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Nancy Drew: Secret Of the Old Clock
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Software Details |
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| Brand: Her Interactive | Media: CD-ROM | Hardware Platform: PC | Operating System: Windows 2000 | |
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Description
It's 1930, and you, as Nancy Drew, find yourself racing against the clock to save 17-year old Emily Crandall from financial and emotional ruin. Her mother’s death, followed by a frightening explosion, a brazen theft, and a contested inheritance, have brought Emily to the brink of collapse. It’s up to you to find the answers in the Secret of the Old Clock that are Emily’s only hope.
Platforms
Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
Product Features
- Based on the 1st book and commemorates Nancy Drew’s 75th anniversary
- Drive Nancy’s classic blue roadster
- 1930 setting with vintage cars, clothes, and slang
- “Second Chance” option erases of making mistakes
Editorial Review
This hot, latest installment of the Nancy Drew game series includes the best parts of the first four books and takes place in the same time period – welcome to 1930’s America and the Great Depression. A friend of Nancy’s asks her to visit the town of Titusville, where another friend, Emily Crandall, lives. Emily owns an inn and she's in a jam; she's low on cash and nearly bankrupt. However, she does have one hope of saving the inn: a neighbor died and left his money to her in his will. Or, did he?!
Who Is Nancy Drew? YOU Are! |
Who Needs Nancy's Help Nancy finds herself in the middle of a mystery when Emily and the dead neighbor’s ESP teacher, Richard Topham, both claim the estate. Combine ESP with the strange inventions in the house of the the dead neighbor, Josiah Crowley, and you’ve got a recipe for all kinds of unexplained events happening in Titusville. |
Emily Crandall Needs Your Help! |
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The Scene of the Mystery Playing as Nancy, discover Titusville from behind the wheel of your 1930's roadster. Follow your roadmap to locations of interest in the mystery. Visit the lovely Liliac Inn owned by Emily, the invention-filled house of the deceased Josiah Crowley, and other locations where you need to search for clues. |
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Your Roadster |
The Lilac Inn |
Entry Hall of the Lilac Inn |
A Mysterious Warning! |
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The Possible Suspects Titusville is filled with a cast of characters. Here are some who may be responsible for the strange occurences Nancy encounters as she tries to discover who really inherited the money left behind by Josiah Crowley: |
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Jim Archer |
Richard Topham |
Emily Crandall |
Jane Willoughby |
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Jim is a good-natured, but secretly desperate, businessman trying to make it through the end of the Depression. The bank he owns is teetering on the brink of failure. Jim has been helpful to Emily and her mom, but he’s desperate for money. How far would he go to save his bank? |
Richard is a self-proclaimed expert on ESP and telekinesis and lives in the house that once belonged to Josiah Crowley. How did he inherit Josiah’s estate and money? He runs the “School for the Study and Development of Paranormal Powers,” but is his act just a hoax? |
Emily runs the Lilac Inn with the help of her guardian while she mourns the recent loss of her mother. She is plagued by strange occurrences: objects on the wall move, whispers call from shadows, things mysteriously disappear and then reappear. Is Emily just stressed out or are things really amiss? |
Gloria Crandall, Emily's mother, asked Jane to look after her daughter in case anything happened to her. She's doing her best to help Emily, but she doesn't know much about raising kids or running an inn. Could Jane have a hidden agenda? |
More Details |
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| Publisher: Her Interactive | Category: Children's Software Games | Binding: CD-ROM | ||
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