Stay Tuned for Danger (computer game)

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Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned For Danger

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. 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.

[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 Allen, begins receiving death threats and poisoned chocolates, Nancy decides to solve the case.

[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: has been employed by the Powers agency. He has a strange resemblance to someone else in the game.

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] Easter Eggs and Slipups

Stay Tuned For Danger contains no eggs found in many of the Nancy Drew games.
A Slipup 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)