DuckTales (video game)

North American NES box.

DuckTales, known in Japan as わんぱくダック夢冒険, Wanpaku Dakku Yume Boken, "Naughty Ducks Dream Adventures", is a platform action adventure game created by Capcom and first released on the NES in 1989.

I remember being interested in this game because it was pretty popular in Nintendo advertising, and because I enjoyed the television show. However, nobody I knew owned the game at the time, so I didn't end up playing it in earnest until around 2010.

Status

I do not own the game, but have beaten it on the NES on easy mode.

Review

• Overall: 5/10
• Best Version: NES

Good

• The graphics are fantastic, and accurately depict the various DuckTales characters.
• A lot of effort was made to include a lot of DuckTales imagery, which rarely happens in a tie-in game.
• Despite the game showing up on lists as being one of the easiest NES games on the platform, I think the game offers a pretty good challenge for a first-time player.
• Each area has a fair amount of hidden treasure and rooms which add to the replay value.

Bad

• The mine cart riding portion is kind of annoying. It requires very accurate timing on a jump, and, if you succeed, Scrooge watches his Nephews fall to their death!
• The difficulty settings don't increase the complexity of the game, they just cause enemies to deal more damage. This is a lazy difficulty setting.

Ugly

• Nothing.

Box Art

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  The original NES box. The same art was used in all regions just with variations of the layout. I really like this art because it shows how Scrooge is only focused on obtaining wealth, even when his own life is in danger.

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  This is the Game Boy box art used by all regions except Japan. Scrooge here looks almost sinister, like you're being asked to accompany him to bury a body. The art is still great though, and depicts an adventure about the begin.

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  The Japanese Game Boy art is my least favorite. It has Scrooge staring off into space with the various other characters standing around in unrelated poses.

Documentation

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  Game manual.

Maps

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  The Amazon.

• DuckTales - NES - Map - Transylavnia.png

  Transylavnia.

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  African Mines.

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  The Himalayas.

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  The Moon.

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  Bonus Area.

Links

• mobygames.com/game/disneys-ducktales - MobyGames.
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckTales_(video_game) - Wikipedia.
• gamefaqs.com/nes/587253-disneys-ducktales - GameFAQs.
• thealmightyguru.com/Games/Hacking/Wiki/index.php/DuckTales - NES Hacker Database.