{"id":2423,"date":"2013-03-04T18:25:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2423"},"modified":"2013-03-04T18:25:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:25:52","slug":"my-top-100-14-ducktales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2423","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #14 – DuckTales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1989 – Capcom (Nintendo, Game Boy)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sorry for the delay, but I had to take a week to disconnect from the world, recharge my batteries and get stuff taken care of…\u00a0 now, where the heck was I?<\/p>\n

Ah yes, DuckTales<\/em>.\u00a0 As I’ve said before, Capcom handled the Disney franchise pretty damn well.\u00a0 From Mickey’s Mousecapade<\/em> all the way through to Darkwing Duck<\/em> (and a few games afterwards), I rented and\u00a0enjoyed them all quite a bit, except TaleSpin<\/em>.\u00a0 I didn’t like the show all that much, so I never bothered renting the game.\u00a0\u00a0I’m sure\u00a0it was great, though.<\/p>\n

I was already a big fan of the DuckTales<\/em> TV show by the time the game rolled around.\u00a0\u00a0I liked how it would\u00a0always put its characters in the\u00a0weirdest predicaments.\u00a0 McDuck and his nephews would go\u00a0to great lengths\u00a0to\u00a0find treasure, and it brought\u00a0them all around the world, and even into space a time or two.\u00a0\u00a0It didn’t matter how much sense it made; I thought it was great.<\/p>\n

I’ve always wanted to dive into a pool filled with pennies, and swim around like it was water…\u00a0 that would obviously never be possible in real life, but the show’s intro made it seem like such a fun thing to try.<\/p>\n

DuckTales<\/em> for NES was\u00a0developed by\u00a0the same\u00a0folks who helped Mega Man<\/em> and its sequels become so popular, and the two games\u00a0play quite similarly.\u00a0 For instance, the controls are nice and tight, even when\u00a0bouncing around wildly on the pogo stick.\u00a0 You can navigate the five levels in any order, and can even revisit completed levels to unlock paths and treasures\u00a0found in other levels.\u00a0 As a gamer who loved to explore and look around for secrets, that was pretty awesome.<\/p>\n

Finally, the music is among the best the NES has to offer.\u00a0 People seem to\u00a0go\u00a0crazy\u00a0whenever they hear\u00a0the Moon\u00a0level music, and though it is indeed an amazing chiptune, it’s easy to forget that the game also has one of the best boss themes in gaming history.\u00a0 The rest of the levels all have great\u00a0themes as well, and all of them are good enough to be on my iPod.<\/p>\n

An awesome soundtrack for an awesome game.\u00a0 Plain and simple!<\/p>\n

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