Talk:DuckTales (video game)/Archive 1

Labeling
Shouldn't it just be "game" between the brackets, instead of "video game"? --Retodon8 14:27, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * No, it is supposed to be (video game), as it is with all computer video games here on the Wikipedia. --Abdull 21:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Not an instant classic?! A pox on you!

Other games by this name
there are other games by the name DuckTales. The Gameboy version is quite similar (as it was created by the same developers). A PC game exists, but it is totally different from this DuckTales. --Abdull 21:14, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the NES version is unique, all the other versions are very different. The PC and Amiga versions are near idential. 84.231.99.112 20:41, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

That's not true, the Game Boy version IS similar to the NES version, the levels are almost the same.--sanjuro 22:19, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Alternate Ending?
Not a single mention of the alternate Ending Screen? or did I just allucinated this back then? You had to get lots of money (can't remember how much). Vicco Lizcano 15:13, 11 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I added the info on the alternate ending and also on the hidden treasures in the game Elhector 23:34, 30 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Can't someone just post a pic of the alternate ending? I know that this would be a spoiler but come on, it's been over 20 years since the game's release. So if anybody hasn't played the game by now then they never will. Sarujo 06:18, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I did a quick search on google for an image but couldn't find one. I have the game rom and an emulator so I supposed I could just beat the game and get the alternate ending and take a screenshot.  That will probably take me a while though, I don't have a lot of time right now for NES gaming :-) Elhector 17:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey, it states that one of the secret treasures is mirror. But all I remember finding was a ring and this ridged gold block. Sarujo 04:43, 2 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there's the ring and then there's the one that looks like a square gold plate. The gold plate is actually supposed to be a golden mirror.  That's what most sources describe it as.  I'm pretty sure that's what they called it in Nintendo Power years and years ago as well. Elhector 17:20, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Check www.vgmuseum.com they should have a screenshot of the alternate ending.Vicco Lizcano (talk) 15:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC) (Hey! Listen!)

I just checked yesterday and they don't have this game's ending anymore.Vicco Lizcano (talk) 16:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC) (Hey! Listen!)

Game Boy version difference
IIRC the Game Boy version had a little but important difference in the controls: in the NES version you have to press B+down while on air to use the cane as a pogo stick. Instead, both in the GB version and in Duck Tales 2, you do not need to press down. This is a great improvement. (If you need to use the cane while jumping as a golf swing, you need to press left or right (ONLY) while pressing B). --Lo&#39;oris 20:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Censorship?
"The japanese version of the game also did not feature any of the censorship present in the United States release of the game." What censorship? It isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article. If somebody knows what censorship is about, can he or she please add it to the article?VDZ 20:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's false. The game is based on a Disney cartoon, and the game was released in the US before it was in Japan. I believe the statement should be removed. ~ Hibana 01:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, in the United States Nintendo of America had a long standing policy to ban any images of any religious origin. That's why for instance in the transylvania level of duck tales in the japanese version you will notice there are crosses on the caskets in the background that are not present in the American version of the game. Elhector 08:06, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey that can't be true. I have copy of the DuckTales game at home and played it many times. My copy is American, and doesn't feature censoring of the crosses in Transylvania. Sarujo 09:26, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I have the America version of the game for my NES and I have the Japanese version for my Famicom. If you'd like I could take screenshot of each, the crosses are definately not on the coffins in the American version and they are on the coffins in the Japanese cartridge.  I just check both versions about 10 minutes ago. Elhector 18:00, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Release date
I don't know jack about the release date in Japan or Europe, but I am almost 100% positive that this game came out in 1989, not 1990 in the US. I don't have a source with a precise date yet, but I am digging around trying to find one. I do recall and have handy that it was on the cover of issue 8 (Sept/Oct 1989) of Nintendo Power. They did have games featured in the magazine that ended up getting delayed, but usually the title was released within the cover date period. Either way, I'm going to try to get to the bottom of this when it isn't so late. MMAACKS 05:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:VG assessment
I'm going to keep this at Start. Here's why: Additional citations, sorting out of plot/character section, and expanded plot and gameplay sections would probably be enough to give you a B. Hope this helps, Una LagunaTalk 07:23, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * There aren't many references, though I understand getting them may be difficult for a game released in 1990. Consider using the cite web template for the current refs: WP:CITET.
 * The levels section should be converted to a plot synopsis section and de-listified (i.e. normal prose). The character section should also be converted to "normal" prose. Usually they're two subsections of a "Story" section.
 * Development has a lot of short one- or two-sentence paragraphs. These are to be avoided like the plague.
 * Critical Reception section requires expansion if possible.
 * The Gameplay section is a little short.


 * I'll try and scan the pages from the Consumer Guide book Hot Tips for the Coolest Nintendo Games and provide links to the pages. That might helpout some as seeing that the featured screenshots were from the beta version and not the final. You know, it's times like this that make one wish that Nintendo Power Archived all their out of print back Issues online. As that would benefit Wikipedia a great deal. Sarujo 03:17, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, I tried to put links to the pages that scanned, but a bot called Antispambot remove them as I uploaded the pages to Photobucket. Now I would never upload an image and then put up a link here if I didn't think it would be beneficial to Wikipedia. Sarujo 14:25, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

BetacommandBot 05:30, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Alternate Ending
I posted the image of the alternate ending a long time ago under the user name Timesnine. Now, I notice it's gone and I can no longer upload a new one as I don;t have a recent account. I have the image still if people think it's a good addition. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.138.114 (talk) 04:42, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I posted a link to the image. Anyone with the ability to upload, please do. It is my image, I took the picture myself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.76.138.114 (talk) 05:02, 29 January 2009 (UTC)