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DuckTales for Nintendo NES
DuckTales for Nintendo NES is a platform adventure in which you join Scrooge McDuck in search of five lost treasures. From Duckburg, you choose which destination to visit first: the Amazon, Transylvania, the African Mines, the Himalayas or the Moon. Each environment has its own dangers, hidden riches and guardian. Huey, Dewey, Louie and other familiar characters help along the way with hints, food or a lift to a hard-to-reach place.
Scrooge's cane serves as both a tool and a jumping aid. You knock rocks and chests aside or use the cane as a pogo stick to reach higher places, hit enemies and cross dangerous ground. You can keep adjusting his direction while bouncing, making a safe landing spot important. In Transylvania, mirrors transport you to other rooms; in the Himalayas, deep snow can stop your pogo jump. Diamonds increase your collected fortune, while ice cream restores lost energy.
You play alone with one standard controller and choose between Easy, Normal and Difficult. When you meet Launchpad, you can temporarily return to the control room to secure the money you have collected, but this help is limited in each area. Secret passages and items give you reasons to look beyond the shortest route to the boss. The original NES cartridge has no battery-backed saving or passwords; a new session means starting the treasure hunt again.
Region and language
Our Nintendo NES games are PAL editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With DuckTales for Nintendo NES, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of DuckTales
Capcom released DuckTales for the NES in 1989. The game draws on the world of the Disney animated series that began in 1987, but Scrooge McDuck was much older. Carl Barks introduced him in the 1947 comic story Christmas on Bear Mountain. His travels, stinginess and pursuit of wealth provided material for the television adventures and then for a game in which you seek the treasures yourself.
The NES version gives that treasure hunt its own form. Instead of following a complete television episode, you choose expeditions from a central control room. The cane links Scrooge's familiar appearance to his main movement: bouncing. The same object opens chests, moves obstacles and helps him over enemies. Relatives and friends remain part of the journey, even though you control only Scrooge. The cartoon world thus gained a game structure combining exploration with mastery of one versatile tool.
In 2013, Capcom, Disney and developer WayForward revisited this adventure with DuckTales: Remastered. That reworking added voice acting, an expanded story and newly drawn animation, among other features. This original Nintendo NES release uses the older pixel graphics and text windows without those later additions. Capcom also included the original in The Disney Afternoon Collection. For its accompanying museum, the company worked with Digital Eclipse to recover and digitise old packaging materials, including the original DuckTales box illustrations.
Similar games for Nintendo NES
DuckTales 2 for Nintendo NES retains Scrooge's pogo jumping, world travels and hidden treasures. The sequel also has you search for pieces of a treasure map and use the cane to pull objects and switches towards you. You can spend money on useful items and find cane upgrades. The first DuckTales focuses more on the five separate treasures and on learning to use the cane without those enhancements.
Darkwing Duck on Nintendo NES also combines Disney characters, a choice of missions and platform routes full of enemies. Darkwing, however, fires a gas gun, hangs from ledges and shields himself with his cape. Scrooge uses his cane to bounce on enemies and over obstacles. Both require precise jumps, but Darkwing more often has you seek a firing position; in DuckTales, the same pogo jump serves as both your attack and your means of movement.
Like DuckTales, Mega Man 2 for Nintendo NES lets you choose which area to tackle first and ends those routes with bosses. Mega Man acquires special weapons after victories, so your chosen order affects later fights. Scrooge mainly collects money and treasures, keeping his cane as his main tool. DuckTales therefore focuses more on finding hidden riches, while Mega Man 2 rewards experimenting with different means of attack.
Kirby's Adventure on Nintendo NES shares colourful platform worlds and hidden passages with DuckTales. Kirby can fly and gains abilities by swallowing certain enemies. Scrooge reaches high places using his pogo jump, ropes and help from other characters. Both games have you investigate beyond the main route, but Kirby regularly changes abilities; DuckTales asks you to become increasingly precise with the same tool.
Super Mario Bros. 3 for Nintendo NES also combines platform action with secrets and a map for choosing your next step. Mario collects power-ups including a raccoon tail for flying after a run-up and tackles many short courses. Scrooge chooses from five larger treasure areas with rooms and side paths. A power-up immediately changes Mario's abilities; in DuckTales, mastery of the pogo jump and knowledge of hidden places largely determine which riches you reach.
