The Mummy Mystery

aka: The Mummy Mystery: Starring Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye
Moby ID: 19762
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Description

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster is back exploring the lands of Egypt. An archaeologist named professor Pickle explores a tomb holding the mummy of the Pharaoh named Thanxfurnuthen, but gets trapped in the tomb while exploring. Little Monster and Detective Kerploppus are called to Egypt, to save the professor. To open the door of the tomb, you must journey across Egypt and find five magic rings. To find the rings you must ask people about what they know about Egypt, collect scarabs for money and decipher clues about where the rings are hidden.

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  • Atomic Age Inc.
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  • KMC Films
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Trivia

The long-dead pharaoh's name, Thanxfurnuthen, means "thanks for nothing".

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Game added by Andrew Shepard.

Additional contributors: Wormspinal, formercontrib.

Game added October 30, 2005. Last modified January 12, 2024.