Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island

Danger on Deception Island is one of the most popular games in the series. It was the second game to release in 2003 and the ninth in the series.

Available on: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10
ESRB: E for Everyone
PC Release Date: September 30, 2003
Release MSRP: $24.95 USD, on sale for $19.99 USD
Current MSRP: $9.99 USD
Number of Discs: 1
Game Abbreviation: DDI
Game Color Code: 15BBB4
Inspired by/Based on: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Digest Paperback #153: Whispers in the Fog

Game Description: Plunge into Danger to Bring a Mysterious Island’s Secrets to the Surface!
George’s friend, Katie Firestone, invites you, as Nancy Drew, to Deception Island for a whale-watching excursion, the sleuth arrives to find Katie’s tour boat heavily vandalized. A threatening note warns Katie to “stop meddling.” Apparently, Snake Horse Harbor is divided over an orphaned orca whale that recently appeared in the channel and has apparently decided to stay. What was a simple vandalism case begins to unfold into something more mysterious and sinister. Can Nancy find the culprit, or will she be too late to “Save the Whales?”
PC System Requirements: 200 MHz or greater Pentium or equivalent class CPU. 16 MB of RAM. 160MB or more of hard drive space. 16-bit DirectX 7.0 compatible graphics video card. 16-bit DirectX 7.0 compatible sound card. 8x CD-ROM drive. Mouse and Speakers.

Fun Facts:

This was the final game to use the user interface (UI) design introduced in Secrets Can Kill.
In the game installer for a couple of the future games, it shows an unreleased box art concept for this game. The game number on the spine of the box was shown to be on the bottom of the side with the game title above it. However, when the retail cardboard box released, the game number was in the middle of the spine instead of the bottom.
The strategy guide HeR Interactive made for this game featured a new design for the back side of the guide cover. This trend continued until it was changed for the guide for Danger by Design. From games 6-8, the back of the strategy guides featured various graphical assets from in-game. Starting with Danger on Deception Island, it featured part of the cover art blended with the guide's backing. This same design choice applied to the retail cardboard box.
When you go clamming for Jenna, sometimes you will find items that are references to past games such as Malone's Bones from Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake.
Katie's calendar features art of the ghost dogs from the speakeasy in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake.
When you make a fatal error in this game, the newspaper reads Deception Siland instead of Deception Island.
This was the first game to feature all the previous games on the back of the box in both a listed form and in image form.
Nancy has some tokens from Captain's Cove Amusement Park as well as a brochure from Beech Hill Museum in her suitcase.
Whale World was based off of The Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, WA.

Image Gallery
Characters
Walkthrough
Soundtrack
Extra

Image Gallery

Characters

Andy Jason

A rival whale watching tour owner, Andy obviously would like to keep the orca near to bring more business. However, when Katie’s boat is damaged, it’s curious that he should be the only tour operator left in the area…

Holt Scotto

Holt is an influential veteran fisherman who would like nothing more than to get rid of the orca that is eating the fish in his waters and causing the fishing ships to detour around the harbor. Could he be the one sabotaging Snake Horse Harbor to intimidate the orca supporters?

Jenna Deblin

The owner of the local coffee shop, Jenna, is a very adamant conversationalist who believes the orca should be rejoined with its pod immediately and by any means possible. Does any means possible include damaging boats and leaving threats?

Katie Firestone

Katie is a marine biologist who owns a whale watching tour and is able to take scientists and tourists up close to the orca with her permit. Her studies theorize that the whale is sick, and she thinks it should go to the aquarium for further research. Did her unpopular opinions land her in hot water?

Walkthrough

You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island on YouTube!

Episode 1 - Stop Meddling or Else!

Episode 2 - Hot Kettle Cafe and the Seamanship Quiz

Episode 3 - Lighthouse and Whaleworld!

Episode 4 - Whales Rule!

Episode 5 - The New Beach

Episode 6 - Wood, Chess, and Hilda

Episode 7 - Caddy Skelly and Clamming

Episode 8 - Hot Kettle Break-In

Episode 9 - Wood and Caves

Episode 10 - Hilda's Gift

Episode 11 - The Final Meeting

Episode 12 - The Whale and the Ship

Episode 13 - The End

Soundtrack

Awards

Parents’ Choice 2004 Gold Award, Best Software, ages 10-18
Museum of Science, Boston – 2003 Top Choice Software Award.
iParenting Media, 2003 Best Software Award