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The Nancy Drew PC games were a immense portion of my beingness for years. From the clip I discovered them circa 2000 until 2015, 2 games were released each year, 1 successful wintertime and 1 successful summer. Since then, determination has lone been 1 crippled released, but I unrecorded successful anticipation that much are connected the way. And until then, I tin replay the thirty-plus existing games whenever the temper strikes.
If you, too, would similar to (re)play these wonderfully elaborate and acquisition Nancy Drew games, you could play them successful order, oregon you could shingle things up by playing according to play — the games aren’t truthful tightly connected that you’ll get excessively confused this way, I promise. The institution down the games, HeR Interactive, encourages this to an extent, making “winter” and “summer” crippled bundles disposable for purchase. I did not look astatine these bundles earlier making my selections, alternatively choosing to categorize the games successful the mode I thought best. And I added categories for outpouring and autumn, too, truthful present you tin support playing each twelvemonth round!
Some of the selections were evident — the 1 wherever you’re snowed successful astatine a castle-turned-ski-resort is intelligibly wintertime — portion others I categorized based connected vibes much than nonsubjective evidence. Feel escaped to put the playing bid to suit your ain taste, perception, and memory, if you like. All that matters is that you person a bully time!
Spring
The Secret of the Old Clock
Not lone is this a symbolic spring, arsenic this crippled is based connected Nancy’s earliest adventures, but it takes spot connected a precise pleasant sunny day. Perfect for minigolf!
Trail of the Twister
In the U.S., tornado play is mostly from March to June, truthful this is decidedly a outpouring game.
The Haunted Carousel
I utilized to spell to Disney World successful May, truthful this amusement park-centered crippled makes maine deliberation of spring.
Labyrinth of Lies
The story of Hades and Persephone takes halfway signifier (literally!) successful this game, acceptable successful a Greek museum. Since outpouring is traditionally erstwhile Persephone gets to instrumentality to her parent Demeter, that’s the play this crippled makes maine deliberation of.
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The Phantom of Venice
I presume Venice is bully to sojourn successful spring. And 1 of the songs they play successful the inheritance arsenic you roam the metropolis is the “Spring” information from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.
Danger by Design
This 1 is successful the Spring conception for the precise silly crushed that it is acceptable successful Paris, and the archetypal happening I deliberation of erstwhile I deliberation of Paris is simply a enactment from an aged song: “The past clip I saw Paris, her trees were dressed for spring…”
Legend of the Crystal Skull
We person an nonstop day for erstwhile this New Orleans-based crippled takes place: May 31. Technically spring, but it would beryllium a just acceptable for summertime arsenic well!
Summer
The Secret of Shadow Ranch
Brave triple-digit temperatures to drawback a saboteur and his ghostly equine — and to prime vegetables for the ranch’s picky cook. (Seriously, bring successful excessively galore underripe veggies and it’s crippled over.)
The Haunting of Castle Malloy
One of your tasks successful this crippled is to prime flowers for a friend’s wedding bouquet. Most of these flowers bloom successful precocious outpouring oregon during the summer, making this crippled acceptable successful a half-destroyed Irish castle a probable-to-definite summertime play.
Ransom of the Seven Ships
What amended mode to walk the summertime than by sailing and swimming successful the Bahamas?! Granted, the information that your champion person is missing is simply a spot of a downer…
The Shattered Medallion
I’ll beryllium honorable and accidental this is the lone Nancy Drew crippled I didn’t overmuch like. BUT it has a bully summery consciousness arsenic you rotation New Zealand arsenic a world amusement contestant.
The Creature of Kapu Cave
You and the Hardy Boys get to roam the jungles and beaches of Hawai’i collecting shells, fishing, and identifying section bugs and works life. Oh, and thing astir a legendary monster and a dying pineapple crop?
Secret of the Scarlet Hand
The absorption connected the past Maya, who inhabited tropical climes, prompted maine to enactment this 1 successful the Summer category.
Shadow astatine the Water’s Edge
Spend summertime abrogation teaching English to Japanese kids…and being SUPER haunted by a shade astatine the ryokan you’re staying at. (The dependable actors’ accents whitethorn beryllium the scariest happening of all…)
Ghost of Thornton Hall
During a steamy nighttime successful the Deep South, Nancy dredges up unsafe household secrets — including precisely the kinds of secrets you’d expect a almighty Southern household to have.
Danger connected Deception Island
Summertime is the cleanable clip to assistance a mislaid orca disconnected the seashore of Washington state! You get to spell kayaking and larn astir whales astatine a depository dedicated to them, too.
Alibi successful Ashes
In this game, Nancy spends astir of her clip successful jail, truthful her friends person to bash the sleuthing (and devour tons of crystal cream) successful their hometown of River Heights.
The Silent Spy
Spend a summertime successful Scotland, wherever Nancy uncovers deadly secrets astir her deceased parent and immerses herself successful the satellite of spycraft!
Autumn
Secrets Can Kill
There are 2 versions of this game. One is the archetypal successful the series, and the 2nd is simply a remake with amended graphics and a moderately much satisfying conclusion. Both instrumentality spot astatine a Florida precocious school.
Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
The play isn’t excessively wide connected this one, but 1 of the broadside characters has a bully fuzzy sweater, truthful I presume it’s chilly.
Message successful a Haunted Mansion
This one’s each astir the ghosties! Roam a dusty aged San Francisco location arsenic unexplained shadows, bodyless voices, and much travel you around.
Midnight successful Salem
This 1 is acceptable successful Salem, Massachusetts, close astir Halloween. Mini-games see carving jack-o-lanterns and making pancakes with images of creepy creatures connected them!
Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
The trees are each greenish successful this one, but someway the rustic compartment you enactment successful evokes a autumn feeling for me.
Stay Tuned for Danger
The TV play traditionally starts successful autumn, truthful that’s wherever I’m putting this game, successful which Nancy investigates decease threats being made against an egotistical soap opera star.
The Final Scene
You walk the full crippled wrong a dilapidated theater, searching for a kidnapped friend. Something astir the once-grand, broken-down aged spot gives maine autumn vibes.
The Captive Curse
Everyone successful this crippled – including Nancy – is dressed similar it’s Oktoberfest (which is successful September, vielen Dank!), truthful this 1 belongs here. While you bash get to roam astir immoderate creepy woods, astir of the clip you’re successful an aged German castle connected the prowl for a monster with a necklace fetish.
Curse of Blackmoor Manor
This 1 vaguely reminds maine of The Hound of the Baskervilles — creepy English manor, spectral beasts, etc. — and since that publication was acceptable successful October, this crippled should be, too.
Winter
The Deadly Device
The climax of this suspenseful crippled takes spot during a blizzard successful the Colorado Rockies…just successful clip to trap you successful a subject laboratory with a killer!
Treasure successful the Royal Tower
When a blizzard puts paid to Nancy’s skis plans, she goes looking for Marie Antoinette’s mislaid diary instead, similar you do. One of the suspects is simply a hunky French skis instructor.
The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
Here’s different 1 acceptable astatine a skis resort, but this clip you get to bash immoderate existent snowshoeing and snowmobiling…and cleaning the property’s water for crystal skating. It’s much of a moving vacation. By that, I mean you’re undercover arsenic the maid.
Tomb of the Lost Queen
A batch of archeological expeditions to Egypt instrumentality spot successful the autumn oregon winter. That makes wintertime the cleanable play to spell poking astir the recently-rediscovered tomb of Nefertari! (Or is it truly her tomb?)
Sea of Darkness
For much accepted wintertime fun, caput to Iceland! You’ll get to spot the aurora borealis, acquisition the joys of the polar night, and poke astir successful unsafe crystal caves.
Warnings astatine Waverly Academy
Spend wintertime interruption undercover astatine an elite girls’ school. It adjacent starts snowing partway done the crippled — it’s precise pretty!
For much Nancy Drew goodness, cheque retired this history of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, oregon instrumentality this quiz to find retired which Nancy Drew sidekick you are!
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