Stay Tuned for Danger (computer game)
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| Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger | |
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| Developer(s) | Her Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | DreamCatcher |
| Release date(s) | December 28, 1998 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone (E) |
| Platform(s) | PC |
Stay Tuned For Danger (1999) is the second installment of the Nancy Drew PC game series created by Her Interactive.
Stay Tuned for Danger (abbreviated STFD or ST4D) is a first-person whodunit from the viewpoint of Nancy Drew in New York, New York. The game features longer gameplay and improved 3D graphics compared to the previous game (Secrets Can Kill). It is based on the book "Stay Tuned For Danger" in the Nancy Drew Files Series.
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[edit] Characters
Rick Arlen: Rick is the one who is receiving the death threats. He is the star of the soap opera Light of our Love. He is laid back doesn't take the threats he has been receiving seriously at all.
Mattie Jensen: Mattie is a friend of Nancy's Aunt Eloise. She is the one who calls Nancy out on the case. She is also a star in the soap opera, Light of Our Love and is very worried about the threats Rick has been receiving. She is renting out Aunt Eloise's apartment in New York.
Dwayne Powers: Dwayne is Mattie's agent and runs a talent agency. He has a strong dislike of Rick.
Millie Strathorn: Millie is an eccentric old woman that is the owner and prop room master of World Wide Broadcasting. She also has a special dislike for Rick.
Lillian Weiss: Lillian is the director of Light of our Love at World Wide Broadcasting. She is quite nasty around Nancy. She was also Rick's ex-girlfriend.
Owen Spayder: Owen has recently been employed by the Powers Agency.
Bess Marvin and George Fayne: Nancy's best friends are familiar characters from the books. Though never shown in any game, Nancy can call them for hints.
Ned Nickerson: Nancy's boyfriend. Like Bess and George, Ned is never seen but can be called for hints and such on the phone.
[edit] Plot Overview
Mattie Jensen is a famous soap opera star in Light of our Love, a Worldwide Broadcast Studio television star. When her co-star, Rick Arlen, begins receiving death threats and poisoned chocolates, Nancy is called upon to put a stop to whoever this is before worse things happen. Nancy searches the area for clues until another attempt at Rick's life closes the set. Dwayne Powers, a talent agent, gets Nancy a job as an extra for "Light of our Love". A bomb is soon discovered in Rick's dressing room and Nancy is there just in time to defuse it. After more investigating Nancy discovers that Lilian Weiss is responisble for sending Rick the "poisoned" chocolates (in reality they were only tainted with Castor Oil). After accusing Lilian of having something to do with Rick's threats she kicks fires but Dwayne manages to convince the producer to keep Nancy on the show. Nancy looks through the different offices of the studio plus Dwayne's office to discover that a stage hand has been on the set everytime something happened to Rick. Nancy searches this person out only to find that it has been Dwayne Powers in disguise and finds the plans for the bomb in his apartment along with traces of his overdue bills and credit card charges. Lilian calls to meet Nancy in the set at night. There Lilian shows Nancy that she has also received a threatening letter after doing her own investigation. She asks Nancy who could be behind all this. At this point you could choose any person and list their reason but in the end Dwayne is the one proven responsible by trapping Lilian and Nancy into the set. He reveals that although Rick started sending the threats to himself Dwayne took it a step farther. As he begins to come down the stage to strangle the two trapped women Nancy tells Lilian to hide. Nancy flips the fire alarm switch and overrides the security system to open the door. Security comes in and arrests Dwayne. While Dwayne Powers awaits trial he publical apologizes for his crimes. Lilian Weiss moves out to California and begins to direct her own movie. Mattie Jenson's and Rick Arlen's characters get married ensuring that Rick stays on the show.
[edit] Accidents
Within Stay Tuned For Danger and all ND games there is a number mistakes or accidents you can make like falling down some stairs or setting something on fire. Don't worry use second chance if you make a mistake.
Here is a list of the mistakes you can make:
- Pulling the Fire Alarm will get Nancy arrested and fired
- Being found by security after night will also get Nancy arrested and fired
- Not defusing the bomb in time or cutting the wrong wire will have the bomb explode
- Not overriding the security system in time will allow Dwayne to strangle Nancy
[edit] Easter Eggs and Slipups
- When Nancy is talking to her boyfriend Ned she mentions that Rick has an ego worse than Darryl Grey. Darryl Grey is a character from Secrets Can Kill the previous game.
- Mattie Jenson's resume states that she played "Connie Watson" in a production of "Paseo del Muerto" ("Trail of the Death"). This is another reference to Secrets Can Kill. Connie is student who goes to "Paseo del Mar" ("Trail of the Sea") highschool.
- Millie's script mentions Blackmoor manor which may be a reference to both game and book "Curse of Blackmoor Manor".
- A slip-up found in the game is that a player could double click on Mattie's perfume cabinet then be transported to Dwayne's office. (This glitch has been patched in new versions of the game)
Note: Series has nothing to do with the plot but it does make finding the Easter egg (media) easier.
| Preceded by Secrets Can Kill |
Nancy Drew Computer Games | Succeeded by Message in a Haunted Mansion |
