The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck
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Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck, called Donald Duck no Lucky Dime (ドナルドダックのラッキーダイム) in Japan, is a platform game developed for the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear in 1991. As the name suggests, it stars Donald Duck, who must travel across seven levels save his three nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie from the evil Magica De Spell, as well as the "Lucky Dimes" stolen by her.
The game was released at the same time as Quackshot, and is often considered to be the Master System alternative of that game as a result. Both have Donald travel to various points on the globe, though The Lucky Dime Caper arms Donald with a hammer (a flying disk can also be acquired during the game) and the ability to jump on enemies' heads rather than relying on plungers. The stories are also very different.
A limited edition box set was sold in the UK, which included a music cassette tape featuring songs from various Disney films, a Donald Duck t-shirt and a Land of Illusion poster.
The Game Gear version of the game has different map screen and a more polished introduction sequence, but aside from this (and the smaller resolution) it is essentially the same game.
The Lucky Dime Caper was followed by Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck, which was also released for the Master System and Game Gear.
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Gameplay
The Lucky Dime Caper is a typical platformer, where and moves your character to the respective direction, is used to get through doors and "ducks". is assigned for jumping, underwater makes you afloat; and attacks. You can throw the Flying Disk up by holding then press .
There are seven stages in all, which must be completed within a time limit.
Stages
200px | Stage 1 - The Northern Woods |
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Beat a bear boss at the end and save Louie. | |
200px | Stage 2 - The Great American Forest |
Rescue Dewey from a cage guarded by a big lion boss. | |
200px | Stage 3 - The Andes Mountains |
Face two statues possessed by ancient spirits to free Huey. | |
200px | Stage 4 - The Tropical Isles |
Recover the first Lucky Dime beating a big tropical crow. | |
200px | Stage 5 - The Pyramids |
The second Lucky Dime is guarded by a Egyptian crow boss, who is assisted by a giant enchanted snake. | |
200px | Stage 6 - The South Pole |
Find the third Lucky Dime after beating a big crow that kicks ice cubes at you. | |
Stage 7 - Magica's Castle | |
The final battle, for the fourth and last Lucky Dime, is against the evil Magica De Spell in her castle, that is full of skeletons and ghosts. |
Items
50px | Treasure Boxes |
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They usually hold other items, but there is also an enemy that disguises as them. | |
50px | Hammer |
If you lose the Hammer during the game, or get it replaced by the Flying Disks, you can get it back. | |
50px | Flying Disks |
They are used as a weapon to attack the enemies from distance. | |
50px | 1Up |
Gives you an extra player. | |
50px | Stars |
Each star makes you attack faster, both with the Hammer and the Flying Disks. Grabbing a fifth star makes you invincible for a few seconds and reset the stars' count. | |
50px | Small Gems (yellow) |
Adds 500 points to your score. | |
50px | Large Gems (blue) |
Adds 1000 points to your score. |
Magazine articles
- Main article: The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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Physical scans
Master System version
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 122.pdf, page 54
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 79
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:SegaMagazin DE 01.pdf, page 52
- ↑ File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 9
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 032.pdf, page 72
- ↑ File:Supergame BR 09.pdf, page 49
- ↑ ', "Marzo 1993" (; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
- ↑ ', "Marzo 1993" (; 1993-xx-xx), page 29
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 133 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ File:Joystick FR 023.pdf, page 145
- ↑ File:MeanMachines UK 16.pdf, page 76
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf, page 133 Cite error: Invalid
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tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p133" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 016.pdf, page 70
- ↑ File:SegaForce SE 1993 03.pdf, page 25
- ↑ File:SegaMasterForce UK 02.pdf, page 11
- ↑ File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 100
- ↑ File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 30
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 File:SegaForce UK 02.pdf, page 78
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 142
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 54
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 81
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- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 76
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 70
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 90
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 52
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 35
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 24
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 30
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 68
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 71
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 25
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 78
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 11
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 88
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 35
- ↑ File:Go UK 03.pdf, page 18
- ↑ File:GamePro US 028.pdf, page 100
- ↑ File:Generation4 FR 040.pdf, page 155
- ↑ File:Joystick FR 024.pdf, page 158
- ↑ File:SegaPro UK 04.pdf, page 31
- ↑ File:SegaForce UK 18.pdf, page 75
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 42
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 83
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 148
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 18
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 166
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 43
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 70
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 72
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 155
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 64
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 158
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 42
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 94
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 144
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 48
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 31
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 71
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 75
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 64
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