The Nancy Drew Games that Girlbossed too Close to the Sun
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My sisters and I always played them together and got matching key tattoos that say "it's locked" bc we would always repeat it back to each other whenever we came across something locked (9000 times)
awh that’s so cute!
i love that!
that is so sweet
aw love all my fellow Nancy gorls
It's locked.
The biggest Nancy Drew mystery twist is the identity of the anonymous biotech angel investor who kept Her interactive afloat because it was the "moral thing to do"
I think it's Bezos, she said amazon helped them early on 🤔
The right wing’s favorite boogeyman: George Soros.
@@chesaraepepple9120 if it is im gonna feel so many emotions
Named your first webkinz Nancy Drew... we must be the same age lol
@@kimscozyreads I think you replied to the wrong comment.
Once Nancy Drew becomes public domain, it would be so exciting to see more people make ND games.
I feel this is a pun bit I can't tell. Indie? ND, Nancy Drew
@@basedloverit’s definitely not a pun.
Nancy Drew is not a franchise it's a fucking lifestyle. I read 42 of those yellow hardcover Nancy Drew books as a child, named my first webkinz Nancy Drew, and was OBSESSED with those games. Me and my sisters would get a new one and I would play through it as all of my little sisters gathered around and watched me. It took us like a full year to get through our first one, which was the absolute banger Nancy Drew: The Curse of Blackmoor Manor, before we discovered online walkthroughs. I still haven't played through all the games, as I'm saving some of them for when I really need a good dose of Nancy straight to the bloodstream. I'm a Nancy Drew girl for life.
Omg yes that was one of my favorites, the puzzles in that game were unmatched
We stan a lifestyle guru
this is so so true. i even dressed up as nancy for a photo shoot, i think about her all the time, these games were my literal life - curse of blackmoor manor deserves to be in a hall of fame
Have you watched the show yet?
The door maze in blackmoor manor would have actually killed me without a walthrough idk how you did it. I almost rage quit white wolf of icicle creek because of that goose moose game because there is no walkthrough you just have to ... beat the AI and I was doing it in junior detective mode the paaaain LMFAO
i'm ashamed to admit that i literally wrote my master's dissertation on these goddamn games thank you for (lovingly) dragging them with me
i would love to read this dissertation tbh!
please god share the dissertation
I DEFINITELY want to read it. Lol
Would also LOVE to read!
Omg…. Can I read it
the “she has albinism” constantly being commented as an answer is what got me 😭
Oh man that's what she has! I missed it
As a person with albinism who just started this video, I am thoroughly intrigued by this
@@FIRING_BLIND Do you feel represented by this Facebook rep's comments?
NOTHING could have prepared me for the Nancy Drew rap that featured lyrics of a literal teen homicide ft. haunting melodic background vocals
I laughed so hard for like two minutes straight at the teachers guide saying that Nancy drew will teach students how to adopt a whale LOL
No further explanation required
Hi Kristina - She has albinism.
Little Jackalope here! Thanks for the acknowledgement. Sadly, I didn't ever reach the level of Director, I only made it to Marketing and Production Coordinator. And the "production" part was ambiguous and undefined.
But great video! It must have taken a lot of time a research on your part to put this together. 👍 Thanks for being a great Nancy Drew fan!
Ah! Little Jackalope!! You posted photos of the spooky Ghost of Thornton Hall notes and Charlotte cosplay on the official blog! That meant the world to me omg! You’re a legend! Hope you’re doing well.
I will never forget when I was 11, my mom read an article about these “educational Nancy drew games” and purchased a pack of the first 3 games on CD-ROM. I was instantly hooked…. And i will never forget when she walked in on me playing stay tuned for danger, took one look at Mattie Jensen and busted out laughing at how creepy the characters looked. But she didn’t understand! Compared to the cartoon characters in secrets can kill, these were peak graphics!! These games gave me so many good memories with my friends and family. From me and my friend at school sneaking up behind each other in the hallway yelling “HEEEEEERES SHORTY” to my sister and I constantly quoting “it’s locked” and “it won’t fit” and now my 6 year old nephew is obsessed with them. When he comes to my house all he wants to do is play Nancy drew! Although he’s a bit young for them, and all he actually wants to do is dial Ned over and over and cracks up laughing at the name “Ned Nickerson”. I have so much love for these games, the best thing they could do for their fans at this point is just pass the torch, and disappear quietly.
@Owlmations Yt awww that’s so sweet! I have all my old CD ROMS in my attic still, even though none of them work on my laptop I can’t part with them. Inside of each game box is a little piece of paper with all the passwords and solutions to the puzzles and lock combinations in each game that I wrote for myself when I was 12. Of course when it came to the later games that task became cumbersome so I think I stopped after danger by design when the puzzles became more randomized. But up in my attic is a little piece of paper stuffed in a game box with a hand drawn map of the forest from ghost dogs of moon lake with arrows showing me the way to the cemetery. I can’t explain why I get such an endorphin rush when I think about those games! It’s bittersweet
Oh man “here’s shorty!” is such a classic 🤣
@@shavedparmesanprosciuttoan4317I can't stand Attics
Midnight in Salem was the first ND game I ever learned about and I really enjoyed it. Then I watched all of the lets plays Gab Smolders did. Only now, in hindsight, through this video, I realized how bad that one actually was. I think one super small thing that actually highlights a pretty big problem in their idea of "modernization" is Ned. Making the story modern means conflict and jealousy, I guess. In the old games, Ned is appreciative of how smart Nancy is, supports her in what she wants to do, and loves hearing from her and her cases. In Salem, they're both jealous, don't rly seem to care about each other, and don't even seem to like each other?
They really said "lets take this very strong female character that's a great example for young girls and remind those girls that having your own goals and hobbies makes you an evil career woman actually"
In the last couple games, Nancy had slowly started becoming a worse and worse girlfriend by forgetting date nights, anniversaries, ned's birthday, etc. Mostly because Her Interactive actually wanted to push the storyline of a love triangle between ned/nancy/frank. I think what they did to Ned in Midnight in Salem was so messed up, he's always been loyal and kind to nancy all while she's slowly become more awful to him. To then make him seem like some cheater in Salem was such a blow to the character they've been clearly building him as throughout the whole franchise.
Gab smolder❤️ I watch her too! And I absolutely agree with you!
😂 you gotta try the other ones, if you actually like MiS then you will only love the earlier games.
@@thevisi0naryy gab smolders has since then played a ton and you better believe I have watched all of them :D I really love every single one, and was super surprised how well the older ones hold up even today. Absolutely love the "friends" who decided to open a bed and breakfast together, like, the most masterful queer coding I have ever seen
@@leaare yeah the older games are excellent adventure / puzzle games, I even like a lot of the “newer” ones too like Thornton hall and castle Malloy.
The most heartbreaking part about MiS is that me and my girlfriend love Salem MA and stayed there twice for Halloween, and we were ecstatic to learn they were making one of the games there and seeing the real life places in the trailer. Then we played it and it was the only ND game we couldn’t finish because we disliked it that much lol, tragic irony.
Man the carnivorous plant death was just the most hilarious thing when I was a kid. I think I triggered it almost every playthrough just for a quick laugh. Good times!
Me age 32 still triggering it every time tbh 😂
Lani Minella really just does the absolute most in every game she’s in. She’s in the Professor Layton series and there is a cutscene in one of those games that has five characters in it with speaking lines, and she is four of them. Absolutely blows my mind every time.
i grew up in the seattle area and toured her interactive when i was like 10 in girl scouts and i got a behind the scenes look at the game they were working on and it changed me forever,,, turned me into a nancy girl for life
i grew up in seattle and now i’m upset i didn’t know this existed 🤣🥲
we love halfmoonjoe here (and very jealous)
the halfmoonjoe love rn…. worlds colliding
Also gabsmoulders playthroughs if you want chill vibes!
ooh what game was it, if you don't mind me asking? That is so cool you were able to tour there!!
I know these games were made for girls to play with their moms, but as a boy I grew up playing these with my dad. Some of my fondest childhood gaming memories, along with Humongous Entertainment and the Syberia games.
thank you for including the punchy leroux scene, “turn it up” has me rolling - its giving “she’s really good”
39:00 I find this HILARIOUS
I have albinism, and I 100% love that they'd have a person with albinism be a main character, and that they'd portray the bullying we often get accurately...but also they could not have had shorter answers. Many ppl don't know what albinism even is
The beauty of the Nancy Drew games for me were the ways in which they managed to make the environments more and more detailed with each release while barely having to update their tech. It's a signature style that they polished over years of releases. I loved it because it was iconic! It made me feel cozy and ready to play through a mystery on a rainy day. Trying to 'update the graphics' and make it look like any other modern AAA game was a step backward for me. It really kind of took some of the heart out of it.
yesss, as a lonely kid who so badly wanted to go on adventures and solve nonexistent mysteries, these games hold a large part of my heart. I turned into a DM for d&d as an adult, it’s kind of everything I ever wanted
Been meaning to leave a comment here for a while... this video was very thorough and well done! Reading through the comments here, I have to agree with so many people. Nancy Drew means so much to so many people, but the era of the games has been one of the greatest. I was raised with the games and seeing how the company is now is just heartbreaking. However, these long breaks between games have given me so much time to delve further into the games, how they were made, how they work, who made them, and why they're all-around awesome. I've also made so many amazing friends through the games, and being able to further develop those friendships has been amazing.
Massive thanks to YOU for the shoutouts! I'm very honored to know you watch my videos, and to be featured in one of yours?? I really do appreciate it! Thank you so much! Best of luck to you, if there's anything you ever need, please let me know! Cheers!
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I remember being so disappointed when they released Midnight in Salem, especially for how long we waited. The quality of the graphics was about the same as the earlier games, a bit worse in my opinion. And it lacked the authenticity that you'd get with older games that made it feel like a Nancy Drew game. Btw I would love to see you talk about the Barbie computer and console games. love your vids 💕
I was thinking the same! A video about the barbie games would be amazing
I could only play Midnight in Salem when I get a gamer laptop because even the low graphics were crazy choppy and slow
just here to yell the words BARBIE COMPUTER
Oh wow, I was so excited when I saw this on my subscriptions tab. I muttered “yyeesss” to myself and immediately dropped everything else I was doing for the next 59 minutes and 12 seconds to sit down and watch this.
Funny seeing you here 😂
Hey!!! My aunt worked on these games 🥰
Edit: she started with haunted mansion and her last one was blackmoor manor
Tell your aunt I love her 😂
So your aunt worked on my absolute favorites of the series ❤
As a 12 year old homeschooled kid with no social life, I LIVED on the HerInteractive forums. Not only talking about the game, but also writing LOTR fan fiction??? Strange times.
Great video though, this was so fun to learn about the history of my favorite childhood computer games!
What I love so much is not only are the games still so fun NOW but there seems to be a huge resurgence of the love for Nancy Drew games during 2021 and 2022, it's like covid re-ignited this game franchise somehow and there are many more people beginning to play it.
I HOPE this shows HerInteractive how much we love these video games and gets them more investors in order to produce a new ND game in the original style and not whatever midnight in salem was.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one obsessed with these mystery games. Freddi Fish and Spy Fox are core memories for me, I love hearing about how important these Nancy Drew ones too (also, want to play now)
All of those titles are on steam for pretty cheap!
@@bladeofSteele Ok love that thank you!
Freddi Fish oh my gosh!! I LOVED that game. I wish I could find a new version that looks like the old game that I can play on my Mac.
@@LaurenLaass I don’t know about Mac, but they’re all available for iPhone. :)
SAME
oh no we had the SAME childhood. My grandma used to have those Nancy Drew games on her computer, and I would always ask to play them when she babysat me. Not to mention, my childhood love of Curse of Monkey Island that blossomed into a lifelong obsession with P&C adventure games :')
new monkey island game coming to switch soon!! :')
@@ashleynorton yes!!! I can't believe it's coming out next month. You'd better believe I already have that sucker wishlisted 😂
It was freddi fish for me. And when I was a little bit younger the little bear games! Especially “Little Bear Rainy Day Activities”
her interact needs to be run by the fans. i’ve seen so many amazing characters and story concepts on tumblr and twitter which i would’ve loved to seen. it’s the fans that keep the games afloat and have an undying love to them
I didn't play these games as a kid. I tried once, got scared, and quit. As an adult I have played a few of them after discovering them at a second hand media shop and I have loved them.
My husband LOVED Nancy Drew games growing up. He played more Nancy Drew games than I did growing up. We still pull them out and play them sometimes.
I love the little frank cameo’s throughout. It made me laugh way harder than it should.
As both an Ashley Norton AND a Nancy Drew fan - I can’t wait to watch this.
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I don't know why the multiple same toned "Hi BLANK she has albinism" made me giggle so much. Also, I legitimately saw that trailer and said "sims?" Like it fully looks like one of those series people would make in the sims 2.
These games mean so much to me. I remember getting Blackmoor Manor, my first (and favorite) Nancy Drew game in a combo pack of computer games for girls and I’ve been hooked ever since. I’ve played and replayed all of them through the years and I’m currently working on Castle Malloy and Waverly Academy again. Thank you for this video!
I think I had that same game bundle. It came in a pink box with a picture of a tiara on it, right? Curse of Blackmoor Manor was by far the best game in that bundle.
i can’t even begin to explain how much pajama sam changed meeeee AND FREDDIE FISH ARE YOU KIDDING MEEE
I've been watching Arglefumph play these games for years and I still watch his mega marathons. He also has individual walkthroughs for when you get hella stuck lol
I’ve never played the games, read the books, or even been remotely interested in the Nancy Drew franchise but I just intently watched a whole hour long breakdown about it lol you make great videos!
My grandma introduced me to the Nancy Drew games and other point and click mysteries! We used to sit next to each other in front of the computer and play these games allll day and it’s one of my favorite memories with her :’)
I legit would call Ned and/or Frank and Joe all the time during the Nancy Drew games because I’m nothing if not messy
the amount of time I spent as a kid playing ghost dogs of moon lake…the night time part was honestly so scary
I have a little ghostie tattoo from Blackmoor manor 🤩
Great video! Thanks for making!
For the record "by adopt a whale", what they mean is there's a way to "adopt" animals where all it means is they put some kind of camera device on them so you can watch them and get a certificate but it really means nothing. My seventh grade science class tried to adopt a polar bear I remember
This video showed up randomly in my suggested one day but I'm so so so happy to find that so many other people loved these games like I did though they were kinda janky. I loved their quirks from the robotic animations to the weird photoshopped pictures in the game. They were my everything in elementary and middle school. Seeing the decline of Her Interactuve over the years was a bit heartbreaking, I have so much love for these games (I even based my concept art class final on Nancy Drew) and part of me was hoping they would miraculously make a resurgence. Though I own Midnight in Salem, I havent really had the heart to start playing it honestly. It just felt like a game indicative of all the problems Her Interactive has been having so far. There's so much I can say about the state of Nancy Drew and Her Interactive, but to cut it short, you did an amazing job on this video and I can tell how much time and research you put into it.
i remember i got one of the games as a present, which was basically the first game i was ever allowed at all. i spent hours trying to get to the end, and then my mom realized how long id been playing, assumed my brain had been taken over by the video game brain zombie virus, and shut down the game entirely, deleting all my progress. i was so discouraged that i never played the game again and im still mad about it to this day. this actually has very little to do with the video i just needed to get that off my chest. thank you, void of the internet.
47:30 Without a doubt, this entire bit in the game was heavily influenced by Robert Downey Jr’s amazing portrayal of Kirk Lazarus in Tropic Thunder.
Holy shit. How did I not put together that he was “a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude”?? 😂😂
These games were terrifying to me as a kid! I loved them, but I absolutely screamed several times while playing. The ghost dogs of moon lake! Those dogs were spoooooky
The cover art for the game secrets can kill terrified me as a child. We had an old dingy unfinished storage room in our basement with shelves filled with junk, and I was always afraid I would see a pair of yellow eyes staring at me from behind them.
TLDW: Nancy Drew has entered her flop era.
I think the HeR Interactive was really banking on the fact that a haunted Salem witch trials themed game had been a fan suggestion for years in online forums and thought Midnight in Salem would simultaneously appeal to original fans (now well into adulthood) and a new, younger audience. While I’m saddened to see a huge part of my childhood go down the drain, there’s a part of me that’s happy that I can hold on to the nostalgia of the original games.
AHHHH no way! These games have never been talked about enough, I’m so glad you did a video on them!
(edit to say whoever made MID should be put in jail)
Well researched and through review of Nancy! Thanks Ashley!
Ive actually never heard about this game before and Im not much of a gamer but this was so interesting to watch, I really like your laid back but information packed style of narrating and laying out the story.
Mystery of the 7 keys gets a trailer, I go back to this video immediately.
9:40 Oh my good lord. Can you imagine the poor cop that has to sit through “Here, try another one!” over and over again while trying to keep their composure 😂😂😂
Omg it’s crazy that someone is covering these games. Me and my mom used to love playing these games together when I was a kid along with other point and clicks like the Mystery Case Files. It brings back such good memories to see all of them again haha
Curse of Blackmoor Manor is me of the best games ever. Took me like a year to solve it, I’m extra dumb, but I love it!
THANK YOU for pointing out the voice acting in SAW, it drives me insane whenever I play it and I never see anyone talking about it!
I have played every single game most of them multiple times. I’m 30 and see no reason Id lose enjoyment of them after making it this far. I just want the old style back
I've never played these games but boy do I love the clunky point and click aesthetic. Thank you for enlightening me with this fascinating snapshot of gaming history.
I would also like to recommend Gab Smoulder’s Nancy Drew playthroughs if you want some comfy vibes
I discovered you thanks to this video and RUclips recommendations and I absolutely love what you did here. I have been playing games basically since I was born in the 80's, Im actually an AAA dev now, and I praise myself of knowing a lot about videogame history (much of which i actually lived through) but being a man you might imagine how my knowledge can be skewed, so im always thrilled when i find a videogame niche i didnt know about. Im so glad this video exists, it was really enjoyable and informative. Everything you talk about in this channel is new to me so im subscribing to see more. Hopefully you can do more videogame stuff in the future.
"My birthday and Christmas were exactly 6 months apart."
Ah, so I see you had the Golden Gift Equation.
is my only experience of nancy drew the emma roberts film? yes.
will i watch this ten times over the course of next month? yes.
I do respect their response to the Thornton Family business question. They could have answered the question vaguely but instead went full in saying they didn't feel like they could tackle the subject of slavery without extensive research and careful approach. They didn't even have to bring up slavery in their answer but I respect them acknowledging the elephant in the room and giving an honest response about it. I don't think the topic should ever be erased from history, but I do understand not feeling up to the task to include it if you can't do it justice. I haven't played the game, but I imagine it isn't really necessary to spell out what bad things the family used to do for the story.
That aside, this is a fantastic video and well researched. You've gotten yourself a new fan for sure.
I’ve been a Nancy drew games fan for 25 years and there was so much in here that I didn’t know! What an awesome video. ❤
I grew up playing these games with my mom and sister. I loved them so much as a kid and owned every game. Now as an adult I still go back and play them every once in awhile. I remember being SO disappointed with Midnight in Salem dropped. We patiently waited years for that game only for it to be a watered down version of some free to play adobe flash game.
Those Nancy games changed my life 20 years ago when I first played them. I just love them!! I wish so much that we could have more (but not MID quality).
It's one of those amazingly sexist things that no one wanted to sell these (I remember going to shops and i was lucky to find one game) and yet almost every girl I know either owned or played at least one of these
I remember my childhood public library had a copy of secret of the old clock that I would check out a lot. I basically had no idea what I was doing, but I was content to just walk around and talk to people. I always remember being particularly fascinated by the graphics.
These games hold such a special place in my heart. My sister and I played them together (which was really just me watching her play cause I was a little too young) and it was always such a thrill to figure out the puzzles and solve the games. We even got the Koko Kringle chocolate bars many years ago from HeR Interactive. While I'm sadden by what happened and as much as I would love a new Nancy Drew game, perhaps from a different developer. Thank you so much for talking about this topic ❤
It's so insane to me how many of my own niche interests you have touched on
I have so many fond childhood memories of sitting in my nana's recliner with her and playing these games.
I'm very late to the party on this but thank you for the shoutout!! I enjoyed this video immensely, it's so well-researched and your humour is spot-on!! (Also just gotta put my two cents in and say I enjoyed the Shadow Ranch mobile game immensely but then again I love cowboys and bad media so I might be biased)
I was obsessed with these as a kid, I still have almost all of them (minus a few of the newer ones) in a box in my garage haha
I had never heard of the Nancy Drew games until I saw Jerma play it. His play through of some of the games make the experience all the more insane and hilarious.
DREW CREW
My special interest RUclipsr talking about my special interest games?! This is bliss
She actually just pulled out the classic "eat hot chip and lie"
Love it
This was incredibly fun to watch even as someone who has no idea about any of this.
I have all of these games because I can’t get rid of them. Every. Single. One. And I still watch people play them on twitch sometimes. They were iconic for young girls.
I made it all the way through the video fighting back the sadness that this is an end to my childhood and one of my favorite franchises, but seeing "sonny joon was here" in your description is what brought the tears
You just unlocked a deep memory for me. I lived w my grandparents for a summer and I spent pretty much the whole summer on their old was desktop computer because I had no friends in the area and I was like 10 so I was little past the age to go to parks and stuff (at least that’s how I felt lol) . My grandma is lowkey not a good caregiver but one day she came back from the store with a Nancy drew game for me “since I’m always on the computer anyways”. And I mf loved it. I played it like 4 times over until I had to go back to my house and we didn’t have a computer that could play it. I was so sad , but I still have the CD I’m pretty sure. It was the one where you explore the B&B
So delighted to see you made a video about one of my favorite video game franchises (and also delighted to see the shoutouts to Pajama Sam and Spy Fox). I was also raised on point n click adventures. Anyways I just started the video and I don't have more to add yet but I already know it's 10/10 because it's god damn Nancy Drew video games. I remember scaring myself silly when I was young and played Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, I was too scared to play it
This is the most comprehensive summary of the story of the Nancy Drew games that I’ve ever seen. I’ve been a fan of these games for over 20 years and you mentioned so many things that I didn’t even know about. Thank you for sharing all your research on the company, this was a great watch
I loveee Nancy drew games! I've have been playing Nancy Drew since I was an little girl. and I noticed as I got older and went to the places where they sold the physical copy of the Nancy drew games (Walmart, and game stop) didn't sell them anymore 😪 even when I go the her interactive website they only sell digital copies. Call me old-fashioned, but I love me an physical game I can hold. I'm just glad I brought those physical games when I was younger because it feels like I have an novelty items
Always go for physical! I'm new to the Nancy Drew series and PC games in general but a lot of my older console games (Nintendo especially) are hella valuable these days. You may be surprised! But that doesn't mean get rid of them, because they're still awesome to have.
I cannot believe I've waited years to play Midnight in Salem only to find out it's entirely different from the game I've been imagining. I am so glad I watched this because if I had gone in not knowing about the differences I would have lost my mind. I check Her Interactive every couple of months hoping for an announcement of a new game. Oh well. At least I can still play the old games but there is nothing like the first time. I probably will still play Midnight in Salem though.
Ashley, you are one of the best people on this site. A freaking Nancy Drew video?! I've been obsessed with these games since 2000. My husband and I are playing Danger By Design as I attempt to make him play every single one of these games except MID.
Her: in actuality these games are only about five hours worth of gameplay
Me: still hasn't solved the Haunting of Castle Malloy after my dad bought it for me ten years ago
as always your taste is just 😗👌🏻we stan the nancy drew games AND half moon joe
i still play the nancy drew games to this day, they're so fun. My first one was Haunted Carosel but my favorite ones are The Phantom Venice and Warnings at Waverly Academy
You know, you can access all these games on Steam too. My dad and I used to play them together and now he still does LOL
She mentions that towards the end of the video.
My fav Nancy drew stuff was the comics(!) and the slightly more adult ones with the 80s style artwork on the covers. Found five of em at a church book sale and still look around for them at used book sales cause I DEVOURED them as a child and desperately wish to read more even to this day.
Edit: I commented to soon. You just pulled up the cover art I was thinking of. Yes. The Nancy drew files were SO enrapturing when I was 9-10.
I played these games so much as a kid, I had them all through a subscription to a game website and would always play them with my mum because she loved them as well. Then during COVID I saw that all but one was on steam so I bought them all and got to play through ones I either hadn't played for years or that I hadnet had a chance to play.
This video is very comforting. Way cool. Now I'm going to have to go and listen to that end credits song from the Vampire Diaries interactive game.
I used to borrow the CD ROMs of Nancy drew games from my local library as a kid and I was HOOKED for years, eventually bought them all online too. I miss them and really wish they would keep making them
I randomly found your content when your Clique deep dive came up in my recommended videos, one of my faves growing up. Now I fund you're also a Nancy Drew game fan who loves Survivor... I wanna cry, i feel so seen. The Nancy Drew games are like a fever dream, no one else I know knows about them but they were my whole youth.
I just noticed an in-flux of gamer RUclipsrs discovering these gems and have been watching numerous Let’s Plays to satisfy my nostalgia itch. Had that not happened, I never would have seen this video recommended to me by the omniscient Algorithm. What a coincidence it was your most recent video. Anyways, I am now a fan of your channel! Subscribed and will be watching more!
It’s so cool! I haven’t seen anyone who has ever heard of these but my aunt began developing them shortly before I was born so I grew up playing the ones from the early 2000s 😂
bring back train frank you cannot understand how much i love that man
I played every game growing up as they came out, I love your videos and I’m so excited to start this one!!
I played these all the time with my siblings when we were younger! When we were developing the photos in Danger by Design, we had to put our fingers on the computer screen to make sure we clicked the right spots because we had immolated poor Nancy like, 40 times. 😂 Not to mention the time I--I mean Nancy--stopped her investigation in Venice to play Scopa for almost an hour with a not-so-conspicuous mob boss.
Thank you for recommending halfmoonjoe!
Thank you for the info. Your video was great!!!!