Uncle Scrooge is a world class millionaire and a lover of adventure. His goal this time is to obtain the five lost treasures that were scattered throughout the world. He is off on his adventure with the help of Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby. They will travel with him through the jungles of the Amazon, the snow topped peaks of the Himalayas, the haunted house in Transylvania, the subterranean mines of Africa, and to the surface of the Moon. How many of the lost treasures will you be able to find?
- The official DuckTales manual
Controls[edit]
: Move Scrooge left or right or climb up or down when on a rope.
: Jump.- ,
then hold 
: This makes Scrooge perform a pogo with his cane, in which he can defeat an enemy, cross over hazardous obstacles or simply reach a location that is unreachable with the normal jump. Refer below for detailed pogo controls. 
OR 
then : If Scrooge is next to a solid object, use to knock the object out of his way. For the hard to reach ones, keep walking against the solid object until his walking animation stops. Jump, then press to hit the object that is out of reach.
: Press this to pause the game and see the list of items you have collected.
: Pay $3,000,000 to refill your health. You will need to have the money in your TOTAL amount.
Pogo mechanics[edit]
You can keep pogoing continuously by holding down 
after getting in the pogo stance, this will make you pogo at the maximum height. If you want to control the pogo height, you will have to hold 
while at the desired height then promptly let go of and press it again to keep the pogo going.
Characters[edit]
Scrooge McDuck[edit]
Donald Duck's uncle and the player's character, armed with a cane that doubles as a weapon and a pogo stick. You are tasked with visiting the game's five levels to acquire the treasures they hold.
Scrooge begins the game with three units of health. Any damage taken will subtract one unit of health (or half a unit on Easy), while ice cream cones can be used to refill one unit and cakes to refill all of Scrooge's life units. In the Transylvania and Himalayas stages, Scrooge can expand the number of units he has by collecting an Extra Energy star, up to a maximum of five.
Huey, Louie, Dewey, and Webby[edit]
Donald Duck's triplet nephews and Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter. If you come in contact with one of them, they will give you hints in every stage.
Launchpad McQuack[edit]
Scrooge McDuck's personal pilot and later Darkwing Duck's sidekick. If Scrooge passes by him and dies later on, Scrooge will respawn right next to Launchpad on his next life.
Launchpad also allows the player to leave a level early without confronting the level's boss by walking up to him and then hitting 
once his dialogue ends. The player will keep all the money they otherwise collected upon leaving via Launchpad. Once his services are used once in a level, he cannot be re-used in that level (but still acts as a checkpoint if Scrooge passes by where he once stood).
If the player allows Launchpad to take the player out of the stage and the amount of money the player collected in that stage has a 7 in the ten-thousands digit (i.e. 70,000), he will drop Scrooge off at the bonus stage.
Gyro Gearloose[edit]
Duckberg's residential inventor. He only appears in the bonus stage, flying in a plane, dropping large blue diamonds on the clouds.
Mrs. Bentina Beakley[edit]
Webby Vanderquack's grandmother and Scrooge's maid. She only appears in African Mines, tossing ice cream cones until Scrooge completely filled up his energy.
Bubba the Caveduck[edit]
He only appears on the Himalayas. If you find him, pogo jump him to get him out of the ice he'll break through the wall to reveal a secret.
Gizmoduck[edit]
Fenton Crackshell's invention. He only appears on The Moon. If you have the remote control, then he'll come in and blow up the structure in order to continue the path.
Items[edit]
- Small Blue Diamond: Gains $2,000.
- Large Blue Diamond: Gains $10,000.
- Large Pink Diamond: Gains $50,000.
- Magic Coin: This makes Scrooge temporarily invincible.
- Ice Cream Cone: Fills only one energy orb.
- Cake: Completely fills up the entire energy.
- Extra Energy: Found in Transylvania and Himalayas. This gives Scrooge an additional energy orb.
- Scrooge Doll: Gives Scrooge an extra life.