Duck Tales

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Bouncing Scrooge McDuck off a gorilla’s head with his cane, then across a bed of spikes, then onto a ledge you could not otherwise reach: that first pogo jump in DuckTales is the moment players realize this is no ordinary cartoon tie-in. Capcom built it with key staff from the Mega Man series, and it shows in every precise, responsive bounce.

Scrooge is chasing five legendary treasures, and you pick the order: the Amazon, Transylvania, the African Mines, the Himalayas and the Moon. Each stage is a sprawling, branching space rather than a straight run, full of hidden rooms, treasure chests and alternate routes that reward poking around, and a key found in one area can unlock progress in another. The cane does double duty: hold it down to pogo over hazards and enemies, or swing it like a golf club to send boulders and chests flying. Familiar faces from the show turn up throughout, with Launchpad McQuack ready to fly Scrooge home, Gyro Gearloose, Webby and the nephews lending a hand, and Flintheart Glomgold and the Beagle Boys making trouble.

The soundtrack is a huge part of the legend. The Moon theme in particular has become one of the best-known pieces of 8-bit music anywhere, and it was lovingly rearranged when WayForward and Capcom revisited the game as DuckTales: Remastered in 2013. The money you gather matters too, since how rich Scrooge finishes affects the ending you see, which gives a brisk adventure more replay pull than its length suggests.

DuckTales sold over a million copies on both the NES and the Game Boy, becoming Capcom’s best-selling title on each, and it turns up on list after list of the finest games the NES has to offer. It is the rare licensed game people seek out for its own sake rather than the license: a compact, generous platformer whose pogo jump, branching stages and Moon music play just as well on original hardware today as they did in 1989.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1989
Publisher
Walt Disney Computer Software
Developer
Capcom
Players
Single player
About the game

DuckTales is a platform game developed and published by Capcom and based on the Disney animated TV series of the same name. It was first released in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 and was later ported to the Game Boy in 1990. The story involves Scrooge McDuck traveling around the globe collecting treasure and outwitting his rival Flintheart Glomgold to become the world's richest duck. Produced by key personnel from the Mega Man series, DuckTales would go on to sell over a million copies worldwide on each system, becoming Capcom's best-selling title for both platforms. The game was praised for its tight control, unique and non-linear gameplay and bright presentation, and is often regarded as one of the best titles for the NES, appearing on numerous "Best of" lists.

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