I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe is the eighth I Spy PC game, released 12 September 2004 on CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh systems. It was developed by both Scholastic and Black Hammer Productions, then published by the former. The game is an adaption of the 1996 picture book I Spy Spooky Night. It is a remaster of, a reimagining of, and an expansion upon the original 1999 I Spy Spooky Mansion game. Deluxe primarily includes two more scenarios, 13 more riddles, and overhauls or updates to nine rooms. It also adds new voice lines for the host character Skeleton (provided by Amy Birnbaum), new sound effects and transitional music, a UI lift, and a higher color depth. However, the Deluxe version removed the Make Your Own I Spy feature from the first game.
Around November of 2009, Big Fish Games made a download-only re-release of Deluxe, simply titling it I Spy Spooky Mansion. It replaced the question mark button with an options menu, and the read-aloud button with a cooldown hint system. It is allegedly buggier than the original 2004 game, and its ending cutscene was made shorter and quieter. The Big Fish re-release is often confused with the 2004 game. Despite other I Spy re-releases having been delisted from Big Fish's storefront, this one remains (along with their versions of Fantasy and Mystery).
For an in-depth comparison between I Spy Spooky Mansion and I Spy Spooky Mansion Deluxe, visit the I Spy Spooky Mansion PC Differences page.
Plot[]
You enter the Spooky Mansion, and the door shuts behind you. In order to escape, you must complete I Spy riddles to unlock pieces of a puzzle that contains instructions on how to get out of the house. You are guided through the mansion by Skeleton. There are 3 ways to exit the house, and they go from easy to hard, with the game ending as Hard is finished.
Easy: The Secret Message
Medium: Shrinking Soup
Hard: The Ghost Machine
Locations[]
Entry Hall[]
Interior Front Door[]
Parlor[]
Dining Room[]
Upstairs Hall[]
Bedroom[]
Library/Study[]
Mini-Games[]
- Make Your Own I Spy (Original)
Other Locations[]
Trailer[]
I SPY Spooky Mansion
Let's Plays[]
 (Longplay -26) (PC) I Spy- Spooky Mansion Deluxe |
Trivia[]
- In the Deluxe version of the game, you can no longer go back to the house and replay all the games and make your own version of I Spy.
- The Key Cabinet, Ghost Machine, Window, Fireplace, Kitchen, Plate, Secret, and Lobby rooms went under the biggest changes. Some rooms have smaller changes, such as the Bookshelf.
- This game is directly referenced in I Spy Mystery, including Mystery Meal, Midnight Mouse, Broken Machine, Missing Art, Locked Gate, and Skeleton's Books.
- When playing Mystery Bins, the grid expands every time you play it depending on difficulty. (Easy: 4x2 Medium: 4x4 Hard: 4x6)
- The Snake near the mousehole doesn't have the credits, but instead if you press "stop," the centipede holds the credits.
- There are three main rooms that you have to escape and aren't playable when you enter them. (Easy: Secret Room Medium: Kitchen Hard: Ghost Machine/Inventor's Workshop)
- When playing on Medium or Hard the Secret Message can't be opened and is a mirror instead.
- The book in the trunk is based on a real book by Sadie Rose Weilerstein.
- The Plate, Attic and Butterflies are the only locations that aren't involved in any of the escape routes.