DUCK TALES - THE QUEST FOR GOLD 

                               By Paul Archer



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    For those of you who are fans of this popular TV cartoon show (and
  also for us older gamers who read Scrooge McDuck Comics), this is the
  computer program for you.

    Duck Tales can be generally described as a comic adventure. Which it
  is! The attention to detail by the Disney graphic artists is
  commendable. You can even take old Scrooge for a swim in his vast money
  bin and find some valuable old coin.

PURPOSE

    The purpose of this graphic adventure, is to become DIME magazine's
  DUCK of the YEAR. This is achieved by starting of with no money at all,
  competing against Scrooge's financial rival, Glamgold, the winner being
  the one who has amassed the greater amount of money within a thirty day
  period. And as the saying goes, "the world is your oyster".

THE PLAYERS

    All the familiar faces from the TV are to be found in this adventure.
  Scrooge of course being the main player.

    The three nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie offering Scrooge advice from
  the Junior Woodchuck guide book.

    Gyro Gearloose, inventing teleport machines.

    Launchpad McQuack - Scrooges pilot and aviation buff

    Fenton Crackshell - Who pops up from time to time to advise Scrooge on
  financial matters.

    Webby - Whose speciality is wildlife photography (and who will come in
  handy in game play)

    And Finally, Glamgold, Scrooge's Arch Rival who pops up throughout the
  program trying to stir Scrooge up.

GAME PLAY

    Game play is simple. After the initial animation sequences between
  Scrooge and Glamgold, the player can access three areas of Scrooges
  office.

   1) The investment computer
   2) The vault
   3) The world map and electronic atlas

  1) The investment computer is used once you have made some money, to
  obviously make more. However, sometimes things backfire and you lose
  money, just like in the real world!

  2) The vault can be used to swim in and if a rare coin is found,
  Scrooge can make some money ($1000) with it.

  3) The world map is used for plotting treasure gathering trips
  throughout the world, and also incorporates an electronic atlas. The
  atlas tells of treasures and their value that can be found at various
  locations throughout the world.

    Once you have decided upon a location to search treasure for, you then
  need to log a flight plan. This is simply done through clicking on the
  plane icon at the bottom of the screen.

    Once the flight plan has been filed, Launchpad will gladly take you to
  your destination, as long as you fly the plane. This is not as easy as
  it sounds, as sometimes there are many obstacles to be encountered on
  the way. Also if you do some aerobatics a long the way you will earn
  some extra money.

    Some of these obstacle that can be encountered are:

1) Storm clouds
2) Balloons dropping fridges and grand pianos on your plane
3) A barn at the end of the runway
4) Fire works rockets being launched at you

    If you crash, then you will probably lose some money and also the
  plane will take a number of days to be repaired by Gyro.

    One of the problem areas is landing the plane. It is all too easy to
  crash on the runway.

TREASURE LOCATIONS

    There are quite a number of treasure locations to be searched. They
  fall into four main groups. Mountains (requiring mountain climbing),
  Swamps (with the Tarzan bit, swinging from tree to tree), Caves or Mines
  (watch out for pits and mummies), and finally, the Jungle where you
  must photograph unusual animals.

    There are three levels of game play, EASY MONEY, STANDARD WAGES, HARD
  EARNED WAGES.

    It is possible even for the youngest player to win (with a bit of
  patience) when playing for easy money. With Scrooge being awarded the
  prestigious accolade of being DIME MAGAZINE'S DUCK OF THE YEAR.


    In all this is a fun to play, and at times very humourous game and is
  well worth recommending. There is no disk copy protection, but a
  password (which changes) is required to use the world map etc. This
  comes with the documentation.

    It is available for about $59.95.


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