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Original NES The Amazon gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.

Original NES The Amazon gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.

NES · 1989 · 6 guides & references

Key characters

Original North American NES DuckTales front packaging.
Playable treasure hunter

Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge crosses all five lands with his cane swing and pogo jump. He gathers the lost treasures while keeping an eye on health, the stage timer and the money carried on the current visit.

Scrooge is the central figure on the original NES cover.

Launchpad sprite from the original NES game.
Pilot and return route

Launchpad McQuack

Launchpad can offer a trip back to the control room from a land. Use his offer deliberately when banking money or changing plans; a return flight is a limited opportunity on that visit.

Launchpad sprite from the original NES game.

Huey sprite from the original NES game.
Family guide

Huey

Huey is one of Scrooge's nephews who supplies hints during the journey. In Transylvania his message helps connect the rooms to the route toward the boss.

Huey sprite from the original NES game.

Webby sprite archived as Webbigail by NESmaps.
Explorer and hint giver

Webby

Webby appears among the helpers in the treasure lands. Her conversations belong to the original exploration route, so stop to read them before assuming an apparently closed room has nothing more to offer.

Webby sprite archived as Webbigail by NESmaps.

Characters

Artwork & pictures

Original NES The Amazon gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES The Amazon gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES Transylvania gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES Transylvania gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES African Mines gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES African Mines gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES The Himalayas gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.
Original NES The Himalayas gameplay, captured for NESmaps stage selection.

Pictures & sources

References

Covered edition: Original 1989 NES game. The Game Boy adaptation, DuckTales 2 and the 2013 DuckTales: Remastered have different maps, controls or systems and are outside this wiki.