The game uses a two-dimensional side-scrolling perspective. Scrooge explores five stages, defeats enemies, collects money, and searches for map pieces, treasure, and hidden areas. Each stage contains platforms, hazards, breakable objects, and a boss encounter.

Scrooge's cane serves as both a weapon and a movement tool. He can swing it at enemies and use it to bounce across hazards or reach higher platforms. Items and upgrades found during the adventure expand his options, while returning to the main selection area lets the player choose the next destination. Completing the stages leads to the final confrontation.

Search every branch of a stage before moving on. Break suspicious objects and inspect platforms above and below the main route, since money, health, and important map pieces may be concealed.

Use the cane bounce to cross hazardous ground and reach elevated ledges rather than attempting long normal jumps. Save health for boss encounters, learn each boss's attack pattern, and use the stage order that best matches the equipment and clues you have collected.