Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck

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Master System
US/EU
JP

Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck

System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear

Publisher: Sega

Majesco Sales (US; re-release)

Developer: Aspect, Sega CS

Licensor: The Walt Disney Company

Genre: Action^[1]^[2]^[3]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

English

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1994-01^[4]^[5]^[6]		9022
PT	199x
UK	1994-01^[4]^[5]^[6]	£29.9929.99^[4]	9022
AU	1994		FDON05SEC
BR	199x		028230
KR	199x
JP	1993-12-17^[3]	¥3,8003,800	G-3332
US	1994-01^[7]	$34.9934.99^[8]	2514
US (Majesco)	2001	$14.9714.97^[9]	1205
EU	1994-01^[4]		2514
PT	1994
UK	1994-01^[4]	£29.9929.99^[4]	2514
BR	199x		077070

Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck, known as Donald Duck no Yottsu no Hihou (ドナルドダックの４つの秘宝) in Japan, is a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear platform game starring Donald Duck. It can be seen as a sequel to The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck.

Story

Introduction

Scrooge McDuck finds the legendary Golden Amulet on an uncharted island somewhere. Unfortunately, the amulet is cursed and puffs him up into a floating balloon. It falls on his nephew, Donald Duck, to return the amulet to the island and lift the curse.

Gameplay

Map

Deep Duck Trouble is a platform game, similar to its predecessor. The player can move Donald around with and . Donald can kick blocks with the button when standing adjacent to them. Some blocks are kicked towards enemies to defeat them, some are treasure chests that break open to release power-up items, and some have special purposes within the stage that allow Donald to safely bypass certain obstacles or find hidden items. Donald can also jump with or swim underwater with . Most enemies can be defeated by jumping on top of them. Some areas are accessed by bouncing off enemies. enters doors and ducks.

Donald has three life gems and loses one when he takes damage from an enemy or other hazard. He loses a try when he loses all three. Both life gems and tries can be replenished by finding items in treasure chests.

There are four stages initially available, which can be played in any order: Jungle, Volcano, Inlet, and Valley. Each stage ends with a chase sequence. If Donald survives, he finds a sacred object and, after collecting all four, can enter the Shrine of the Golden Amulet. There he must return the amulet to the island goddess.

Blocks

	Rock
	Flies into the air when kicked. Can be used to hit enemies. Destroyed after striking something.
	Stone
	Slides along the ground after kicked. Bounces off walls. Often used as a platform to avoid hazards. Indestructible.
	Treasure Chest
	Break open to reveal an item.
	Crate
	Same as Rock but found underwater.
	Ice Cube
	Same as Rock but found in the ice cavern. Formed by water drops.

Items

	Vanilla Ice Cream
	Restores one life gem.
	Roast Turkey
	Restores all three life gems.
	Money Bag
	Awards the player with 500 bonus points.
	Diamond
	Awards the player with 2,000 bonus points.
	Red Hot Chili Pepper
	Imbues Donald with a hot rage, causing him to run forward and blast through enemies and obstacles. Donald is invulnerable in this state.
	1-Up
	Awards the player with an extra try.

Stages

	The Jungle
	Donald finds the Jungle King's Crown.
	The Volcano
	Donald finds the Ruby of Fire.
	The Inlet
	Donald finds the Golden Fang.
	The Valley
	Donald finds the Quill of the Falcon.
	The Shrine

	The Statue
	Donald finds the Cursed Crown.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck	Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck
English (US)	Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck	Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck
Japanese	ドナルドダックの４つの秘宝	Donald Duck no Yottsu no Hihou

Production credits

Game Designers: Sharusharu, Otanuki SP.
Artist: Mikarin
Background Artists: Manaby, 7LY Big King, Tamun
Sound Programers: Nagao 'O' Gee, Lotty
Sound Composer: S.Kobayashi
Game Manual: Shonan Boy, 168, Pantaloon
Producers: Hitmen, Hase
Walt Disney Producer: Patrick Gilmore
Main Programmer: Hiro 777
Support Programers: Koko, Mix, Toshiyan, Gadai, Tomoyan
Special Thanks to: Emirin, Yoshio Yoshida, Suusang, Gaisu, Rei, Cindy, M.Inoue, E.Yamamoto, T.Matsuda

Source:

In-game credits^[10]

Magazine articles

Main article: Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #21: "Enero 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-12: "December 1993" (1993-11-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-01: "January 1994" (1993-12-08)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Gamers (DE)

67

^[11]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

92

^[12]

Megablast (DE)

PAL

73

^[13]

Mega Force (FR)

80

^[14]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

74

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

82

^[16]

Play Time (DE)

80

^[17]

Sega Magazin (DE)

93

^[18]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[4]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

71

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

86

^[21]

Sega Force (SE)

63

^[22]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

75

^[23]

Todo Sega (ES)

78

^[24]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

57

^[25]

	77
Based on 16 reviews

Master System, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, PT
Cover

Master System, AU
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, KR

Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[26]

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[27]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[28]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[29]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[8]

Gamers (DE)

67

^[11]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[30]

Joypad (FR)

93

^[31]

Joypad (HU)

79

^[32]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

74

^[15]

Player One (FR)

90

^[33]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

81

^[4]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

81

^[34]

Sega Force (SE)

85

^[35]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[36]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

63

^[25]

	78
Based on 16 reviews

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, US (Majesco Sales)
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Game Gear, BR
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, AS^†

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	42fc3a6e
MD5	05e3071aad9c36b6e18f1656592eeb3d
SHA-1	26ec82b96650a7329b66bf90b54b869c1ec12f6b

512kB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	4457e7c0
MD5	73137355568815f9b5d75ccd5557b203
SHA-1	d5e278b5c68864da7ddfd1f9cfa5b25e462496b0

512kB

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	5a136d7e
MD5	cd792cf0d4e8ebb6f77a906ac0744b66
SHA-1	24485549001bc57b5cffee1449ad0af80e862773

512kB

Cartridge (US/EU)

References

↑ File:DeepDuckTrouble GG EU Box Back.jpg
↑ File:DeepDuckTrouble GG JP Box Front.jpg
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 116
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 20
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 13
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 224
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 156
↑ GamePro, "May 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 26
↑ File:Deep Duck Trouble GG credits.pdf
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 66
↑ Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 40
↑ Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 118
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Mega Fun, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 124
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 85
↑ Play Time, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-06), page 136
↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 48
↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 110
↑ Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 52
↑ Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 34
↑ Sonic the Comic, "December 25th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-25), page 10
↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 70
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 111
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 28
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 156
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 72
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 41
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Joypad, "1/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 21
↑ Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 111
↑ Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 36
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
↑ https://www.smspower.org/forums/15474-AsianRegionGameGearReleases

Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck
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Disney games for Sega systems/Published by Sega
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) \| Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) \| The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Mickey Mania (1994) \| Donald in Maui Mallard (1995) \| The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (unreleased) \| Mickey Mania 2 (unreleased) \| Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
	Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) \| Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) \| Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) \| Donald no TV Show (1995) \| Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) \| Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) \| Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) \| Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) \| Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) \| Fishing Pico: Donald no Adventure Fishing (2000) \| Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
	Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Gurujia Ou no Hihou (1998) \| Maui Mallard and the Lost City Of Dread (unreleased)
	Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)

[:File:DeepDuckTrouble_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:DeepDuckTrouble GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:DeepDuckTrouble_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-2] File:DeepDuckTrouble GG JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20181207045745.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fgamegear.2Fsoftware.html-3] 3.0 ^3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_01.pdf_p116-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 116

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p20-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 20

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p13-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 13

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p224-7] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 224

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p156-8] 8.0 ^8.1 GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 156

[:File:GamePro_US_152.pdf_p26-9] GamePro, "May 2001" (US; 2001-0x-xx), page 26

[:File:Deep_Duck_Trouble_GG_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Deep Duck Trouble GG credits.pdf

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-03.pdf_p66-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Gamers, "März/April 1994" (DE; 1994-03-04), page 66

[:File:Joypad_FR_028.pdf_p108-12] Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:Megablast_DE_1994-02.pdf_p40-13] Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 40

[:File:MegaForce_FR_25.pdf_p118-14] Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 118

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-04.pdf_p124-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Mega Fun, "04/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 124

[:File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p85-16] Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 85

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-05.pdf_p136-17] Play Time, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-06), page 136

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_02.pdf_p48-18] Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 48

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p110-19] Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 110

[:File:SegaPower_UK_53.pdf_p52-20] Sega Power, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-03), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p52-21] Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 52

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_05.pdf_p34-22] Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 34

[23] Sonic the Comic, "December 25th 1993" (UK; 1993-12-25), page 10

[:File:TodoSega_ES_10.pdf_p70-24] Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-04.pdf_p111-25] 25.0 ^25.1 Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 111

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-01.pdf_p28-26] Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-08), page 28

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_030.pdf_p156-27] Consoles +, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 156

[:File:EGM_US_054.pdf_p52-28] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0702.pdf_p72-29] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 72

[30] Hippon Super, "January 1994" (JP; 1993-12-03), page 41

[:File:Joypad_FR_029.pdf_p106-31] Joypad, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106

[32] Joypad, "1/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_040.pdf_p106-33] Player One, "Mars 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf_p111-34] Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 111

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_05.pdf_p36-35] Sega Force, "5/94" (SE; 1994-08-10), page 36

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-36] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

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Disney games for Sega systems/Published by Sega
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| QuackShot Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (1992) \| Goofy's Hysterical History Tour (1993) \| The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie (1994) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Mickey Mania (1994) \| Donald in Maui Mallard (1995) \| The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (unreleased) \| Mickey Mania 2 (unreleased) \| Mickey Mouse: Private Eye (unreleased)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1990) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1992) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1997) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1998)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1991) \| The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck (1991) \| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1993) \| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (1993) \| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge (1994) \| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (1995)
	Mickey no Yukai na Bouken (1993) \| Donald no Obake Taiji (1993) \| Mickey's Blast into the Past (1994) \| Donald no TV Show (1995) \| Mickey to Ooki na Furudokei (1996) \| Mickey no Tokyo Disneyland Stamp Rally (1996) \| Tokyo Disneyland Toon Town Mickey no Boku wa Untenshu (1997) \| Mickey to Utau Tori no Shima Minnie o Sagashite Waku Waku Daibouken! (1998) \| Mickey no Boku wa Meitantei (2000) \| Fishing Pico: Donald no Adventure Fishing (2000) \| Tokyo DisneySea Mickey to Asobou! (2002)
	Sega Ages I Love Mickey Mouse: Fushigi no Oshiro Daibouken/I Love Donald Duck: Gurujia Ou no Hihou (1998) \| Maui Mallard and the Lost City Of Dread (unreleased)
	Disney's Donald Duck Quack Attack (2000)
	Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (2013)

Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck

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Contents

Story

Gameplay

Blocks

Items

Stages

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Master System version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References