Despite being from Sunsoft, the developers of this game are ex-Sunsoft employees, and because of this, this game has some of the old Sunsoft magic in it despite being one of the later titles from the late 1990s...and it shows.
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In this game, you're Daffy Duck, and you're looking for treasure. Interestingly, Bugs Bunny is the game's main antagonist. Also, the game is very well animated, as you'll soon learn when you start the game.
It should be noted that the map is the shape of Daffy Duck's head.
Stage 1: Country
When you start the game, you'll be able to get used to the controls. Left and Right let you move left and right, Down lets you duck, and Up lets you aim with your attack. A jumps, and B attacks...by throwing dynamite.
At the top of the screen, you'll see your current score, your current amount of lives, and your current amount of energy in the form of a percentage. That energy meter slowly goes down, and it hits zero, you're losing a life.
Whenever you see a food item, be sure to pick it up. Daffy will slowly pick it up and devour it, and you'll soon see what I mean when I said that the game is very well animated.
Attacking with the dynamite is a bit of a science. The longer you hold the button, the further you'll through it. You can only have one stick of dynamite on the screen at any time, and it is also possible to blow yourself up and lose a life. You only have three seconds to play around with the dynamite and the count is clearly shown, so you'll need to work with the dynamite quickly.
When you go further into the country, you'll start seeing traps such as mouse traps that will activate when you step on them, guard dogs that move back and forth if they're not punching at you, hens that throw eggs at you, and police officers that move faster than the guard dogs.
Believe it or not, when you go through future levels, the levels will play differently. Some enemies and hazards will show up; other times, they will be completely absent.
Enemies will sometimes leave treasure; pick them up for points/money. You'll need to get rich to earn some extra lives. You'll get an extra life every 20,000 points.
Some traps, such as mouse traps and the rakes that you'll see on the third screen, work better if you get close enough to them without tripping them. Hold Down, press B, then get away from the dynamite you just dropped. That'll do it.
If you get hit by anything, you will lose a life both figuratively and literally. You can get that life back when it drops out of you in the form of a heart, but you'll barely have enough time to grab it. It is possible to get hit multiple times in a row and lose multiples lives in a row as a result...so watch out.
You can push things by moving into them. There is a box on the third screen you'll need to move to get up a huge wall of crates.
Walk off the edge of a platform from a high height instead of jumping off. Jumping will cause Daffy to be briefly stunned as soon as he lands, while walking off the edge does not.
To beat Bugs Bunny, you'll need to avoid the mouse traps as well as the exclamation points that briefly show where the sixteen-ton weights Bugs is throwing will land. This is the easiest boss battle by far, but they will get harder. Once you avoid everything, touch the treasure chest to end the level. You'll see your score and password as Daffy Duck flies around, then you can play a bonus game that while fun, doesn't even give you any extra lives. You'll then move on to the next stage.
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