The Famous Five: Dangerous Discovery

The Famous Five: Dangerous Discovery is the fourth game in Ravensburger's Famous Five series after the books of Enid Blyton for ages 7 and up.

Julian, Dick, George, Anne and the dog Timmy are again at Kirrin Cottage during the summer holidays. An old acquaintance of Uncle Quentin, Mr Brown, is lodging at the cottage. He is an archaeologist who has found a possible Rome settlement. Mr. Brown has left for a couple of days to go to the world's fair, and of course the five can't resist to take a peek at the excavation. They find a vase that seems to be from Roman times. But they also find two men sleeping in the hut during the day, and during the night someone with a flashlight is wandering around at the dig site. In a shaft nearby they hear strange knocking sounds. The five are determined to find out what is going on at the dig site and to solve the mystery.

The active characters are George or Dick. They execute the actions and carry a backpack that holds the inventory items. A hidden menu at the left bottom corner of the screen gives access to a travel map, a main menu and an options menu (in the English edition). The latter includes options to switch on or off hot spot names and dialogue text. Dialogues can be skipped using the Escape key. In the original German edition the player can switch between German and English. The game directory includes a hint file.

Preceded by The Famous Five: Kidnapped!
Followed By The Famous Five: Five on a Secret Mission
Series Famous Five (4)
Added July 4, 2020
Published By Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH
Developed By NovaTrix GmbH
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Other (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Opening screen - Front Kirrin Cottage (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the dig site (Windows) from mobygames.com
In the kitchen with aunt Fanny (Windows) from mobygames.com
Amphora puzzle (Windows) from mobygames.com
Identifying a vase (Windows) from mobygames.com
In uncle Quentin's study (Windows) from mobygames.com
Visiting Alf, the fisherman (Windows) from mobygames.com
Morse test by Mr Loomer at the lighthouse (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the top of the lighthouse (Windows) from mobygames.com
Someone with a flashlight at the dig site (Windows) from mobygames.com
The hut at the dig site (Windows) from mobygames.com
In the boys room (Windows) from mobygames.com
Anne has fallen into a shaft (Windows) from mobygames.com
In Mr Brown's room (Windows) from mobygames.com
Mr. Brown's suspicious note (Windows) from mobygames.com
Entrance to the catacombs (Windows) from mobygames.com
The crooks' hideout (Windows) from mobygames.com
Caught and tied up (Windows) from mobygames.com
Map of the floodgates (Windows) from mobygames.com
Opening a floodgate (Windows) from mobygames.com
Travel map (Windows) from mobygames.com
Options menu (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inventory and hidden menu (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
2001

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Puzzle Adventure

Graphic Style:
2D 3D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Mystery

Other Tags:
Detective Speech

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