Some games is just special. Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (referred to as Duck Tales for the rest of the review), is such a game. In this game we follow the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews (Huey, Dewey and Louie). The intro shows the goal of the game. Scrooge's nemesis, Flintheart Glomgold challenges him to a competition to see which of the two is the richest duck. They have 30 days to gather together money, and the entire thing will be settled on the 30th day on the Isle of Macaroon, where a huge scale will show who has gathered the most gold.

To help you in this quest, you have Launchpad McQuack, which will be your pilot, and your nephews, which will be collecting the gold with you. There are several others of the Duck's that will help out, and there are several types of quests to collect money from. You start out in your office, which will serve as your HQ. From here, you have three options, explore the world in search for money, dive in your huge money bin in search of rare coins, or invest on the stock market. The main part is exploring, but you can earn a few bucks inside your office aswell, so don't forget it totally.

Glomgold has a few allies himself, and they will do what they can to stop you. As I said, Launchpad will be your pilot, and to each location on the world map, you will have to fly. And manouvering isn't always as easy, especially with all those obstacles. Mountains, clouds, powerlines, whales, and especially the Beagle Boys, which will do just about anything to stop you from arriving to your destination. Be sure to watch out for them. This makes travelling quite the challenge. And landing is done in Launchpad's special fashion, by crashing into the hangar. But if you crash before the hangar, it will take you two valuable days to fix the airplane again.

When you finally land, the junior woodchuck guide will give you a hint of what you are going into. As I already mentioned, there are several different types of missions. Nature Photography is among the easiest ones, and you control Scrooge's niece, and you need to catch rare animals in the wild to score some bucks for their pictures. Another type is the mountain climbing. This is a bit challenging, yet very fun. But watch out for bears in the caves, the falling rocks, the Beagle Boys dropping objects from above, mountain goats, Magica de Spell and more. The mountains is a dangerous place for a young duckling, but you have a grappling hook, so have no fear. Here you control the three nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, each representing one live. The jungle is also quite difficult, as Huey, Dewey and Louie tries to get the treasure among pumas, monkeys, snakes and macaws and that tries to stop you from getting it. Fortunatly, you get help from swimming hippos, vines and branches. The last type of level is the cavern maze. Navigate your way through the maze, whilst avoiding the huge pitfalls and the mummy. If you get trapped, Launchpad will have to dig you out.

This is one of the few Disney games I don't hate, and I quite enjoy playing it again after all these years. Released in 1990, it has a certain charm. The music and the sound might not be the greatest, but it's has it's moments and you get used to the PC Speaker after a while. You can imagine being 6 years old again, trying to help Scrooge to beat that evil Glomgold. The catchy Duck Tales theme song is featured in this game, and the in game sound effects aren't that nasty for it's time. It has the best utilization of the PC Speaker I have seen yet. Most other games have awful sound when using it, but this one is actually endurable for a while. The graphics are also quite good, considering that this comes from a company that specializes in cartoons and comics. Controls are easy, and there is support for joysticks too. You control with the usual arrows and space combination, getting the hang of it will take a minute or two.

After the 30 days has passed, the aforementioned ritual takes place, and if you didn't suck totally, you will end up being the richest duck on the face of the earth. You have then beat Duck Tales, and you have proven your skill in the art of treasure hunting. So get up, get your adventuring spirit and hit the road!