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DISNEY'S DUCK TALES: THE QUEST FOR GOLD
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Based on a recent movie of the same name, DISNEY'S DUCK TALES: THE QUEST FOR
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GOLD (hereafter referred to as DDT) is a challenging and educational
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action-adventure game for kids. (The IBM-PC version of the game is reviewed
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here.)
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You start out in Uncle Scrooge McDuck's office. There, you can read the stock
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market ticker, get stock tips from McDuck, and buy and sell stocks, building up
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your...um, nest egg. Or, go into the money vault, and watch McDuck do a
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triple-gainer off a diving board, into a pile of gold. You can also check out
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the map of the world.
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The world map shows the location of treasures hidden around the globe. Position
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your icon over a location, and you receive a full description of what's there.
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Jump in your airplane and fly around the world, racing to collect these
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treasures before the nasty Flintheart Glomgold gets to them. If, on one of your
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expeditions, you manage to find the rare mineral "bombastium," you'll have a
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matter transmitter that will instantly transport you to the location of your
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choice. Well, not always: Sometimes the machine breaks down and places you
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anywhere _except_ where you wanted to go.
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Aside from flying the plane, you get to climb mountains, explore caves, swing
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from vines (and use animals as living "rafts"), and go on photo safaris. Along
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the way, you'll receive help in the form of tips from the Junior Woodchuck
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Board.
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Some of this stuff is moderately difficult. I had trouble just flying the
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plane, let alone swinging from vines onto the backs of hippos. (As for my luck
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with the stock market, let's just say there's a reason I don't put my real money
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into stocks.) This probably explains why the game is rated for players age eight
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and up. That's slightly disappointing, because I'm sure lots of younger kids
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were fans of this movie and will feel left out or frustrated. Kids in the proper
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age range ought to find plenty of challenges, though, and enough variety to keep
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them busy for quite some time.
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The IBM version of DDT comes with two 5-1/4" diskettes and one 3-1/2" diskette.
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The disks have README files on them that contain instructions for hard-drive
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installation (just copy the files) and gameplay with a single floppy drive, as
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well as the phone number to call for technical support. DDT uses a "code sheet"
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for copy protection; use it to translate four symbols into letters (which,
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unfortunately, do not form a real word), in order to play the game. 512K of RAM
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is required. DDT can be played equally well from either a keyboard or a
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joystick. There's lots of music, but apparently no support for any sound board.
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Graphics support is provided for CGA, EGA, and Tandy modes. The screen shots on
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the back of the box represent EGA mode, which is colorful and detailed. The
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animation is not quite "Disney quality" (as the back of the box claims), but
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it's more than good enough for kids.
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It can be difficult for an adult to look at a children's game and decide
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whether it's worth buying. With DUCK TALES, you'll get a varied game with a
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large "world," and a lot of things to do in it. Parents will be happy that the
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game is non-violent and contains a fair amount of educational elements along
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with the arcade sequences. I think it's safe to say that if your kids liked the
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movie (or just like these classic Disney characters), they'll find hours of fun
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here.
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DISNEY'S DUCK TALES: THE QUEST FOR GOLD is published and distributed by Disney
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Software.
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*****DOWNLOADED FROM P-80 SYSTEMS (304) 744-2253
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