The Lucky Dime Caper got a sequel. Sadly, America didn't even get it on Game Gear until 1999, when Majesco re-released the Game Gear.
The story begins with Donald Duck asking Huey, Dewey and Louie where Scrooge McDuck is. All of a sudden, Scrooge is floating around like a balloon due to a curse from a mysterious pendant he found in a shrine on an uninhabited island. The pendant must be returned to the neck of a goddess statue inside the shrine, or else Scrooge is cursed to be a balloon forever. He gives Donald Duck his adventurer's diary to retrace his steps and find the island so he can return the pendant.
Donald Duck arrives at the island...and the adventure begins.
At the beginning of the game, there are four places you can go: the jungle, the valley, the inlet or the volcano. newfiebangaa begins with the jungle.
The Jungle
Only those who possess the jungle king's crown may pass.
Scene 1: Savanna
The heads up display is pretty simple. In the upper-left corner is the amount of lives you have, and in the lower-left is the amount of health you have.
Instead of being able to swing hammers or throw flying discs, you kick at things like blocks...and that kick has some nice animation going for it. You will have to kick blocks into enemies in order to move on, but you can also jump on them if a box is not available.
Enemies include wolves that poke their heads out of the ground, sugar gliders that fly off branches, jumping kangaroos, and rolling snakes, You can sometimes get ice cream for replenishing your health if you defeat them.
Kicking blocks can also reveal power-ups, such as money bags for points and ice cream for health. While the light brown blocks just go up and crumble upon landing, the dark blue ones travel forwards and can bounce back and forth in pits. This allows you to travel across spike pits, which is good, because spikes hurt.
Chests contain better power-ups. A chili pepper will make Donald Duck run very fast, allowing him to plow through enemies and large walls of blocks. The effect only lasts for a short time. You can also find a cooked chicken that restores all of your health.
The ostriches are like those horses in the first stage of Sunset Riders: you have to jump from one to the next or else you're dead.
After you complete a section, you'll get bonus points for the round as well as for how much health you have left before going to the next one.
Scene 2: Jungle
The snails slowly move back and forth and hide in their shells. The snakes pop their heads out of the trees to get in your way.
Look high and low for things. You never know what you'll find. You'll mostly want to stay on the top, however, if you want to get through the scene.
Some vines take you to other places, while there are also pairs of vines that raises one vine while you stand on - and lower - the other.
The red flower shoots out projectiles, but they only do it once.
The leaves in the trees have to be kicked loose with a block, and once you do that, you'll be able to ride it down to another area.
You'll eventually encounter a gorilla. Instead of fighting him, you'll be running away. Be ready to jump over spike pits and on top of walls, and watch out for the fruit that drops down from the top of the screen. At the end, the gorilla will run into a huge tree, revealing the jungle king's crown and sending you back to the world map.
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