The Ducktales video game from 1989 is quite possibly one of the most iconic video games that Capcom had produced during the NES era. Ducktales was a game that was made based off the show itself along with its growing popularity from ’87-’89. The Ducktales video game featured Scrooge McDuck as the main character and felt somewhat similar to an old school Mega Man title in terms of gameplay. The Ducktales video game had five different stage including The Amazon, Transylavania, African Mines, Himalays and the Moon. The stages within the game were non-linear and could be played in any order players wanted to. Even though, the Ducktales game only had five stages each level was very difficult and players would have to go back to one area more than once to achieve certain objectives. The purpose of the Ducktales video game involved making as much money as possible before completing it. Players had to get at least $10 million in order to unlock the great ending which was a lot harder than it looked. Players got the bad ending if they finished the game with $0. The biggest payoffs within the Ducktales game came when players defeated the bosses because they would make $5 million.

Spending everything earned throughout the game was very tempting because players would often resort to using the life restore cheat code to stay alive. The life restore cheat cost players $3,000,000 in exchange for filling up Scrooge McDuck’s health bar. Even though, Ducktales was more difficult than it had any business being many people loved the game’s soundtrack, sound effects and level designs. There are many people who would go on record and argue that Ducktales was one of the better Disney games that we got to see during the late 80’s-early 90’s on any Nintendo based console. The popularity of the original Ducktales game eventually lead to it being remastered in 2013 and ported to multiple game systems including Wii-U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and even mobile devices. The original version of the Ducktales video game reached over 1.6 million copies in sales on the original NES console. The Ducktales game from ’89 has lasting appeal that stands the test of time 35 years later because of how challenging it was along with its high replay value since it has multiple endings.