Product 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #740 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Her Interactive
• Model: 67861-00058
• Released on: 2005-07-19
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2000
• Format: CD-ROM

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

Amazon.com Product Description

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!
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.
Your Roadster	The Lilac Inn	Entry Hall of the Lilac Inn	A Mysterious Warning!
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:
Jim Archer	Richard Topham	Emily Crandall	Jane Willoughby
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?

Customer Reviews

captions
"Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock" is open captioned, and, I might add, the captions are very nicely done. Even sounds, like phones ringing or explosions, are captioned, much like we expect from TV. While I readily admit to having had "differences" with Nancy Drew manufacturers, and have been downright furious with them at times, this isn't one of them. LOL. The game works perfectly, even with Vista, and without having to make the computer pretend it has XP.

Fun but confusing
I really enjoyed playing this game. It really does pass the time. My only problem with the game is that sometimes you don't know what to do next. I guess they want you to try to talk to everyone and look at everything but some steps I completely missed until I went over the game guide. I recommend getting the game guide or using the discussion boards at the publishers website. I'll be buying more of these for sure.

Really Short
I'm not sure what they were thinking. I've played five of the Nancy Drew games and this one was significantly and very noticeably short compared to the others. Otherwise, a fun game.