Part nostalgia-bomb, part note-taking and part FAQ, what started in GameTrailers as a video game blog is now on Blogger. This blog is a look back at video games, both popular and obscure, from the video game industry's infancy all the way to the previous console generation.
Oh, my. As the gravity allows for higher jumps on the moon's surface, you'll be taking on moon squids (I guess), robot moon ducks, aliens and more.
Be sure to explore as much of the UFO as you can. This allows you to find the UFO key, one of the hidden treasures, and some secret compartments.
One of the chests contains the UFO Key. You'll need this to walk past the locked door and get the remote control, which allows Gizmo to blow up the wall that blocks your path to the underground when you leave the UFO and go right. If you go up from where the remote control is, you'll find Mrs. Beakley again. That's really nice if you're needing the health, but getting to it is harder than it should be to the point that unless you're really good at bouncing off the enemies here, it's not worth it.
The can on the level just below the top leads to a hidden room with hidden treasures if you knock it right and pogo your way to the left off of it.
The top of the UFO leads you to a hidden treasure if you can make it all the way to the right. Inside the chest is a golden tile (or something) that gives you another cool million.
The boss here is a rat. He'll either run to one of the lower corners or jump to one of the higher corners. He has no set pattern, so start pogoing and do this the entire time. After five hits with the pogo attack, you'll get a piece of green cheese worth one million. At over $2.5 million, this is probably the biggest haul in the game.
When you beat all five lands, you'll have to return to Transylvania to get all your treasures back! A new challenger...comes!
You remember how to get through Transylvania, right? Just go through that fake wall leading to the two mirrors again and go through the mirror on the right, then head to the boss like normal.
Don't worry about collecting any treasure, there isn't any here.
The boss here is Dracula Duck. Bounce off the bats he sends at you with the pogo attack, then pogo him on the head. He's really easy, but that's not the end when you beat him! You'll have to race Flintheart Glomgold to the treasure box at the top of the room so he won't replace you as the richest duck in the world!
When you make it to the top before Glomgold, you did it! Enjoy the ending! This time, I completed the game with more than $10 million, so enjoy seeing Scrooge wearing a crown!
Don't pogo on the snow, or you'll get stuck. Thankfully, you can leap out by simply jumping. Also, if you go all the way to the right, you'll find a secret path leading underground.
Once you're underground, watch out for icicles that fall from the ceiling when you get close enough to them. As you move around, you'll find that using the pogo stick attack also helps you jump higher than usual. You'll definitely want to make use of that here. Also, watch out for the icy floors; just tapping the direction you want to go once is enough to make you skid.
Leap to the left after talking to Huey. You'll find an invincibility medal. This makes it easier to move further to the left, where you'll find Bubba the Caveman. The icicles will fall when you get close to them.
There's also another invincibility medal in one of the ice blocks en route to Huey as well.
When you find Bubba the Caveman encased in ice, move the steel can to the left wall so you can pogo into him. He'll open up a wall which contains a chest. Inside is a starburst, which gives you an additional hit on your health meter. Saving this as the second one to get is well-advised.
There are a few secret areas here. One of them involves pogoing into the air and jumping through the gaps in the ceiling, while another involves pogoing left off of a Beagle Boy and pushing those steel cans away. The first one contains an extra life if you jump all the way to the left.
The hockey ducks knock blocks into you, with their hockey swing acting like your golf swing. After that, they're pretty easy to deal with. Watch out for the spiders as you go through the deeper levels.
Move out of the way of the boulder as you climb the rope.
To the left of the Beagle Boy near the end is some hidden treasure. Pogo off the guy to the left and smack the cans out of the way to reach it.
The boss here is the yeti. To beat him, hit him in the head with the pogo attack and avoid the snowballs that come down when he punches the wall before hitting him again. He's pretty easy. He'll go down after five hits, like all the other bosses.
When you beat a boss, you'll get a treasure chest. Open it up for a crown that's worth a million dollars.
When you go to the African Mines, you'll find out that you'll need a key to go in. You'll be taken back to Transylvania. From there, enter the first mirror you see and open the chest to get the skeleton key for the mine. You'll then return to the world select screen, so go to the African Mines again.
The slugs are vanilla enemies, the bats try to dive into you as soon as you pass by, and the man-eating plants are basically invulnerable to your pogo attack. The bats can be taken care of with a golf swing to a nearby rock (assuming the rock connects), but you can wait for them to dive down, move out of the way so they miss and pogo them from there.
Look around for secret passageways and fake walls. You'll be able to find quite a few extra lives if you know where to look.
When you whack one of the rocks into that giant boulder, move out of the way!
Somewhere in the mine, you can find Mrs. Beakley, who will throw four ice creams your way so you can refill your health. The pit there might seem endless, but jump all the way to the right and use your pogo attack, and you'll bounce off four green guys who jump right out of the pit and act as a bridge. Once you make it past this pit, break the chest you find open and take the magic ring. You'll get an extra million.
The boss is the King of the Terra-Firmians. Wait for him to roll around the room and move out of his way, then pogo him on the head. When you beat him, you'll get a gemstone that's worth a million dollars. Congratulations, you just robbed more than $2.4 million out of an abandoned mine shaft.
Whenever you see a coffin, hit it with your gold swing. You may be able to find some treasure. Watch out, as you may find ghosts, too! Be sure to use it on the suits of armor as well. Either the head will fall off or the head will change into a treasure box.
The rope you see after meeting Webby will take you to Huey when you go left. Take out the Beagle Boy - who just moves back and forth and is in some important areas - and talk to Huey, and he'll tell you about the "illusion wall" in the house. Turns out there's a fake wall in this level. If you go to the left of Huey, you can find another invincibility medal that way.
Keep going right in the same area with Huey and the mummies and you'll find a fake wall. The chest inside has another starburst icon, which will bring your HP to the maximum of five hits. Don't even bother golf swinging the coffins here, as both of them have ghosts.
The mummies are restricted by the ball and chain locked on them. Take them out of their misery by using the golf-swing on the ball to get them out of your way. You can also pogo onto their heads if you can.
The rope just before the fake wall area takes you to a seemingly unattainable chest in mid-air. Hit the rock to the left of it with the golf swing and it'll rocket into the chest, giving you an extra life. The mirror to the right takes you to the first minecart segment. Duck to avoid any low-hanging ceilings. Jumping out is simple: just hold the direction you want to go and jump.
There's another fake wall below the mirror that takes you to another room with two mirrors. This is the "illusion wall" that Huey must have been talking about. The mirror to the left takes you back to the beginning, while the one to the right takes you to the boss.
There are mine carts, but I never use them because they're not on the path that I am on. Pressing Down on the D-Pad allows you to duck down to avoid low ceilings, and holding Left or Right and pressing A will allow you to jump out of the mine cart when it's about to drop into a pit.
This is the only area where you won't find Launchpad. You'll have to get through this area as quickly as possible to get the most money.
The boss here is Magica De Spell. She turns herself into a bird, then drops down and tries to zap you with lightning bolts. When she stops before she drops down, be ready to jump and hit her with the pogo attack. Sometimes, she'll fly low enough for you to pogo her without having to wait.
When you beat her, you'll get a gold coin (which I kept thinking was something else that was gold-plated) and a cool million.
Note: this game assumes you're playing on the Normal difficulty. You can also choose Easy or Difficult on the title screen. Easy gives you more health.
You also get a land select screen that allows you to play the game's five levels in any order you choose. We'll be going from top to bottom this time around as we go for $10 million and the best ending. You know what to do at this point: play as Scrooge McDuck, explore the game's levels, beat the bosses, get all the treasures as well as the hidden ones in some of the stages, and stay the world's richest duck.
Left and Right left you move around, Down lets you duck, and A jumps. To attack, you'll need to hold Down and press B in mid-air to get into a pogo stick position, then hold Down in order to keep bouncing. You can hold Down-Left and Down-Right to move and pogo at the same time. Use this attack to not only beat up enemies and destroy blocks, but also to open chests.
Bigger gems are worth more than smaller ones, and red gems are worth more than orange ones. Ice cream will refill one unit of health, while cakes will refill all of your health. Be sure to jump around and pogo around everywhere, as you'll never know when a hidden item will pop up.
Scrooge McDuck dolls give you extra lives.
If you go up to a solid object and keep moving into it, Scrooge McDuck will go into a golf swing pose. Keep holding the D-Pad toward the object and press B to swing the club. This allows you to move drums and blocks but also allows you to smack certain things to get gems - or enemies - out of them.
The red plants cannot be hurt; don't even bother trying to defeat them.
The spiders move up and down when you approach them; wait for them to move back up before moving under them.
When you go underground shortly after the start, smack the can to the statue to pogo left over the wall. There are some pick-ups here, but there's more! On the way back up, go left first. You'll find another secret area!
Use the pogo attack to get across the spikes unscathed.
The bees move around in a sine wave pattern and can be a bit of a pain. Pogo attack them only if you really have to.
Use the pogo attack to grab on to the rope at the bottom of Launchpad McQuack's plane. Press Down to let go, but watch out for bees!
Be careful on the rock bridge. It will fall and easily take you with it if you rest for even a second. I usually pogo across.
Whenever you see Launchpad McQuack, you have a chance to return to the land select screen. You'll only be able to do this once, so be sure you have all the money you need before doing this. Thankfully, it's free. From here, you can start over and get all the stuff you picked up all over again; the only difference is that Launchpad will be gone.
Speaking of Launchpad, go left of where he is and across the ceiling to get some gems.
There is a bonus level you can get from taking the ride back to Duckberg and the land select screen. You need a 7 in the ten thousands digit of your current score (e.g.; 170,000), and if you can do that, you'll get an auto-scrolling section where Gyro Gearloose will drop treasure down as you keep heading left. The extra treasure can help if you can get it!
After Launchpad, there will be a boulder; keep moving right and pogo over the spikes to get past it.
The guys with the spears will throw spears at you. At the statue head where you start seeing them, jump up to spawn a chest. The chest contains an M medal, which gives you temporary invincibility that kills any enemy that touches you as you flash and the special music plays. You don't want that, however; instead, bounce straight up off the chest into the gap in the ceiling with the pogo attack, then hold Up on the D-Pad to grab a rope. This takes you to a shortcut you can take straight to the boss. Not taking the shortcut will take you to a statue who will force you to pay $300,000 to continue to the boss. You don't want to pay all that hard-earned money, so take the shortcut.
To beat the boss, jump on its head with the pogo attack, then get in the air when the boss jumps up and hits the ground to avoid being stunned by the earthquake. After five hits, the boss goes down. Open up the chest to get your hands on the scepter, which is worth a cool million. You'll also get bonus money based on the amount of time you have left.
The layout here is very different. Instead of having to go up to enter the UFO and to the right to face the boss, you have to go through the UFO on both trips in order to get to the boss. You'll have to go all the way up and to the left to get the UFO Key (be sure to pogo off those spikes!), then go back down to the second floor and go all the way to the right to get the remote control for Gizmoduck. Amazingly, the layout for the UFO is a lot more linear than on NES.
And yes, you have to go all the way up and to the right to get the hidden treasure. Once you get it, though, you can climb down and use the platforms and the topes to get to the boss. You can also take a shortcut to the right of where you found the remote control to get to the boss faster.
Enemies here include the octopi that move back and forth, the aliens that walk back and forth on the ground and the cyborg ducks that fly in, drop down, then hop forward to try and punch you. Yes, they'll also try to get in your way on the narrow areas on the Game Boy version, too. You also have the floor and ceiling spikes that you'll have to pogo across and avoid, respectively.
The boss you'll face after a couple of Beagle Boys is a moon rat. Be ready to jump on it with the pogo attack and stay away from it as it flashes. Sometimes it will run to the end of the room; other times, it will jump to the side platforms and then back down. After a couple of hits, the moon rat will go down and you'll get a million dollars.
If you want all your treasures back, you'll have to head to Transylvania face Dracula Duck.
At the start, go up, then go left and take the next rope (or use the mirror to teleport upwards. From here go down and take the mirror to the right, then drop down.
To beat Dracula Duck, give yourself some distance and stay on the ground so that the bat he throws can vertically track you, then pogo attack off the bat and onto Dracula Duck's head. It doesn't look like you can hit him as he is blinking before teleporting away, but you can.
After hitting Dracula Duck enough time, Magica de Spell and Flintheart Glomgold show up. Just like on NES, climb up the rope and drop down to the chest at the top before they go up there to beat the game. You just beat DuckTales on Game Boy!
Just like on NES, you have the snow bunnies that move back and forth and jump straight up as well as the
If you pogo to the left after going down the second rope at the start, you'll find Mrs. Beakley, but nothing else.
The hockey ducks move back and forth and strike blocks.
You'll have to go all the way down to find Bubba, but you'll have to go further out of your way to get to him. If you do it, you'll get your other hit point extension.
Hold left after going down the first rope at the start for treasure.
If you know where to look, you can get a lot of extra lives, especially if you talk to Launchpad to get more money.
Get off the rope to avoid the boulder on the way to the boss. The platform ride is amazingly much similar.
The boss here is the yeti. Just pogo on the yeti's head to defeat it. Only three snowballs will fall in random places when the yeti hits the wall. Beat the yeti to get another million dollars.
When you head to the African Mines, you'll find out that you need to go to Transylvania to get the key. Just go right, enter the first mirror you see, and you'll be able to get the key out of a chest. From here, you can enter the other mirror and head back to the African Mines.
When you make your way down, there is a hidden passage on the ceiling to the right. Sadly, destroying the chest is impossible because of how the game treats one-block gaps. If you go further down and pogo to the left, you'll find a hidden ring.
Hit the coal bins for money. Just don't hit the ones near the hidden ring. The duck-eating plants show up if you do.
Use you pogo attack to jump across the water off enemies' heads.
Jump into the mine cart and get out. You don't need it.
There is a hidden wall to the right of Mrs. Beakley (not "Mrs. Duckley!") where you can find more money. Mrs. Beakley will throw ice cream at you to refill your health.
The boss here is the King of the Terrafirmians. To beat him, pogo attack on his head, then get away from him or jump over him when he rolls around the room. You'll soon be able to beat him for another million dollars.
The skeleton ducks will run back and forth, falling apart and coming back together when they hit a wall.
Some of the suits of armor have chests in them. The chests will come out and slide to you if you find them. If there is no chest, it will be the helmet. Some of the "RIP" coffins have things in them that you can find if you smack them, too.
The mummies can be taken out with the pogo attack or by smacking the ball from their ball and chain into them.
If you go right, up the rope, right again, all the way up the next rope and then left, you'll find an illusion wall that contains a starburst that gives you an extra hit point.
In the mine carts, you'll need to hold Up and forwards and then press A to get out of them. Why this is harder to do than on NES, I will never know. Down lets you duck to avoid low ceilings.
Despite the maze-like layout of the level, the layout is still pretty linear, and it's pretty easy to find the boss room. To beat Magica de Spell, wait for her to drop down, then pogo attack her on the top of her head before she tries to zap you. Four hits will do you in and get you another million dollars.
If you've played through the NES version of this game, you'll know what to do here: pick a difficulty, pick one of five worlds, then go through them all as Uncle Scrooge, beat them all and hopefully win the game with more than $10 million to stay the richest duck in the world. The only difference is that the levels are pretty scrunched up, the game sounds a little different and getting out of the mine carts is a pain in the ass (more on that later).
At the top of the screen, you have your total amount of money, your current amount of lives, your current amount of money, your current hit points and the amount of time you have left.
Left and Right let you move around, Down crouches and A jumps. Holding Down and pressing B lets you do a pogo stick attack, and you can continue to hold B while moving left or right to continue bouncing in that direction. The pogo stick attack allows you to defeat enemies and break chests to get the items inside. If you bounce around, you can also find hidden treasures. Up and Down lets you grab onto a vine and climb up and down it.
Hitting things by holding the D-Pad towards them and pressing B can sometimes give you treasures. Try it out. Jewels with dark outlines are worth more with lighter outlines.
Ice cream cones replenish one hit point. Cakes refill three hit points. Scrooge McDuck dolls give you extra lives.
The spiders move up and down, and you'll need to whack the boulders with Forward+B to send them diagonally into the air. Use the pogo stick attack to bounce over spike pits.
Sometimes you can pogo up to the top of walls and move further. This will allow yo enter some hidden rooms.
The bees with move up and down as they fly forward, and you can pogo attack off the top of them if you can time it right.
The man-eating plants cannot be beaten with the pogo stick attack, so don't even try.
Use the pogo stick attack to reach Launchpad's rope underneath his plane, and press Up to grab the rope. When you drop down, keep going to cross the fallaway bridge.
If you see Launchpad outside of his plan, you can ride back to Duckberg and pick another stage. You'll also bank the current amount of money you have. If you go back to the stage where you met Launchpad before and try to meet with him again, you'll find out he's gone (just like on NES).
The spear guys will throw their spears. Jump over the spears and pogo the guys in the head.
There is a statue that will force you to pay $300,000 of your current money to pass through, but if you go left from where you start seeing the spear guys, you'll find a shortcut that takes you straight to the boss.
The boss here is a giant statue that moves back and forth and jumps up to shake the ground every so often. Hit it with a pogo attack to the top of the head when it is on the ground, and jump up to avoid being stunned by the earthquake from the statue's jump. After four hits, you'll get the chest that contains the scepter. The main treasure for each stage gives you an instant $1 million.
And now, the epic conclusion to DuckTales for NES!
The Moon
Oh, my. As the gravity allows for higher jumps on the moon's surface, you'll be taking on moon squids (I guess), robot moon ducks, aliens and more.
Be sure to explore as much of the UFO as you can. This allows you to find the UFO key, one of the hidden treasures, and some secret compartments.
One of the chests contains the UFO Key. You'll need this to walk past the locked door and get the remote control, which allows Gizmo to blow up the wall that blocks your path to the underground when you leave the UFO and go right. If you go up from where the remote control is, you'll find Mrs. Beakley again. That's really nice if you're needing the health. Thanks, game.
The can on the level just below the top leads to a hidden room with hidden treasures if you knock it right and pogo your way to the left off of it.
The top of the UFO leads you to a hidden treasure if you can make it all the way to the right. Inside the chest is a golden tile (or something) that gives you another cool million.
The boss here is a rat. He'll either run to one of the lower corners or jump to one of the higher corners. He has no set pattern, so start pogoing and do this the entire time. After five hits with the pogo attack, you'll get a piece of green cheese worth one million. At over $2.5 million, this is probably the biggest haul in the game.
When you beat all five lands, you'll have to return to Transylvania to get all your treasures back! A new challenger...comes!
The Finale
You remember how to get through Transylvania, right? Just go through that fake wall again and go through the mirror on the right, then head to the boss like normal.
Don't worry about collecting any treasure, there isn't any here.
The boss here is Dracula Duck. Bounce off the bats he sends at you with the pogo attack, then pogo him on the head. He's really easy, but that's not the end when you beat him! You'll have to race Flintheart Glomgold to the treasure box at the top of the room so he won't replace you as the richest duck in the world!
When you make it to the top before Glomgold, you did it! Enjoy the ending! Believe it or not, there's one for when you finish with less than $10 million and one for when you beat the game with more than $10 million, though I fail to mention this because, once again, I forgot.
It's time to tackle two more stages on the quest to get even richer!
African Mines
When you go to the African Mines, you'll find out that you'll need a key to go in. You'll be taken back to Transylvania. From there, enter the first mirror you see and open the chest to get the skeleton key for the mine. You'll then return to the world select screen, so go to the African Mines again.
The slugs are vanilla enemies, the bats try to dive into you as soon as you pass by, and the man-eating plants are basically invulnerable to your pogo attack. The bats can be taken care of with a golf swing to a nearby rock (assuming the rock connects), but you can wait for them to dive down, move out of the way so they miss and pogo them from there.
Look around for secret passageways and fake walls. You'll be able to find quite a few extra lives if you know where to look.
When you whack one of the rocks into that giant boulder, move out of the way!
Somewhere in the mine, you can find Mrs. Beakley, who will throw four ice creams your way so you can refill your health. The pit there might seem endless, but jump all the way to the right and use your pogo attack, and you'll bounce off four green guys who jump right out of the pit and act as a bridge. Once you make it past this pit, break the chest you find open and take the magic ring. You'll get an extra million.
The boss is the King of the Terra-Firmians. Wait for him to roll around the room and move out of his way, then pogo him on the head. When you beat him, you'll get a gemstone that's worth a million dollars. Congratulations, you just robbed approximately $2.2 million out of an abandoned mine shaft.
The Amazon
Despite the cheery music here, this level can be annoying, so don't be surprised if you choose this as your first level because it's the first choice and you get slightly frustrated.
Hit every tree trunk at ground level with the golf swing, as they all contain diamonds.
The snakes can extend their heads upwards when you get close, which can make hitting them with the pogo attack a pain.
When you go underground, pogo up to the top of the statue and pogo again to the left. You'll find a secret area with some treasure and ice cream. From there, go back to the right side of the room, pogo to the left and you'll find another secret area. Here, you can find some more treasure as well as an extra life.
The bees move around in a sine wave pattern. Thankfully, once you have the speed and the pattern down, they're not a big deal.
If you jump left from where Launchpad is (don't take that ride!) you'll find another secret area. When you cross the pit with Launchpad, leap off when Launchpad is at his highest point.
The treasure box near the spear-throwing guy takes you to a secret vine that lets you bypass the statue that wants you to pay $300,000 of the money you've collected to pass. Unfortunately, I forgot all about that shortcut, which means I end up being short $300,000. Regardless of which path you choose, you'll have to face the statue boss anyway. If you take the long path, be sure to jump into the air on one of the platforms to get a hidden invincibility medal.
This boss is really easy. Hit him when he's on the ground and watch out for that jump of his. Five hits scores you a million-dollar scepter.
To attack enemies, hold Down and B while in mid-air so you can land on them cane-first. Then, take the treasure they leave behind! You'll need to get money to get the best ending! You also have a golf swing that you can use to push blocks around as well as break some of them. Just move into a block, hold forward on the D-Pad and press B. That's all there is to it.
When you attack or move into certain spots, you'll find some hidden treasure chests. Hit them to break them open and find even more treasure!
Scrooge McDuck dolls give you extra lives. You won't find them a lot, but when you find one, go for it.
Collect ice cream and other foods to refill your life. You have three hits, so be careful!
As you move through the worlds, you'll meet other characters from the show. They give you hints as to what to do in the level. They don't say very much, mostly because they're relegated to three lines of screen space (usually).
This level can be very confusing unless you know where to go.
The rocks can be destroyed with the pogo attack, as can the enemies: skeleton ducks (which can only be hit when they're in motion) and the heads of suits of armor. Ghosts are hard to avoid and somewhat track your horizontal position.
At the beginning of the level, you'll meet Webby, who tells you that Huey has been kidnapped. There is an invincibility medal in a hidden chest in mid-air to the left of Webby.
Whenever you see a coffin, hit it with your gold swing. You may be able to find some treasure. Watch out, as you may find enemies, too! Be sure to use it on the suits of armor as well. Either the head will fall off or the head will change into a treasure box.
The rope you see after meeting Webby will take you to Huey when you go left. Take out the Beagle Boy and talk to Huey, and he'll tell you about the "illusion wall" in the house. Turns out there's a fake wall in this level. If you go to the left of Huey, you can find another invincibility medal that way.
The mummies are restricted by the ball and chain locked on them. Take them out of their misery by using the golf-swing on the ball to get them out of your way. You can also pogo onto their heads if you can.
Keep going right in the same area with Huey and the mummies and you'll find a fake wall. The chest inside has another star, which will bring your HP to the maximum of five hits. Don't even bother golf swinging the coffins here, as both of them have ghosts.
The rope just before the fake wall area takes you to a seemingly unattainable chest in mid-air. Hit the rock to the left of it with the golf swing and it'll rocket into the chest, giving you an extra life. The mirror to the right takes you to the first minecart segment. Duck to avoid any low-hanging ceilings. Jumping out is simple: just hold the direction you want to go and jump.
There's another fake wall below the mirror that takes you to another room with two mirrors. This is the "illusion wall" that Huey must have been talking about. The mirror to the left takes you back to the beginning, while the one to the right takes you to the boss.
The boss here is Magica De Spell. She turns herself into a bird, then drops down and tries to zap you with lightning bolts. When she stops before she drops down, be ready to jump and hit her with the pogo attack. Sometimes, she'll fly low enough for you to pogo her without having to wait.
When you beat her, you'll get a gold coin (which I kept thinking was something else that was gold-plated) and a cool million. You'll also get money for every second you have left on the clock.
The Himalayas
Don't pogo on the snow, or you'll get stuck. Thankfully, you can leap out by simply jumping. Also, if you go all the way to the right, you'll find a secret path leading underground.
Once you're underground, watch out for icicles that fall from the ceiling. As you move around, you'll find that using the pogo stick attack also helps you jump higher than usual. You'll definitely want to make use of that, since you're going to be using it the entire game.
Leap to the left after talking to Huey. You'll find an invincibility medal. This makes it easier to move further to the left, where you'll find Bubba the Caveman. The icicles will fall when you get close to them.
There's also another invincibility medal in one of the ice blocks en route to Huey as well.
When you find Bubba the Caveman encased in ice, move the steel can to the left wall so you can pogo into him. He'll open up a wall which contains a chest. Inside is a little starburst shaped item, which gives you an additional hit on your health meter.
There are a few secret areas here. One of them involves pogoing into the air and jumping through the gaps in the ceiling, while another involves pogoing left off of a Beagle Boy and pushing those steel cans away. The first one contains an extra life if you jump all the way to the left.
The hockey ducks knock blocks into you, with their hockey swing acting like your golf swing. After that, they're pretty easy to deal with. The spiders are just annoying and get in your path unless you jump low, and the bunnies are just vanilla enemies. Ditto for the Beagle Boys.
Move out of the way of the boulder as you climb the rope.
If you talk to Launchpad, you can go back to Duckberg and choose another level. If you select Yes and you have a 7 in the ten-thousandth place of the amount of money you've collected in the level, you'll get a bonus level before you return to the level select screen. Here, you'll be moving to the left as Gyro Gearloose flies in that direction and drops gems for you to pick up. You won't get a lot of money if you collect all the gems, but it's still something.
The boss here is the yeti. To beat him, hit him in the head with the pogo attack and avoid the snowballs that come down when he punches the wall before hitting him again. He's pretty easy. He'll go down after five hits, like all the other bosses.
When you beat a boss, you'll get a treasure chest. Open it up and you'll find a treasure unique to that level - in this case, it's a crown that's worth a million dollars.
You remember how to get through Transylvania, right? Just go through that fake wall again and go through the mirror on the right, then head to the boss like normal.
Don't worry about collecting any treasure, there isn't any here.
The boss here is Dracula Duck. Bounce off the bats he sends at you with the pogo attack, then pogo him on the head. He's really easy, but that's not the end when you beat him! You'll have to race Flintheart Glomgold to the treasure box at the top of the room so he won't replace you as the richest duck in the world!
When you make it to the top before Glomgold, you did it! Enjoy the ending!
This is the part where we go on the moon and do moon things.
The Moon
Oh, my. As the gravity allows for higher jumps on the moon's surface, you'll be taking on moon squids (I guess), robot moon ducks, aliens and more.
One of the chests contains the UFO Key. You'll need this to walk past the locked door and get the remote control, which allows Gizmo to blow up the wall that blocks your path to the underground when you leave the UFO and go right. If you go up from where the remote control is, you'll find Mrs. Beakley again. That's really nice if you're needing the health. Thanks, game.
The top of the UFO leads you to a hidden treasure if you can make it all the way to the right. Inside the chest is a golden tile (or something) that gives you another cool million.
The boss here is a rat. He'll either run to one of the lower corners or jump to one of the higher corners. He has no set pattern, so start pogoing and do this the entire time. After five hits with the pogo attack, you'll get a piece of green cheese worth one million. At over $2.5 million, this is probably the biggest haul in the game.
When you beat all five lands, you'll have to return to Transylvania to get all your treasures back! A new challenger...comes!
We now go through the Amazon, which not only has a toll booth near the end of the stage...but also a warp!
The Amazon
Despite the cheery music here, this level can be annoying, so don't be surprised if you choose this as your first level because it's the first choice and you get slightly frustrated.
Hit every tree trunk at ground level with the golf swing, as they all contain diamonds.
The snakes can extend their heads upwards when you get close, which can make hitting them with the pogo attack a pain.
When you go underground, pogo up to the top of the statue and pogo again to the left. You'll find a secret area with some treasure and ice cream. From there, go back to the right side of the room, pogo to the left and you'll find another secret area. Here, you can find some more treasure as well as an extra life.
The bees move around in a sine wave pattern. Thankfully, once you have the speed and the pattern down, they're not a big deal.
If you jump left from where Launchpad is (don't take that ride!) you'll find another secret area.
The treasure box near the beginning of the section with the spear-throwing guys takes you to a secret vine that lets you bypass the statue that wants you to pay $300000 of the money you've collected to pass. Regardless of which path you choose, you'll have to face the statue boss anyway.
This boss is really easy. Hit him when he's on the ground and watch out for that jump of his. Five hits scores you a million-dollar scepter.
We go to the African Mines, but sadly, we don't learn anything about how to mine an Africa.
African Mines
When you go to the African Mines, you'll find out that you'll need a key to go in. You'll be taken back to Transylvania. From there, enter the first mirror you see and open the chest to get the skeleton key for the mine. You'll then return to the world select screen, so go to the African Mines again.
The slugs are vanilla enemies, the bats try to dive into you as soon as you pass by, and the man-eating plants are basically invulnerable to your pogo attack. The bats can be taken care of with a golf swing to a nearby rock (assuming the rock connects), but you can wait for them to dive down, move out of the way so they miss and pogo them from there.
Look around for secret passageways and fake walls. You'll be able to find quite a few extra lives if you know where to look.
When you whack one of the rocks into that giant boulder, move out of the way!
Somewhere in the mine, you can find Mrs. Beakley, who will throw four ice creams your way so you can refill your health. The pit there might seem endless, but jump all the way to the right and use your pogo attack, and you'll bounce off four green guys who jump right out of the pit and act as a bridge. Once you make it past this pit, break the chest you find open and take the magic ring. You'll get an extra million.
The boss is the King of the Terra-Firmians. Wait for him to roll around the room and move out of his way, then pogo him on the head. When you beat him, you'll get a gemstone that's worth a million dollars. Congratulations, you just robbed $2.2 million out of an abandoned mine shaft.
