Disney's DuckTales: The Quest for Gold
A money-making strategy game. Become the MacDuck the richest duck on the world. Your goal in this game looks simple : Making money. But to do so, you have to manage your cash, make good investments and of course look for treasures with your animated friends.
Versions:
- Amiga/DOS features copy protection in the form of a unique password system. When the game is booted up, you must use a key script (located in the game manual) to translate symbols on the screen. If you fail, you are identified to the game as a Beagle Boy invader, and it will send the user back to the DOS prompt to try again or shutdown the pc on Amiga version, and there is no way to play the game without deciphering the code.
In at least the Amiga version of the game, a flying saucer can rarely be seen during the flight sequence. The condition which triggers the event is not known.
- A version of this game was advertised for the ZX Spectrum, but was later canceled.
- Although marketing materials for an Apple II port exist, there is no evidence that this version was ever published or sold.
70Wit Score
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DeveloperSierra On-Line, Incredible Technologies
PublisherWalt Disney Computer Software
ReleasedDecember 31, 1990
StatusReleased
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About This Game
Flintheart Glomgold arrives at Scrooge McDuck's office with a bold wager: a thirty-day competition to determine who deserves the title of world's richest duck. Taking control of Scrooge, players must jet across the globe—from exotic real-world locations like Carlsbad Caverns to imaginative, pun-laden destinations—collecting treasures and fending off the mischievous Beagle Boys, who sabotage flights with hazards like falling pianos. Accompanied by his grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie alongside the ever-loyal Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge races against the clock while managing the constant threat of plane crashes, which drain both time and money until Gyro Gearloose patches things up. At each destination, players navigate scenario-based challenges tailored to the environment—scaling mountains and jungles as platforming gauntlets, exploring labyrinthine caves, or helping Webby photograph rare wildlife in the reservation. Discovering the mysterious mineral Bombastium offers an alternative to air travel through a teleportation device, though its unreliability means players might land anywhere but where intended.