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{{Series|Donald Duck}}
 
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/donald-ducks-playground MobyGames entry]
 
 
{{mm}} [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Games/DonaldDucksPlaygroundHelp.html The Sierra Help Pages] - Extensive troubleshooting guide
 
{{mm}} [http://www.sierrahelp.com/Games/DonaldDucksPlaygroundHelp.html The Sierra Help Pages] - Extensive troubleshooting guide
  
 
==Availability==
 
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{{Availability/row| Developer | https://allowe.com/downloads/games.html | DRM-free |  |  | PC booter }}
 
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{{++}} The game is available for free streaming on the [https://archive.org/details/msdos_donald_ducks_playground_1984_sierra Internet Archive].
 
{{++}} The game is available for free streaming on the [https://archive.org/details/msdos_donald_ducks_playground_1984_sierra Internet Archive].
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Donald Duck's Playground
Donald Duck's Playground cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Sierra On-Line
Disney Interactive Studios
Engines
AGI
Release dates
PC booter May 1985
Taxonomy
Series Donald Duck
Donald Duck's Playground guide on StrategyWiki
Donald Duck's Playground on MobyGames
Donald Duck's Playground on Wikipedia
Donald Duck
Subseries of Disney
Donald Duck's Playground 1985
Donald's Alphabet Chase 1988
DuckTales (series)
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow 1996
Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers 2000

General information

The Sierra Help Pages - Extensive troubleshooting guide

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
PC booter
Developer website
DRM-free
PC booter
The game is available for free streaming on the Internet Archive.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
PC booter

Save game data location

System Location
PC booter

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Runs in 320x200 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.2 (VGA mode 13h), see the DOSBox page for more information.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA, EGA, Tandy, Hercules

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

PC booter
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
Intel 8086
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA, Tandy/PCjr


References