Nancy Drew 75th Anniversary

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Product Features

• Adventure game series based on the Nancy Drew detective books
• Includes 5 best-selling titles
• Collect clues, interview suspects, and crack each case
• Games feature 360-degree 3-D graphics, in-game hints, and hours of gameplay
• For 1 player

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000AXRIU2
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,090 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

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Product Description

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To mark the special 75th Anniversary of this savvy super-sleuth, The Adventure Company brings you this limited edition containing five best-selling Nancy Drew games for the PC, a bonus Nancy Drew mystery book, and an exclusive Nancy Drew movie trailer. The games feature realistic characters, 360-degree 3-D graphics, in-game hints, and hours of gameplay.

Secrets Can Kill: Solve a murder and catch the devious culprit. Place yourself in the role Nancy Drew, as you go undercover to track down the criminal using your seasoned-detective investigative skills.

Stay Tuned for Danger: TV's hottest soap star, Rick Arlen, is receiving threatening letters, and it's up to Nancy to get to the bottom of them. Are they serious or just a prank? Pose as an extra on the set to unravel the web of deceit lurking in the wings, and the lies surrounding the suspects.

Treasure in the Royal Tower: While snowed-in at the Wickford Castle Ski Resort you, as Nancy Drew, are trapped in a place that's as strange as its history. The castle is a riddle, full of dead ends and detours that hint at royal legend. Solve baffling puzzles, search concealed rooms, interview evasive suspects, and sidestep snowy danger on the hunt for a secret that someone else is desperate to discover first.

Final Scene: A friend's kidnapping puts you, as Nancy Drew, into a race against time at the century Palladium Theater. The place is destined for demolition in three days-but the kidnap victim is being held captive somewhere inside!

Message in a Haunted Mansion: Nancy has flown to San Francisco to help out an old family friend who is turning a beautiful but dilapidated Victorian house into a bed-and-breakfast establishment. Nancy gets set to help with the renovation and is told about the strange goings-on and accidents. Always eager to solve a mystery, Nancy is determined to uncover the cause of the 'accidents' plaguing the renovation of the old mansion. Some believe that the mansion is haunted...

Product Description

To mark the special 75th Anniversary of this savvy super-sleuth, The Adventure Company brings you 5 best-selling Nancy Drew games for the PC and a special bonus feature. Secrets Can Kill: Solve a murder and catch the devious culprit. Place yourself in the role Nancy Drew, as you go undercover to track down the criminal using your seasoned-detective investigative skills. Stay Tuned for Danger: TV's hottest soap star, Rick Arlen, is receiving threatening letters, and it's up to Nancy to get to the bottom of them. Are they serious or just a prank? Pose as an extra on the set to unravel the web of deceit lurking in the wings, and the lies surrounding the suspects. Treasure in the Royal Tower: While snowed-in at the Wickford Castle Ski Resort you, as Nancy Drew, are trapped in a place that's as strange as its history. The castle is a riddle, full of dead ends and detours that hint at royal legend. Solve baffling puzzles, search concealed rooms, interview evasive suspects, and sidestep snowy danger on the hunt for a secret that someone else is desperate to discover first. Final Scene: A friend's kidnapping puts you, as Nancy Drew, into a race against time at the century Palladium Theater. The place is destined for demolition in three days-but the kidnap victim is being held captive somewhere inside! Message in a Haunted Mansion: Nancy has flown to San Francisco to help out an old family friend who is turning a beautiful but dilapidated Victorian house into a bed-and-breakfast establishment. Nancy gets set to help with the renovation and is told about the strange goings-on and accidents. Always eager to solve a mystery, Nancy is determined to uncover the cause of the ‘accidents’ plaguing the renovation of the old mansion. Some believe that the mansion is haunted…

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining Game Series, Best Price, February 19, 2006

By	A Quiet Conscience "Q.C." (Canada) - See all my reviews

I own all of the Nancy Drew PC games and even though I'm an adult, I have a great time playing them (I pass them down to my nieces afterwards -- it helps having played the game for when they call and need help!). Secrets Can Kill is the first in the series and the only one that has an actual murder in it (the others focus on items being stolen, treasures hidden, "ghosts", and so on). "Secrets" is the weakest of the series but that's to be expected since it was the first and Her Interactive has made many improvements with each game. The game is point-and-click and the cursors change color and look when there's something of interest. Navigation is pretty easy, the graphics are rich and colorful, and some of the puzzles can be very challenging. In the earliest games you could choose between Master, Senior and Junior Detective but later games just offer Junior and Senior. Junior Detective mode gives Nancy a little book where she keeps track of what to do next, so kids can refer to it and not get too lost. The games became more educational with the titles of Dolphin Cove (you learn about dolphins, whales, nautical terms and flags, etc.) and Secret of the Scarlet Hand (all about the Mayan culture with settings in a museum). Some titles are just spooky fun like Haunted Mansion, Blackmoor Manor, Treasure in the Royal Tower and so on. The voice work on these games is good, but sometimes you can tell the actor is faking an accent. There's not a lot of animation, and the suspects usually stay in one spot so you know where to find them when you need them. I would recommend these games for preteens and up because some of the effects could scare a small child (in a couple of the games there is an explosion effect when you choose the wrong thing -- luckily there is always the "Second Chance" button, but the suddeness of the bang could make you jump if you don't know it's coming.) Overall, this series just keeps improving. I'm looking forward to the next one which will see Nancy in Paris, France.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for girls!, December 2, 2005

By	Kathleen Walton (Winchester, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nancy Drew games have become a family affair in our house! My 10 year old son enjoys them as much as my 12 year old daughter. And, honestly, I enjoy them as much as the kids. We gather around the computer as a group deciding which way to go, who to talk to, what to try next, etc. The games are good, clean, non-violent, stimulating fun. Start with Message in a Haunted Mansion and you will be hooked! And, the price on this anniversary package is fantastic.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Games!, November 28, 2005

By	shopper1213 "Hope i helped" (Usa) - See all my reviews

I have played all of the nancy games and beat each one... They are really awesome!!! You cannot just buy another series of games. These are the best games I've ever played!!! The preice is great too. I like all the games in the pack. Secrets can kill is definetly not too great, though, because you have to switch disks every 30 seconds (exageration). The graphics are great in all games except secrets can kill. My favorite in this pack might be either stay tuned for danger or treasure in a royal tower. I love final scene too.
GREAT BUY!