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0.0%Dubloon Disaster Guide
Submitted by lcarlyle
So what’s so different about the new dubloon disaster? Good question, this guide will analyse the new version of dubloon disaster a suggest a strategy to assist you when playing this new and improved game.
Like the original you get to play Dorak who just happens to be one of the rarest species of Neopets in Neopia, the Krawk. As in the original version your aim is to try and collect as much treasure as much as you possible can however there’s a twist. You have to dodge the mines in order to get the treasure because if you hit a mine it’s game over. As well as dodging mines you also need to be aware of the occasional whirl pool that can drag you in causing the end of the game. In this version of the game there are a few minor changes. These changes as well as a stratagey will be discussed later in this guide
Before we get to the game play I thought it would be appropriate to discuss one of the major changes in this game. The graphics of the game has received a complete overhaul. The original Dubloon Disaster was one of the first games to be released on Neopets therefore the graphics were lacking in complexity however this time the graphics look much more real. What does this really do to the game? Instead of having a playing on a plain screen in the original version this time the screen is much more detailed and the wave effect is absolutely amazing, therefore playing is more enjoyable to play. It almost gives you the impression that you are driving the boat.
Now we’ve discussed changes to the graphics lets discuss changes to the game play. The points that each dubloon is worth has changed. Below is a list of the old values of each coin and the new value.
2 Dubloon Coin (Brown) was worth 2 points now worth 10 points
5 Dubloon Coin (Silver Skull) was worth 5 points now worth 25 points
10 Dubloon Coin ( Silver Cross) was worth 10 points now worth 50 points.
20 Dubloon Coin ( Silver Moon) was worth 20 points now worth 100 points.
50 Dubloon Coin ( Silver with Skull and Lightning) was worth 50 points now worth 250 points
100 Dubloon Coin ( Gold ) was worth 100 points now worth 500 points
200 Dubloon Coin (Gold and silver) was worth 200 points now worth 1000 points
So as you can see in the old version the point values were very low compared to what they are now. As a matter of fact if you sit down and do the maths you will work out that each dubloon is worth 5 times more points in the second version of the game compared to the first version of the game. So theoretically you should score 5 times more opposed to the first version of the game.
One other change to the game also involves game play. In the original version of the game you could be about a half a centimetre away from the dubloon and you would still pick It up. In this new version at least some part of your boat must touch the coin. It shouldn’t make to much of a difference to the game but it does make it a little bit harder.
It’s now time to discuss one of two strategies’ that can work for this game. As there are no dramatic changes between the first and second versions of the game the exact same strategies are used.
Smash the mines In this first strategy, you destroy all of the mines so that you aren’t threatened. This way, you don’t have so many mines to dodge, and it’s easier to get those Dubloons. This strategy can be very useful, but also very dangerous. To destroy a mine, you really have to destroy two. The first step is that you need at least two mines on your game screen. Take your boat and go in-between them. They will slowly get closer together. Keep moving between them until they are about 5 centimetres apart. Then, move so you are in line with them, but you are about 5 centimetres ahead of them. When you are in this position, go around the mines in circles, but remember to keep your distance. Eventually the two mines will hit each other, and that will destroy them. You can do this whenever two mines appear, or you can wait until there are 9, then make the mines smash into one another, the way you just read about, and do this until there are none left; then get 9 mines on the screen again and repeat the same process.
That is the first strategy, but it is important that you read the 2nd strategy before you choose one, as after that you will learn a big risk you take when performing the 1st strategy compared to the 2nd.
Avoid the mines This strategy is as simple as the title suggests. All you have to do is avoid the mines. Get 9 mines on the screen, and then group them all together by going in-between them and then circling them to make them come in closer together. By doing this, you get all the mines in one part of the game screen, leaving the way clear for you to zoom from one side of the screen to the other with ease, unless the mines are too close to the Dubloons. If this is the case, go and park your boat near where you want the mines to go – away from where the Dubloon is. With any luck, the mines will come towards you and go away from the Dubloon you wanted. When they get far enough away from the Dubloon, you can zoom around them and pick up the Dubloon. If the mines spread away from each other, you can just re-group them the way I explained before. This strategy is safer than the first, because if you are destroying the mines, there is a chance that a mine could appear right where you are. If this happens, you are destroyed, and it’s game over. There is no pausing the game in Dubloon Disaster, so if you have been playing for hours and you want a break, destroy all the mines and sit in one of the corners while you go and do what you need to do. If a whirlpool comes while you’re away, you might be toast, but there’s a chance that you might survive, and if you hurry back, the chances of a whirlpool appearing are quite remote.
I hope this guide has helped your Dubloon Disaster skills and that you are much more knowledgeable about the game after reading.
This guide is also hosted on a Neopets petpage by lcarlyle, and is published on TNC with permission.
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Actually, you only get about half as many neopoints because the point-neopoint ratio is very different. In the first version a 2 dubloon coin got 12 points because of the ratio of six. In the new version the same coin (10 points) gets only a .57 ratio, making it about 6 neopoints.
I actually prefer the first version of this game to the new one, but thank you for this nice guide.