The Ultimate Challenge: Into the Jaws of Doom
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| Author | R. L. Stine |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition |
| Genre | Children's, Horror novel |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | February 1998 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 059039777X Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | None |
| Followed by | Return to Terror Tower |
The Ultimate Challenge: Into the Jaws of Doom is the first book in R. L. Stine's "Give Yourself Goosebumps Special Edition." It offers 39 endings.
Plot introduction
The story takes place with you as the main character and you are on the top floor of a museum when the lights suddenly go out. A mysterious voice indicates that it is the Master Computer and it has taken over the Museum. Unfortunately, nearly everything in the museum is automated and connected to the Master Computer's systems. Now, you need to find a way to get out of the Museum and defeat the Master Computer. Along the way you encounter an ally in a PDA who, up until nearly the end of the story, is just a small voice that communicates advice to you.
Differences from other books
This book is different from many other "Choose Your Own Adventure" type stories because it has only one way to make it out of the book alive. This book includes the use of "items" that can be collected during the course of the story and therefore requires the reader to keep a list of what he or she has at any given time. In some cases, the character can lose items (either by using it up or having it taken) and that must be taken into account when reading the book. Like most of R. L. Stine's "Give Yourself Goosebumps" series books this story requires the reader to play certain games like the flipping of coins or rolling of dice in order for certain decisions to be made. Also the pages are doubled; for example pages 78 and 79 are on the same page.