The Boy Scout Saving a Mad Scientist

In the 1986 game Moonlight Madness, your goal as a young boy scout is to infiltrate a mansion to find medication for a dying mad scientist. You must dodge lethal house staff and deadly falls just to deliver these life-saving pills.

This bizarre platformer for the ZX Spectrum computer turns the typical hero trope on its head. Instead of fighting a villain, you are racing against time to save one. It is a strange narrative choice that contrasts sharply with the frantic platforming gameplay. You spend your time navigating treacherous rooms, treating a medical emergency as a high-stakes obstacle course.