The Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck Review (Master System)

Genre: Platform

Developer: SEGA

Publisher: SEGA

Release Year: 1991

System: Master System

Going back in time we had several games that shook us up pretty good as kids! Simple yet marvellous those games came to mark up our little minds minds with beautiful graphics sounds and vivid colors! One of those video games were also SEGA's The Lucky Dimer Caper Starring Donald Duck that were released for Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear in 1991.

PLOT: 8/10

The game begins and u take over Donald Duck. Magica DeSpell has kidnapped his three nephews and also stole Scrooge's McDuck Number one Lucky Dime!!! Well only Donald Duck seems capable and crazy enough to start an adventure around the world to rescue his family and to retrieve the Lucky Dime. A classic plot staying true to the comics' ones with well known and beloved characters! What more is there to ask?!

GAMEPLAY: 7/10

The Lucky Dime Caper is a 2D one-way, side scrolling platform game! You control Donald Duck who is equipped with a hammer. The game is divided into stages You attack enemies by hitting them with the hammer (1 button) or throwing discs or jumping on them with the 2 button. The game pauses with the console pause button. To the down left corner of the screen there is a time bar. The red squares on the upper left corner of the screen is Donald's health indicator. A prety simple gameplay and arcade like i could  say. The "traps" and "monsters" are there just for the stage to be created and they are not justified by the games plot. Yet the gameplay a bit tricky in a way. For example Donald slides a bit after running resulting many times in very critical situations. He may fall onto an enemy or off a ledge really easily that way.

ATMOSPHERE/MUSIC: 7/10

Not having quite much to say to this section The Lucky Dime Caper features really funny and pleasant 8bit music that is really addictive in a way ( i had caught myself many times uttering those tunes). The atmosphere is what you can find in the most platform games of its time without being the reason to play it of course!

GRAPHICS: 8/10

Trees, ledges, grass, volcanos, dungeons is what you will see if you spend some time playing the Lucky Dime Caper. Designed with 8bit colors in a 2d environment cheerful graphicswas one of the reasons that kept me playing!

OVERALL: 7.5/10

Despite its clumpsy Donald's movement The Lucky Dim Caper its a really fun way to spend your time on a retro console that surely will give u you some reasons to smile reminding you of the golden era of Disney! So if you are a Disney or a retro games fan i suggest you dedicate some hours on this cute game!