It was developed on the Shadow Knights engine with some extra code for smoother character movement.
Dave's mission is to rescue his brother Delbert, lost in the haunted mansion teeming with creatures.
In 1993 the game was re-released by the short lived publisher Froggman under the name Rooms of Doom.
The game is identical, but the story now involves a character named Jake (Dave) entering a haunted mansion to save his friend Mikey (Delbert).
Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion was ported to cell phones in 2008.