TaleSpin (Capcom video game)

TaleSpin is a scrolling shooter video game based on the Disney television series TaleSpin. The game was developed by Capcom for the NES in 1991 and was ported to the Game Boy in 1992. The Game Boy version is essentially a slightly stripped-down version of the game.

TaleSpin
NES version cover art
Developer(s)	Capcom[a]
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Producer(s)	Stephan L. Butler
Composer(s)	Minae Fujii (NES) Hitoshi Sakimoto (GB)
Series	TaleSpin
Platform(s)	NES, Game Boy
Release	NES NA: December 1991 EU: September 24, 1992 Game Boy NA: December 1992 EU: 1993
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

The NES version of the game was included in The Disney Afternoon Collection compilation for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in April 2017.^[2]

Plot

Baloo and Kit are delivering cargo for Rebecca Cunningham, Shere Khan hires the Air Pirates, led by Don Karnage, in an attempt to sabotage their business.

Gameplay

The gameplay consists of maneuvering Baloo's plane "The Seaduck" through each level, fending off incoming enemies and avoiding obstacles. Items can be collected for extra lives or to add to the total cash score. The plane can be rotated upside to traverse back through the level, but only on horizontally scrolling areas. At the end of each level, the player is required to fight a boss enemy by repeatedly shooting its weak points. After beating a level, the player has the option to buy upgrades for Baloo's plane with the money collected, before proceeding to the next level. In bonus levels the player controls Kit on an airfoil to pop balloons for bonus points.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	Game Boy	NES
GameRankings	63.00% (1 review)[3]	N/A

Review scores

Publication	Score
	Game Boy	NES
Total!	N/A	59%[4]
Super Gamer	65%[5]	N/A
AllGame	N/A	[6]

Reception

Super Gamer magazine gave the Game Boy version a review score of 65%, stating: "Quite a tricky shoot-'em-up this. Features characters from the cartoon, but certainly wouldn't appeal to younger players when it's this difficult."^[5]

See also

• List of Disney video games

Notes

1. Ported to Game Boy by Dual.^[1]