Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger - PC

Product description ------------------- Behind the Scenes of a Daytime TV Drama. .com ---- In Stay Tuned for Danger, the lead actor on Light of Our Love is receiving frightening threats. It's up to you, as Nancy Drew, to find the perpetrator before it's too late. You'll have to go undercover as an extra on the show to expose the sinister scoundrel! Enter the game, and you see the world through Nancy Drew's eyes. As you explore the detailed 3-D surroundings, you meet incredibly lifelike characters who all have a secret to hide. It's up to you to crack the case by piecing together information from conversations, mind-twisting puzzles, hidden messages, and other clues you uncover along the way. And if you get stuck, you can always call Nancy's best friends for helpful hints and additional clues. If you loved Secrets Can Kill, we know you'll love Stay Tuned for Danger, the second in the Nancy Drew interactive mystery series. P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review ------ This second title in the Nancy Drew series has the titian-haired sleuth posing as an extra on a soap opera, trying to expose someone who's been threatening the show's star. Kids "become" Nancy and navigate the program in first person viewpoint, exploring, searching for clues and solving puzzles. In our first hour of play, we had to gather clues in an actor's apartment, make our way to the television studio, search it and piece together a torn letter that we found in a jewelry box. As we explored, we collected items for use later on, namely keys, a VCR remote control and a visitor's pass to the sound stage of the soap opera. We also called Ned on the telephone for a little TLC and phoned Nancy's buddy George for a little sleuthing advice. Reviewers and testers all loved the experience. The graphics are great, the game is very playable and the feeling of suspense and danger is definitely there. The game has three levels of difficulty and an embedded help system. We've yet to make it all the way to the end- let us know if you do! Teaches: logic, strategy, problem solving Age Range: 11-up -- From Children's Software Revue® -- "Subscribe Now!" ( https://secure.tradenet.net/childrenssoftware/csroffer.html ) You actually are the legendary teenage detective in this superb role-playing investigation. This second digital Nancy Drew case sends the girl gumshoe to New York City when her friend Mattie Jensen, one of the stars of the daytime soap opera "Light of Our Love," asks for help in discovering who's sending death threats to daytime TV hunk Rick Arlen. But it's a hard case to crack: the mystery maze Nancy (you) must prowl and prod includes a host of suspects-from Dwayne, Rick's fired agent, to Lillian, the jealous director, to Mattie herself, once the love of Rick's life. All of them have plenty of motives to knock off Rick. The animations and 3-D sets are feasts for the eye-rich, compelling and at times as realistic as photographs. The dialogues, which provide Nancy with optional answers, are smart, at times humorous, and loaded with clues, dead-ends and trickery. While the Myst-like first-person navigation using the magnifying-glass cursor takes some getting used to, the plot is deftly developed with believable characters, an ominous soundtrack, and a mystery thick with suspense. Despite three levels of difficulty, it requires hours of analytical thinking and retracing steps in search of missed clues. No actual violence occurs, no sexual content either-meaning it's a great game for a teen intrigued by mystery. A 2000 Parents' Choice® Gold Award. Reviewed by Don Oldenburg, Parents' Choice® 2000 -- From Parents' Choice® ( /exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/parents-choice.html ) See more ( javascript:void(0) )

• Three " IQ" levels of difficulty.
• 20+ hours of game play.
• Realistic characters each with a secret to hide.
• "Second Chance" option without starting over.
• More........