ahoy-cbs-software/Ducks_Ahoy_Activity_book_CBS_Software/) that doubles as a children's book! ...i suppose this /is/ the most children's book video game i've ever played, after all!