Day Dreamin' Davey is a platform game for the Nintendo Entertainment System where players control Davey, a student who dreams of various historical eras after a bully steals his pencil. Davey navigates through levels inspired by Medieval Times, the Wild West, and Ancient Greece, collecting school-themed items such as pencils, rulers, and trophies to progress. The game blends imaginative storytelling with traditional platforming mechanics.
The game starts out with the main protagonist, Davey, arriving at school. Then a bully (Lumpy) takes his pencil. Now all throughout class Davey is daydreaming of being in several different locations revolving around Medieval Times, the Wild West and Ancient Greece and each level contains at the end something Davey must collect that will always resemble the shapes of school items (e.g., a pencil, a ruler or a trophy).