Donald Duck's Playground
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Donald Duck's Playground TRS-80 CoCo Front Cover

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Published by

Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Developed by

Sierra On-Line, Inc., Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc.

Released

1984

Platforms

Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, PC Booter, TRS-80 CoCo

Genre

Perspective

Educational

Misc

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Description

Donald Duck's Playground won several awards from educational software magazines as best educational game of the year. In it, you are Donald, working to earn money, which you then spend to buy playground equipment for your nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie to enjoy.

The first job is to guide the Amquack Express around a top-down map with 8 stations, setting the junctions to ensure that packages are delivered to the correct stations. His job in produce involves catching fruits as they are thrown at him and placing them in the correct basket. At the toy store he must sort items by shape and colour, and be careful with the security switch. His final job is at an internal US airport, soring products based on their location's delivery code.

The equipment for the playground must then be purchased and arranged, helping young minds get an appreciation of money management and cash-handling.

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Screenshots

Donald Duck's Playground Atari ST Entering the playground

Donald Duck's Playground Amiga In Goofy's shop.

Donald Duck's Playground Atari ST Managing the railway track is not easy

Donald Duck's Playground Amiga Minnie's shop.

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User Reviews

Build a playground for your nephews	Commodore 64	Katakis \| カタキス (41841)
I remember this game from when I was a kid!	Commodore 64	Jackie Yoshi (1)

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Critic Reviews

Génération 4	Atari ST	1987	75 out of 100	75
Génération 4	Amiga	1987	75 out of 100	75
Your Commodore	Commodore 64	Dec, 1985	26 out of 40	65
The Retro Spirit	PC Booter	Dec 08, 2008	3 out of 6	50
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Commodore 64	May, 1986	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

AGI version

The AGI version of this game is v2.001, but it is really a hybrid of AGI v1 and v2, and compared to other AGI v2, its not a true AGI v2 system.

Freeware release

The game can be downloaded for free from game designer, Al Lowe's website at http://www.allowe.com.

Information also contributed by Yakumo.

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Related Web Sites

Al Lowe's website (You can find some old games, designed by Lowe, for a free download.)

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