The world's greatest secret agent, Danger Mouse, and his assistant, Penfold, are on a top secret mission.
The world's leaders are going bananas, as a mysterious Pi-beam zaps them. The source of the beam has been traced to a spot deep in the Black Forest.
Danger Mouse and Penfold have found their way into an old Chateau, but have fallen into a fiendish trap.
Now you, as Danger Mouse, must find and destroy the Pi-beam machine, before it makes mince-meat of the world's leaders.
Spoiler
One of the most fun things about text adventures is finding out which answers are the correct ones; scroll downwards only if you want to reveal this information.
The lock clicks, and springs open. You grab Penfold, and leap down to the floor.
Note: If you type in any other seven-digit number, the text of The lock clicks, but does not open. Try again...... Make sure you type the number carefully. shall appear on the screen instead; once you have pressed Space to return to the previous screen, you will have to try and enter the correct number.
You are in a dark, dank dungeon. An iron cage hangs above a burning brazier. On the floor you can see: a pair of tongs, a small file, and a sharp knife.
Do you want to:
Take nothing
Take the tongs
Take the file
Take the knife
Leading away from the dungeon there is a stone passage, and a tunnel. From the tunnel you can hear the sound of running water.
Do you want to:
Enter the passage
Enter the tunnel
You are on a ledge beside a dirty drain. From here a tunnel leads to the dungeon. A long ladder leads up toward light.
Do you want to:
Enter the dungeon
Climb up the ladder
You are in a courtyard, beside a pile of hay. A stable door is in front of you, and by your feet is a mousehole cover.
Do you want to:
Go down the mousehole
Enter the stable
Explore the courtyard
You are in the stables. There is a coach here. On the floor lies: a pair of pliers, a rope, and a crowbar.
Do you want to:
Return to the yard
Take the pliers
Take the rope
Take the crowbar
You are in the stables. There is a coach here. On the floor lies: a pair of pliers, and a rope.
You can swap the crowbar.
Do you want to:
Return to the yard
Take the pliers
Take the rope
You are in a courtyard, beside a pile of hay. A stable door is in front of you, and by your feet is a mousehole cover.
Do you want to:
Go down the mousehole
Enter the stable
Explore the courtyard
You are on a ledge beside a dirty drain. From here a tunnel leads to the dungeon. A long ladder leads up toward light.
Do you want to:
Enter the dungeon
Climb up the ladder
You are in a dark, dank dungeon. An iron cage hangs above a burning brazier. On the floor you can see: a pair of tongs, and a sharp knife.
You can swap the file.
Do you want to:
Keep the file
Take the tongs
Take the knife
Leading away from the dungeon there is a stone passage, and a tunnel. From the tunnel you can hear the sound of running water.
Do you want to:
Enter the passage
Enter the tunnel
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door, padlocked shut.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
Cut the padlock off
You use the file to cut the padlock off the door. The door creaks as you push it open.
You have found an old store room. In here you find: a wicker basket, a barrel, and some pegs.
Do you want to:
Leave the store room
Take the basket
Take the barrel
Take the pegs
You have found an old store room. In here you find: a barrel, and some pegs.
You can swap the basket.
Do you want to:
Leave the store room
Take the barrel
Take the pegs
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a large, cold cellar, in the middle of which stands a large coffin. On a nearby table you can see: a silver bell, a small mirror, and a tube of glue.
Do you want to:
Take nothing
Take the bell
Take the mirror
Take the glue
At one end of the room there is a flight of steps leading up toward a faint light. A bell-rope is hanging from the ceiling. The sound of gentle snoring is coming from the coffin.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Enter the maze
Open the coffin
Tug the bell-rope
You are in a small room, at the top of a tower. A long flight of steps leads downward. There is a locked window here. On the floor is a silk thread.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the window
Take the thread
You are in a small room, at the top of a tower. A long flight of steps leads downward. There is a locked window here.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the window
The window is shut tight, and will not open. There is a ledge outside, and you can see the courtyard of the Chateau below.
Do you want to:
Lever the window open
Go down the steps
Examine the window
You pry open the window by using the crowbar as a lever.
You are in a small room, at the top of a tower. A long flight of steps leads downward. There is a window here, opening onto a ledge.
Do you want to:
Climb onto the ledge
Go down the steps
You are perched on a narrow ledge, high above the courtyard. There is a window leading into the tower, and another leading into the library.
Do you want to:
Enter the library
Enter the tower
Look down
You are in a library full of leather-bound books. There is a lamp on a table, next to a book.
Do you want to:
Read the book
Examine the shelves
Switch on the lamp
Enter the corridor
Climb out the window
You are in a corridor. There is a door leading to the library, and a door to the music room. A flight of stairs leads down at the end of the corridor.
Do you want to:
Go down the stairs
Enter the library
Enter the music room
You are in a music room. There are some musical instruments here. They are: a piano, a trumpet, a flute, and a pair of cymbals.
Do you want to:
Leave the music room
Take the piano
Take the trumpet
Take the flute
Take the cymbals
You are in a music room. There are some musical instruments here. They are: a piano, a trumpet, and a pair of cymbals.
You can swap the flute.
Do you want to:
Leave the music room
Take the piano
Take the trumpet
Take the cymbals
You are in a corridor. There is a door leading to the library, and a door to the music room. A flight of stairs leads down at the end of the corridor.
Do you want to:
Go down the stairs
Enter the library
Enter the music room
You are in a library full of leather-bound books. There is a lamp on a table, next to a book.
Do you want to:
Read the book
Examine the shelves
Switch on the lamp
Enter the corridor
Climb out the window
Although you press the switch, the lamp does not come on.
Do you want to:
Read the book
Examine the shelves
Switch on the lamp
Enter the corridor
Climb out the window
The bookcase swings back when you give it a push, and both you and Penfold tumble into a secret room.
You are in a musty, old, secret passage. There is a way back to the library, and some rickety steps leading down. On the floor is an old map.
Do you want to:
Explore the room
Take the map
Climb down the steps
Return to the library
You are in a musty, old, secret passage. There is a way back to the library, and some rickety steps leading down.
Do you want to:
Explore the room
Climb down the steps
Return to the library
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go east
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a dusty passage filled with cobwebs. It leads into the distance. There is a way into the maze here.
Do you want to:
Go along the passage
Enter the maze
As you break through a web, an irate spider drops down in front of you. He seems a bit annoyed.
Do you want to:
Get out quick
Ignore the spider
Give him the thread
The spider is highly amused with your gift of a silk thread, and reels away in stitches.
You are in a long, low passage, leading toward a deep dark pit. There are some steps leading upward.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Go along the passage
Look into the pit
You are in a museum full of dinosaur skeletons. Next to you is a row of display cases. There is an exit to one side, and some steps leading down. A hissing sound is coming from the direction of the display cases.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the displays
Explore further
Go through the exit
Play a tune
A large snake slithers out from behind the display cases, and is mesmerised by the sound of the flute.
The snake crawls into the basket that you are carrying, and you quickly close the lid so that the snake cannot escape.
You are in a museum full of dinosaur skeletons. Next to you is a row of display cases. There is an exit to one side, and some steps leading down.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the displays
Explore further
Go through the exit
In the display cases you find an old dinosaur egg, amongst a pile of bone fragments.
Do you want to:
Take the egg
Explore further
Go to the steps
In the display cases you find a pile of bone fragments.
Do you want to:
Explore further
Go to the steps
You are in a museum full of dinosaur skeletons. Next to you is a row of display cases. There is an exit to one side, and some steps leading down.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the displays
Explore further
Go through the exit
You are in a courtyard, beside a pile of hay. A stable door is in front of you, and by your feet is a mousehole cover.
Do you want to:
Go down the mousehole
Enter the stable
Explore the courtyard
You are in the stables. There is a coach here. On the floor lies: a pair of pliers, and a rope.
You can swap the crowbar.
Do you want to:
Return to the yard
Take the pliers
Take the rope
You are in the stables. There is a coach here. On the floor lies: a rope, and a crowbar.
You can swap the pliers.
Do you want to:
Return to the yard
Take the rope
Take the crowbar
You are in a courtyard, beside a pile of hay. A stable door is in front of you, and by your feet is a mousehole cover.
Do you want to:
Go down the mousehole
Enter the stable
Explore the courtyard
You are on a ledge beside a dirty drain. From here a tunnel leads to the dungeon. A long ladder leads up toward light.
Do you want to:
Enter the dungeon
Climb up the ladder
You are in a dark, dank dungeon. An iron cage hangs above a burning brazier. On the floor you can see: a pair of tongs, and a sharp knife.
You can swap the file.
Do you want to:
Keep the file
Take the tongs
Take the knife
Leading away from the dungeon there is a stone passage, and a tunnel. From the tunnel you can hear the sound of running water.
Do you want to:
Enter the passage
Enter the tunnel
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
You have found an old store room. In here you find: a barrel, and some pegs.
You can swap the basket.
Do you want to:
Leave the store room
Take the barrel
Take the pegs
You have found an old store room. In here you find: a wicker basket, and a barrel.
You can swap the pegs.
Do you want to:
Leave the store room
Take the basket
Take the barrel
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a large, cold cellar, in the middle of which stands a large coffin. On a nearby table you can see: a silver bell, and a tube of glue.
You can swap the mirror.
Do you want to:
Keep the mirror
Take the bell
Take the glue
At one end of the room there is a flight of steps leading up toward a faint light. A bell-rope is hanging from the ceiling. The sound of gentle snoring is coming from the coffin.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Enter the maze
Open the coffin
Tug the bell-rope
As you open the coffin, Count Duckula leaps out. Penfold shrieks, and leaps into your arms. As he leaps, Penfold knocks the dinosaur egg from your hand. It breaks open, and an odious smell of rotten eggs fills the air. Duckula cries in horror, and runs from the room.
You are in a large, cold cellar, in the middle of which stands a large coffin. Your bad egg peg stops you from smelling the strong pong of rotten eggs. On a nearby table you can see: a silver bell, and a tube of glue.
You can swap the mirror.
Do you want to:
Keep the mirror
Take the bell
Take the glue
At one end of the room there is a flight of steps leading up toward a faint light. A bell-rope is hanging from the ceiling. Inside the coffin you can see a black cape.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Enter the maze
Take the cape
Tug the bell-rope
At one end of the room there is a flight of steps leading up toward a faint light. A bell-rope is hanging from the ceiling. Inside the coffin you can see nothing.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Enter the maze
Tug the bell-rope
You are in a small room, at the top of a tower. A long flight of steps leads downward. There is a window here, opening onto a ledge.
Do you want to:
Climb onto the ledge
Go down the steps
You are perched on a narrow ledge, high above the courtyard. There is a window leading into the tower, and another leading into the library.
Do you want to:
Enter the library
Enter the tower
Look down
You are in a library full of leather-bound books. There is a lamp on a table, next to a book.
Do you want to:
Read the book
Examine the shelves
Switch on the lamp
Enter the corridor
Climb out the window
You are in a corridor. There is a door leading to the library, and a door to the music room. A flight of stairs leads down at the end of the corridor.
Do you want to:
Go down the stairs
Enter the library
Enter the music room
You are on some stairs leading down to a dark doorway. The doorway is nailed shut, but it could be opened from here.
Do you want to:
Pull out the nails
Climb up the stairs
Using the pliers you pull the nails out of the door. The door swings open.
Do you want to:
Go through the door
Climb up the stairs
You are in a dark cellar, filled with barrels of salt. There is a dark doorway to one side of the cellar. A ladder is lying on the floor.
Do you want to:
Go through the doorway
Take the ladder
Explore the cellar
You find a small grate, which opens into the dungeon. You will not be able to carry the ladder through the grate.
Do you want to:
Go through the doorway
Enter the dungeon
You are on some stairs leading down to a dark doorway.
Do you want to:
Go through the door
Climb up the stairs
You are in a corridor. There is a door leading to the library, and a door to the music room. A flight of stairs leads down at the end of the corridor.
Do you want to:
Go down the stairs
Enter the library
Enter the music room
You are in a library full of leather-bound books. There is a lamp on a table, next to a book.
Do you want to:
Read the book
Examine the shelves
Switch on the lamp
Enter the corridor
Climb out the window
The bookcase swings back when you give it a push, and both you and Penfold tumble into a secret room.
You are in a musty, old, secret passage. There is a way back to the library, and some rickety steps leading down.
Do you want to:
Explore the room
Climb down the steps
Return to the library
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
Climb to the ledge
You climb up the step ladder to the top of the pit. On the other side of the pit you can see a long passage. There is a lot of rubble filling the ledge. A key is lodged in a deep crack.
Do you want to:
Climb down the ladder
Take the key
Jump across the pit
Using the tongs, you manage to get the key out of the crack.
Do you want to:
Climb down the ladder
Jump across the pit
You find yourself at the bottom of a deep, dark pit. Above, you see a narrow ledge. To one side there is a wooden door.
Do you want to:
Return to the maze
Enter the store
Climb to the ledge
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a dark, dank dungeon. An iron cage hangs above a burning brazier. On the floor you can see: a small file, and a sharp knife.
You can swap the tongs.
Do you want to:
Keep the tongs
Take the file
Take the knife
Leading away from the dungeon there is a stone passage, and a tunnel. From the tunnel you can hear the sound of running water.
Do you want to:
Enter the passage
Enter the tunnel
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go south
Go east
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
You are in a maze with stone walls. Passages lead in many directions.
Do you want to:
Go north
Go south
Go east
Go west
You are in a dusty passage filled with cobwebs. It leads into the distance. There is a way into the maze here.
Do you want to:
Go along the passage
Enter the maze
You are in a long, low passage, leading toward a deep dark pit. There are some steps leading upward.
Do you want to:
Climb up the steps
Go along the passage
Look into the pit
You are in a museum full of dinosaur skeletons. Next to you is a row of display cases. There is an exit to one side, and some steps leading down.
Do you want to:
Go down the steps
Examine the displays
Explore further
Go through the exit
You are now amongst the dinosaur skeletons. In the distance you can see a row of display cases. The tail of a large dinosaur skeleton ends here.
Do you want to:
Go to the display cases
Climb up the skeleton
Explore further
You are halfway up the backbone of a large dinosaur skeleton, when you feel the bones start to shake.
Do you want to:
Jump off the skeleton
Climb up the skeleton
You are on the head of a large dinosaur skeleton. To one side you can see a window ledge. Below you the dinosaur starts to collapse.
Do you want to:
Jump off the skeleton
Jump to the balcony
Using Duckula's cape you leap into the air, and glide across to the balcony.
You are on a balcony overlooking the museum. There is a row of portraits hanging on the wall. There is a window next to you, through which you can see a narrow ledge far below.
Do you want to:
Return to the museum
Examine the portraits
Jump to the ledge
You are next to a full-length portrait of a portly looking toad. When you look closely, you find a catch under one edge of the painting.
Do you want to:
Return to the museum
Release the catch
Jump to the ledge
Using the knife to release the catch, you swing the painting forward to reveal a passage. As you enter the passage the panel swings shut behind you.
You are in a secret passage. It is very difficult to tell where any of the exits lead. Your map shows that there is an exit to your right.
Do you want to:
Go to the left
Go to the right
Go straight on
You seem to have found a back way in to the Pi-beam control room.
You are in a dome-shaped room, which used to be an observatory. It now houses a large machine which is pointing toward a slot in the roof.
Beside the machine there is a door leading onto a catwalk that runs around the outside of the observatory dome.
Do you want to:
Examine the machine
Return to the passage
Go out onto the catwalk
You are on a catwalk which runs around the observatory dome. There is a slot in the roof of the dome.
Do you want to:
Admire the view
Enter the observatory
Put the mirror in the slot
You are on a catwalk which runs around the observatory dome. There is a slot in the roof of the dome. A mirror is jammed into the slot.
Do you want to:
Admire the view
Enter the observatory
You are in a dome-shaped room, which used to be an observatory. It now houses a large machine which is pointing toward a slot in the roof.
Beside the machine there is a door leading onto a catwalk that runs around the outside of the observatory dome.
Do you want to:
Examine the machine
Return to the passage
Go out onto the catwalk
The large machine is a high-energy Pi-beam generator. On the side of the beam machine you can see two buttons. One is red, and the other is green.
Do you want to:
Press the red button
Press the green button
Return to the passage
Go out onto the catwalk
A humming noise comes from the beam machine. It seems to be working.
The large machine is a high-energy Pi-beam generator. On the side of the beam machine you can see two buttons. One is red, and the other is green.
Do you want to:
Press the red button
Press the green button
Return to the passage
Go out onto the catwalk
A blinding beam of light shoots out from the machine. You seem to have fired the Pi-beam.
The beam strikes the mirror lodged in the dome slot, and bounces back to the machine. There is a loud explosion, and a puff of pastry. The beam machine is covered in rhubarb and begins to crumble. A large plum pudding falls on the floor next to you.
Penfold emerges from the middle of the plum pudding, and says, "Cor Chief! I feel a prune". "Stop fooling around Penfold," you mutter.
Back in London, Colonel K. calls.
"Well done!", the Colonel says, "You have saved the World yet again."
"It's a pity that bounder Greenback got away, but at least you made sure that his plans were nothing more than pie in the sky!"
THE END
You will then have to turn off the console; Danger Mouse and Penfold later returned to home computers for Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee in 1985, which would be the last official Danger Mouse game until the release of Danger Mouse: Quiz for iOS in 2010 (but two years before it in 2008, this game received an unofficial remake for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and GP2X operating systems, which featured stills from the show as backgrounds).
