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Donald Duck's Playground Guide and Walkthrough V 1.00
An informative FAQ written by Frankomatic
Copyright 2005 Frankomatic
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Table of Contents
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i. Version Information
I. Introduction
II. The Town
III. Jobs
-Fruit Sorting (FS)
-Toy Store (TS)
-Railroad Switcher (RS)
-Airport Baggage (AB)
IV. Stores
-Five and Dime (FD)
-Hardware (HW)
-Junk (JK)
-How to Pay (HP)
V. The Playground
VI. Future Additions
VII. Credits
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i. Version Information
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1.00 First Released Version (7/27/2005)
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I. Introduction
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"Donald Duck's Playground?" I hear you ask of me. "Why a child's game,
Frankomatic?" The answer is very simple, my friends. I have fond memories of
this game from when I was a young lad, and there were no FAQs for it up on the
site. I've decided to change this travesty to justice with this guide.
What's the story, you ask? Well, Donald has always had a record of being kind
of a jerk with a short temper. So, in order to change his public image, he's
decided to build a playground for his ever annoying nephews! Of course, this
will require money, which will require getting a job, which is where you come
in.
Plug your controller into Port 2 on your C64 and let's help Donald build that
playground!
If you'd like to see a specific job or store's entry, enter that handy 2
letter code shown in the table of contents after hitting ctrl-F and you'll
jump right to it!
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II. The Town
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The first screen you see after booting up the game and choosing your
difficulty is Donald standing in the middle of the town's street. To your
right are the jobs you can get, in order from top to bottom: Railroad
Switcher, Toy Store, Fruit Sorter, and Airport Baggage. Just walk into
whichever job you'd like to take to move to that job's screen.
On the left are the three stores you can visit. Also in order from top to
bottom: Junk shop, Hardware shop, Five and Dime store. Walk into the door of
the shop you'd like to browse to go to that shop's screen.
Up at the top you'll find some train tracks. These don't actually do anything
on this screen aside from cause you to have to pause for a moment as Donald
looks both ways before crossing. On the far side of these is where your
playground is located. Just walk past and keep going north to get there and
build or play!
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III. Jobs
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Each of the four jobs you can have in this game has its own set of controls
which will be listed at the begining of its section. Something that is common
for all four games is the fact that you can select how long of a shift you'd
like to work. These can range from one to eight minutes, with longer shifts
giving you more opportunites to make or lose money.
With that out of the way, let's get moving onto the first job.
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Fruit Sorter (FS)
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Controls
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Move the Joystick: Move Donald left and right
Fire Button: Drop the carried fruit
Job Guide
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In this Job you'll be controlling Donald in front of three bins, labelled from
left to right: Watermelon, Pumpkin, Orange. After choosing your shift length,
you'll see a fruit fly onto the screen from the truck on the right. You need
to catch this fruit and drop it into the appropriate bin.
For each fruit you drop into the correct bin, you earn one penny. For every
fruit you miss or drop into the wrong bin, you lose a bit of time as the
wrecked fruit scrolls off the conveyor belt and Donald yells at you.
You obviously won't make a whole lot of money in one go on this one, but with
a full 8 minute shift and a little practice to get fast at sorting and
dropping, you can make pretty steady cash.
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Toy Store (TS)
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Controls
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Move the Joystick: Move Donald/Switch
Fire Button: Grab Toy/Grab Ladder/Deposit Toy or Ladder/Grab Switch
Job Guide
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What you'll see on the screen here is a shelf with various toys on it, a
ladder which you can crab and move, a conveyor belt on the right with a toy on
it, and a lever on the left. The object of this game is to put the toys on the
shelf with the ones they match.
Of course, there's also a timer for when the train will be passing. You need
to pull the lever before it passes to close the shelves, or else the shaking
will make some toys fall, causing your pay to be docked. You'll also lose some
money if you try to put a toy in the wrong place.
To do this properly, you need to move the ladder to the left of the toy on the
conveyor belt and set it there, grab the toy, take it up to the appropriate
place, and push the fire button. You will get five cents for every toy put in
it's proper place.
The fact that you get five cents makes this game more profitable than fruit
sorting... assuming you're fast and accurate enough to avoid dropping any toys
or having the train knock the toys off the shelves. Also, remember that both
the color and type must match to put a toy away, so trying to put a red train
with the black ones will result in a broken toy.
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Railroad Switcher (RS)
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Controls
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Move the Joystick: Move Donald/Flip Switch
Fire Button: Grab Switch
Job Guide
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Remember the annoying train from the Toy Store? Now you get to control it!
Sadly, you can't crash it. Instead you're charged with using the switches to
get the train to whatever town you're supposed to go to for pick up, then to
the town you need to go to for delivery.
The town you need to hit will both be shown at the bottom of the screen and
will flash on the railroad map, then the train will start moving and it's up
to you to get it to the destination. You must make a full delivery to get paid
(Fifteen cents to be exact), so time is of the essence.
There's no way to lose money in this, so the only thing you'll waste if you do
poorly is your time. That makes this one a pretty safe job to take if you're
worried about losing money, but still want to make a lot fast.
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Airport Baggage (AB)
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Controls
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Move the Joystick: Move Donald/Aim towards baggage truck
Fire Button: Pick up/Throw box
Job Guide
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Donald will be standing in front of a conveyor belt with boxes slowly moving
past him. After watching a planeland, a baggage truck with four segments will
start moving past slowly. Each segment is labeled with a three letter code, as
is each box. The object is to grab a box and toss it into the appropriate
section, earning three cents upon success.
Now after a few seconds, the truck will drive off the screen and you'll have
to wait for a little bit as the baggage is loaded. Another truck will drive up
soon and the game will continue. The game will not let you throw a box into
the wrong container, so all you lose is time if you mess up.
This is a pretty simple game to play, and at 3 cents a pop, it's not bad
money, either. This is one of my favorite games for making quick money along
with Toy Store.
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IV. Stores
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Ah, the stores. The place where you get all of your playground toys. In this
section I will make a list of the inventory of all the stores, the prices for
their items, and the playing actions the nephews will perform on them when you
put them in your playground.
I'll also list a section on the paying "game", though it's fairly simple.
Let's get this party started, eh?
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Five and Dime (FD)
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Run by Minnie and with fairly cheap prices, the Five and Dime has mainly items
you would normally think of as toys, not things that require a bit of
imagination like the junk shop.
Trampoline
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Price: $0.25
Play: Bounce on it.
Slide (Diagonal)
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Price: $0.01
Play: Slide down.
Slide (Vertical)
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Price: $0.05
Play: Slide down.
Rings
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Price: $0.05
Play: Grab on and swing.
Toy Horse
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Price: $0.10
Play: Giddy-up!
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Hardware (HW)
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Run by Mickey, the prices in the Hardware store are somewhat more expensive
for some items than the Five and Dime or the Junk Shop. Be careful to shop
around, as you might find some items cheaper elsewhere.
Slide (Vertical)
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Price: $0.25
Play: Slide down.
Monkey Bars
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Price: $0.10
Play: Cross the square on them instead of on foot.
High Bar
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Price: $0.10
Play: Grab on and swing.
Ladder
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Price: $0.10
Play: Climb up.
Swing
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Price: $0.25
Play: Hop on and swing.
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Junk (JK)
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Run by Goofy, the Junk Shop offers a somewhat diverse selection of items for
very cheap prices.
Tire
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Price: $0.01
Play: Hop in and swing.
Ship's Wheel
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Price: $0.05
Play: Steer the ship!
Cargo Net
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Price: $0.10
Play: Climb Up.
Slide (Diagonal)
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Price: $0.05
Play: Slide Down, duh.
Old Box
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Price: $0.05
Play: Hop the Box!
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How to Pay (HP)
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So you wanna buy something, eh? When you decide to pay, a screen showing your
various denominations of money on the bottom and the price you owe on the top
comes up. What you need to do is grab some money from the bottom and move it
up top. Either exact change or more than exact will work.
If you give them more than they ask for, the cash register up top will open
and you will be asked to make change for yourself. All simple mathematics,
really. Now that wasn't so hard, was it?
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V. The Playground
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The Playground is, in fact, a three level monstrosity. When you first enter
the area, any items that you've bought will be spread about rather randomly as
one of Donald's nephews enters in the bottom right corner. If you would like
to move the items around, press F5.
Upon doing this, you'll be presented with an arrow. If you move this over an
item and press the fire button, you'll pick that object up and can move it
around. When you get it to the square you want it in, press the button again
to set it back down.
Now, when constructing your playground, there are only two real things to keep
in mind. One is that the only way to move to the upper levels is with a ladder
or a cargo net. The other is that the only one to move back down is with one
of the slides. So, basically, you want a slide on the bottom and middle levels
and a ladder on the bottom and middle levels as well.
Once you're done building, you can press F5 to return to being one of the
nephews. You can move around with the joystick, but only to the left and right
unless there's a ladder or slide in or under your current location. To use the
toy you happen to be near, press the fire button. When you tire of it, press
the fire button again to stop.
That pretty much covers everything you can do in the playground. Enjoy the
fruit of your hard work!
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VI. Future Additions
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This guide is 100% complete, making it the most comprehensive guide for Donald
Duck's Plaground on the Internet. I really, really need to take a deep look at
my life now that I've done this.
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VII. Credits
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CjayC for running GameFAQs, best site in the world.
fealu_byrne for being my ever loving and understanding future wife.
Sierra Entertainment, for making my life just a little sadder by giving me the
opportunity to do something like this.
My laptop for being my home away from home.
See you next time, and keep off my old box!
