Disney's DuckTales

Disney's DuckTales

DuckTales is a platform game developed and published by Capcom, based on the Disney animated series of the same name. It was first released in North America in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System and later ported to the Game Boy in 1990. The story is about Scrooge McDuck, who travels around the world to collect treasures and outwit his rival Flintheart Glomgold to become the richest duck in the world. DuckTales was produced by collaborators from the Mega Man series and sold over a million copies worldwide on both systems, making it Capcom's best-selling title for both platforms. The game was praised for its tight controls, unique non-linear gameplay and colorful presentation, and is often considered one of the best titles for the NES, appearing in numerous "best of" lists.

Story

The Beagle Boys attempt another raid on Scrooge's money bin, with Baggy, Burger and Bouncer capturing Beagle Huey, Dewey and Louie. After rescuing them, Scrooge finds Big Time Beagle in his office with a painting in his hands. With the help of Duckworth, Big Time is defeated and retreats. The painting reveals the location of five treasures and Scrooge wastes no time in going in search of them. Scrooge and Launchpad visit the Amazon to find the Inca King's sceptre. With eight gold coins, they discover the hidden temple of Manco Capquack, but the sceptre is lost and the temple is destroyed by its guardian statue. The chief of the natives then approaches Scrooge and Launchpad and thanks them for giving them back their city, and in return gives Scrooge the recovered sceptre, which was only the king's backscratcher. Scrooge, the nephews and Webby visit the castle of Drake of Vladstone, also known as Dracula Duck, who was the heir to the Coin of the Lost Empire. The boys fall into a trapdoor and are scattered throughout the Transylvanian castle, but Scrooge rescues them from the Beagle Boys, who are disguised as ghosts. Each of the Beagle Boys also had a torn piece of paper with them, with part of a riddle written on it. They discover a mirror in which Scrooge solves the riddle, and Magica De Spell reveals herself, who is also after the coin. Scrooge and Magica fight over the coin, and the sorceress is defeated and retreats empty-handed. Scrooge and the nephews travel to the African mines to find the Giant Diamond of the Inner Earth, but find that the workers are frightened away by voices and earthquakes, claiming that the mine is haunted. Deep underground, Scrooge finds out that the Terra-Firmians and their games are the cause, and after interfering, he is attacked by their king. After being defeated, the king makes a deal with Scrooge: he will stop the games in exchange for continuing mining to get rid of the diamonds, which they consider "waste rock". He gives Scrooge the Giant Diamond of the Inner Earth to help him get started.