The Famous Five: Five on a Secret Mission

The Famous Five: Five on a Secret Mission is the fifth game in Ravensburger's Famous Five series after the books of Enid Blyton for ages 7 and up.

The famous five, Julian, Anne, Dick, George (Georgina) and Timmy the dog are again at Kirrin Cottage during the summer holidays when a plane crashes on nearby Kirren Island. When the five arrive at the island they discover a wounded pilot. The pilot, Sam Smith, appears to be a secret secret agent who was on a mission to deliver a secret valuable radio receiver. Soon they find out that his metal briefcase has been switched for another case that contains printing plates to print counterfeit money. It's up to the famous five to unravel the mystery and to recover the radio equipment.

The active characters are automatically either 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: Dangerous Discovery
Series Famous Five (5)
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
Media (United Kingdom) (Windows) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Opening screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inside Kirrin Cottage (Windows) from mobygames.com
With aunt Fanny in the kitchen (Windows) from mobygames.com
Uncle Quentin's office (Windows) from mobygames.com
The beach (Windows) from mobygames.com
On your way to Kirrin Island (Windows) from mobygames.com
Arrival at the island (Windows) from mobygames.com
The crash site (Windows) from mobygames.com
Meeting Sam Smith, secret agent (Windows) from mobygames.com
The lighthouse (Windows) from mobygames.com
Mr. Loomer and a suspicious stranger (Windows) from mobygames.com
A call for help (Windows) from mobygames.com
At the farmhouse with Mrs. Miller (Windows) from mobygames.com
Castle ruins (Windows) from mobygames.com
In the dungeons (Windows) from mobygames.com
A shipwreck (Windows) from mobygames.com
Options menu (Windows) from mobygames.com
A postcard as travel map (Windows) from mobygames.com
Inventory and hidden menu (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
2001

Platform(s):

Genre(s):
Puzzle Adventure

Camera View:
Third-Person

Setting/Theme:
Mystery