Donald Dowell and the Ghost of Barker Manor

Donald Dowell and the Ghost of Barker Manor is a freeware 2D point-and-click adventure game. It features an inventory. The game can be controlled via mouse. It is available in English, Italian and Bulgarian.

Donald Dowell is an Irish retired post office employee. He is now 80 years old, bored and nagged by his wife. Thus he decides to leave home and to get a job again. He finally is hired as an assistant by the secretary of the ghost buster Bob Delano. However Bob Delano is gone missing at Barker Manor where he is investigating a ghost case. Donald Dowell is sent to Barker Manor to investigate the whereabouts of Bob Delano. The game is quite humorous and has many references to video games as well as literature, art, history and other media.

Added March 8, 2020
Published By Ape Marina
Developed By Ape Marina
Front Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Spine/Sides (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (Worldwide) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Donald is leaving his home. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Donald does not get a job here. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Finally a job for Donald Dowell (Windows) from mobygames.com
Cut-scene with the ghost buster Bob Delano (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the gate of the haunted Barker Manor (Windows) from mobygames.com
Dialog options with the receptionist (Windows) from mobygames.com
Check out the guest book (Windows) from mobygames.com
The Butler (Windows) from mobygames.com
A painter named Vincent (Windows) from mobygames.com
A different bible version (Windows) from mobygames.com
One of the mini-games which reminds one of an arcade game. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inventory (Windows) from mobygames.com
Bob Delano's room, with a reproduction of a famous painting also referenced elsewhere in the game. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Searching Bob's suitcase (Windows) from mobygames.com
The local handyman... (Windows) from mobygames.com
...and his time machine. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The clues for getting the time machine running are fairly complicated. Everything is coded as fruits, but you also need to figure out which parts are meant: levers? dial? (Windows) from mobygames.com
The hotel manager's office (Windows) from mobygames.com
This lady just appears in a quiz show, but Donald asks her for an autograph to get her distracted. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Entrance to the woods (Windows) from mobygames.com
The hotel dining room (Windows) from mobygames.com
A little hint: play the whole game and watch the credits - you'll see a bit more about why doesn't this kitchen meet any health code standards. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The game repeatedly "breaks the fourth wall" and includes several "hammerspace" jokes. This one is a classic game reference at the same time. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Using the ghost detector (Windows) from mobygames.com
Donald managed to get into the library. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The repaired bridge to the other side of the river. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The local emporium (Windows) from mobygames.com
The cleaning lady keeps some, uh, interesting items in her closet... (Windows) from mobygames.com
The hunter's room (Windows) from mobygames.com
The chemical laboratory (Windows) from mobygames.com
The lady in the tea room turns out to be very knowledgeable about astrophysics and cosmology. (Windows) from mobygames.com
A fun puzzle: considering each ball's weight, put them on the correct scales to balance them. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The weirdest thing: all the time Donald doesn't realise that the ghost detector DOES work correctly and he IS talking to ghosts. This time he thinks it's just a drunk's rambling... (Windows) from mobygames.com
The whole map of access to the secret room (Windows) from mobygames.com
This whole little sub-plot is based on Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea". (Windows) from mobygames.com
The other screenshots could be considered spoilers. I chose just this one (from the credits), because it only shows what happened next in the lives of two secondary characters. (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
2013

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Traditional

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Comedy Mystery

Free to Play:
Yes

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