Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger

Following the success of Secrets Can Kill, HeR Interactive created Stay Tuned for Danger. It had a much larger story and world, and surpassed its predecessor in review ratings.

Available on: Windows 95/98/ME/2000 Professional/XP/Vista/7/8/10
ESRB: E for Everyone
PC Release Date: November 13, 1999
Release MSRP: $24.95 USD
Discontinued: November 17, 2011
Digital Re-Release Date: August 9, 2016
Re-Release/Current MSRP: $9.99 USD
Number of Discs: 1
Game Abbreviation: STD or STFD
Game Color Code (Dreamcatcher): AB403F
Game Color Code (HeR Interactive): A50360
Inspired by/Based on: The Nancy Drew Files #17: Stay Tuned for Danger

Game Description: Go Undercover to Save Daytime TV’s Biggest Star from the Danger Lurking in the Wings!
Nancy’s reputation for solving mysteries offers her the chance to investigate behind the scenes of a high-profile daytime drama. One of TV’s hottest soap stars is receiving threatening letters and it’s up to Nancy to get to the bottom of them. Clues are everywhere you look, but so is treachery! Only cleverness and craft can outwit this culprit–will Nancy discover the truth before the final curtain call? Stay Tuned!
PC System Requirements: 166 MHz Pentium Processor. 16 MB RAM. 130 MB available hard disk space. 16-bit color graphics card. 8x CD-ROM Drive. 16-bit Windows-compatible stereo sound card. Mouse and Speakers.

Fun Facts:

This was the first Nancy Drew game to have a theme song. This theme song variant was then included in the next 15 games before being changed for games 18-32.
This is the first game with 3D animated characters.
The character Millie Strathorn was designed around Mildred B. Benson, the original ghost writer of the Nancy Drew book series.
This game had two different cover arts: the initial cover art when the game released in 1999 for both Secrets Can Kill and Stay Tuned for Danger and then the cover designed by Mark Tolleshaug in 2000 when Message in a Haunted Mansion released.
The current cover art for this game is the only cover art that was a modified version of an unused 3D render from the original game. In other words, the cover art wasn’t digitally illustrated like all the others.
The colors on the cover art were different when it released from Dreamcatcher and from HeR Interactive. Dreamcatcher released a redder version of the cover art, then later changed it to a pinker version.
The final challenge music was slightly altered and reused from this game for multiple later games including Message in a Haunted Mansion and The Phantom of Venice.
HeR Interactive never wrote a strategy guide for this game. Only their publisher in 2001, Dreamcatcher Interactive, wrote a guide.
Stay Tuned for Danger didn’t get a game trailer until its re-release in 2016.
The original game color for this game was bright red.
Owen W. Spayder is listed in the cast credits, but never has a vocal appearance. He does appear on some viewable security tapes.
In Lillian's office, there's a business card for a faux HeR Interactive employee named Ms. Teri Gaime. When said quickly, it sounds like 'Mystery Game'.
Lillian has a copy of The Vampire Diaries and McKenzie & Co. in her office on one of her shelves.
On one of the first versions of the HeR Interactive website was an interactive demo of Mattie's apartment where you could click on various items to get more information about the game.

Image Gallery
Characters
Walkthrough
Soundtrack
Extra

Image Gallery

Characters

Dwayne Powers

Dwayne is a failed actor who knew Mattie and Rick from their early days of summer stock theatre. He’s knowledgeable in acting, stagecraft, and deceit. Is he jealous and seeking revenge on the set?

Lillian Weiss

The director for “Light of Our Love,” a soap opera featuring Mattie and Rick. At one point Lillian dated Rick Arlen, but now she seems to have a grudge against both Rick and Mattie.

Mattie Jensen

A superstar who’s currently renting out Aunt Eloise’s apartment. She works at Worldwide Broadcasting Studios with co-star Rick Arlen and her agent is Dwayne Powers.

Millie Strathorn

The prop master who also happens to own about half of the studio. She tries to write scripts for the shows, but no one wants her writing, so maybe she’s threatening to get her way instead…

Rick Arlen

He works with Mattie Jensen on “Light of Our Love” and had a past romance with her as well. Rick has been getting numerous death threats, notes, poisoned chocolates, dead flowers, and bombs, but is he just trying to get more attention?

Walkthrough

You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger on YouTube!

Episode 1 - Mattie's and WWB Lobby

Episode 2 - Mattie's Dressing Room and the Stage

Episode 3 - Getting Kicked Out

Episode 4 - Dwayne Powers and the Prop Room

Episode 5 - Talking and Packages

Episode 6 - The Bomb

Episode 7 - Lillian's Office and the Control Room

Episode 8 - Powers Talent

Episode 9 - Nancy McChatterson

Episode 10 - The End

Developer Walkthrough

You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger on YouTube featuring one of the game's creators, Robert Riedl! Robert was the script writer for Stay Tuned for Danger and was able to provide many behind the scenes stories and facts that you won't want to miss!

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 1

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 2

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 3

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 4

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 5

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 6

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 7

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 8

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 9

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 10

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 11

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 12

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 13

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 14

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 15

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 16

Developer Walkthrough - Episode 17

Soundtrack

Awards

Parents’ Choice Gold Award, Best Software, ages 10 – 18
National Parenting Publications Awards, 2000
NAPPA Gold Award, Best Elementary Software
SuperKids Software Review, Best Software for Girls