DuckTales

DuckTales is Scrooge McDuck bouncing on his cane across five countries looking for treasure. The pogo jump - hold down and press jump - turns his walking stick into a spring that bounces off enemies and hazards, and the whole game is built around mastering it.

You choose the order of the five stages, and each one hides not just treasure but a secret level exits and a hidden money vault. The Moon stage's low gravity, the Himalayas' ice physics and the Amazon's vine mazes give each area a distinct feel, while the Game Boy port and the famous Moon theme (later arranged in the 2017 DuckTales reboot) gave the game a second life decades later. It is one of the tightest action platformers Capcom ever made.

• ▸Cane pogo jump as both attack and traversal tool
• ▸Choose your own stage order across five countries
• ▸Hidden treasure rooms with huge score payoffs in every stage
• ▸Composed by Hiroshige Tonomura; the Moon theme became a series staple