Scrooge Mc Duck duck, probably the richest duck in the world is to navigate in the game boy title Duck Tales around the globe. The game has only the characters in common, however, with the eponymous cartoon, as otherwise the "action" is interchangeable with any good platformer.

Scrooge Mc Duck needs to visit various levels which can be taken in any order. The level names feature the promising titles of Transylvania, the Moon as well as offering the opportunity to visit places such as the Amazon and the Himalayas. The levels are lush and detailed, featuring alternative routes, hidden corridors and secret treasures. The areas are populated by different opponents, but this should offer no challenge to a good game player. On your journey you can encounter, hockey players, mountain hillbillies and aliens come and meet you. Of course such a varied and weird selection of ‘enemies’ is indicative of so many games ported to home entertainment systems and hand-held consoles. How many times for example have we encountered flying toasters and giant spiders, AVGN fans will know exactly what I am talking about.

Game players are rewarded by collecting the many scattered gems, cakes and extra lives and can find caves and passages as they explore the many varied and fun levels. At the end of each world, needless to say there is in waiting a boss that needs to be defeated and when dispatched makes a special death relic. After you defeat every level, there is the final fight against Count Dracula, which can confuse the player completely and completely destroys any hope of a meaningful story line.

Your trip around the world still enables players to experience some resemblance of the original cartoon however, in that you encounter your great-nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, you meet the nanny, her niece Nicky and other characters. Frieda gives you cakes for the energy budget, quack flies you in the area and gives you tips.

The degree of difficulty is relatively low, perhaps aimed at younger players, but this does not detract from the fun and game play, many games of this genre were similarly set and perhaps reflect the concerns of the franchise holder Disney to not ostracise any players. Skilled players need no more than an hour to playing.

Visually the game is really cute, nice animations, nice character designs and detailed environments invite you to explore. Respectable comic images do Disney proud with a family-friendly atmosphere. The occasional screen stutter is less beautiful, if too many enemies are on the screen. On the acoustic side, there is little to gripe. The melodies including the duck tales theme! are pleasant.

Overall, a more than good platform game for genre and series fans and a joy to play.

It was ok, I mean it didn't suck a whole lot to me.

I had a similar game on the Game Boy Color... But it was about Donald Duck getting his girlfriend back. I think it was called "Donald Goes Quackers" or something like that.

Although this title is a decent port of the NES game, I would rather just play the NES version. That game has classic music, and great gameplay. Anyone who loves the cartoon, or enjoys a good platformer should try it out.

Nice review!

Duck Tales was a pretty good game for the NES, but with the game for the Gameboy? That's awesome. I can't really tell any difference between the versions of the game besides controls. The game is still awesome as the NES, and I love playing it on the road. Good game.