Pro Tip of the Day - duck tales

Pro tip: skipping most of The Moon in Duck Tales

Will — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:59:57 +0000

The Moon Level in Duck Tales is kind of long and sort of annoying, unless...

If you go all the way to the right, there's a pillar that you have to spend the whole stage getting rid of.

But if you lure one of those flying Space Ducks over, stand next to the pillar, and let it hit you...

You go right through the thing and almost directly into the Boss's lair!

Which cuts down the stage to just a minute or so.

Pro tip: lots more bonus points in Duck Tales

Will — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:38:07 +0000

You might remember a while back that I told you how to get lots more points in Super Mario Bros. by waiting until the timer runs out before you clear a stage.

It turns out that you can so this in other games, too.

Like Duck Tales, for instance.

First, go to your favorite boss and defeat it, open the treasure chest, but don't grab the loot.

Then, wait around until time runs out. The moment that time runs out, grab the prize

Done right, you'll grab the treasure, and the clock will roll over and start counting down

Giving you lots of bonus dollars

I don't really recommend this, though. You have a very small window of opportunity to grab the loot before you lose a life. You have to grab it the precise moment that the clock rolls over to "TIME UP", otherwise you have to beat the boss again, and wait for the timer to count down, which takes a real long time.

But you might want to do it once, just to see it.

Pro tip: the secret bonus stage in the NES Duck Tales

Will — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:30:00 +0000

In the NES Duck Tales game you have to go around and make Scrooge collect lots of money, and the most money (other than the treasures that you have to find all over the world) is to be found in the bonus stages. But how do you get there? Are they random?

Good news for you, they're not.

First, find Launchpad in a stage, and he'll offer to take you home. If your 10,000s digit is a 7, he'll take a detour to a tract of sky where Gyro flies along spewing big diamonds for your taking.

And, thanks to reader seamartin00, we have a video to help illustrate

It seems so much easier when you know how to trigger it.