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Press Release:
HER INTERACTIVE SHIPS NANCY DREW: THE FINAL SCENE
Company Also Debuts Value-Packed Holiday Bundles at E-tail & Retail Nationwide
BELLEVUE, Wash., November 13, 2001 - Her Interactive, a developer of interactive entertainment for girls and women, today announced the latest game in its Nancy Drew series, Nancy Drew: The Final Scene, has shipped to retail outlets nationwide. Gearing up for the holidays, the company also announced special retail and e-tail game bundles that include a Nancy Drew book, along with an assortment of other game-related goodies.
Taking the role of Nancy Drew in The Final Scene, the player is pitted against the clock in a race to save a friend's life. Nancy is tagging along while her old high school pal Maya does a story on a local historic theater that's slated for demolition soon. The theater contains some Houdini-like secrets but Nancy's curiosity about them is sidetracked when she hears her friend's blood curdling scream and realizes Maya has disappeared.
The police are convinced Maya is outside but Nancy knows she's still in the theater. Players must extract clues and hints from the game's four characters, navigate the many hidden passageways of the theater and solve about 20 puzzles in order to save Maya.
Like all Nancy Drew games from Her Interactive, players can get in-game assistance by phoning Nancy's friends Ned, Bess and George. They can also explore 200 hot spots that give players more clues. If players need more tips, they can visit one of the online chat sessions found at www.herinteractive.com to ask for and share information with other Nancy Drew fans. For those players who are new to the Nancy Drew game, titles in the series feature two levels of difficulty: Junior and Senior Detective.
Nancy Drew: The Final Scene is targeted at players aged 10 and up, carries an ESRB rating of "E" (Everyone) and is published by DreamCatcher. The new PC game is available through retail outlets nationwide, such as Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, Best Buy, Electronics Boutique, as well as through Amazon, Scholastic and many other online and catalog outlets.
System requirements for the game include: Windows 95/98/Me/XP; 166 MHz Pentium processor; 16MB RAM; 130 MB available hard disk space; 16-bit color graphics video card; 8x CD-ROM drive; 16-bit Windows-compatible stereo sound card; mouse and speakers.
Holiday Bundles
Her Interactive is also packing loads of value into several holiday bundles available now at e-tail and retail. E-tail shoppers can purchase any Nancy Drew game and with that, get an assortment of items including: a first edition Nancy Drew book, Nancy Drew: The Case of the Lost Song; a Nancy Drew magnifier necklace, and a collection of Nancy Drew screen savers, desktop icons and wallpaper. The bundle is available for $24.99 at www.amazon.com.
At retail, consumers who purchase The Final Scene will also get the book, Nancy Drew: The Case of the Lost Song. The bundle is available at retail outlets nationwide for $19.99.
About Nancy Drew
Having debuted in 1930 and still going strong in 2001, Nancy Drew is the smart, independent, gutsy, and resourceful eighteen-year-old detective who can crack the toughest case. Published in 22 languages and with more than 100 million copies in print worldwide, Nancy Drew has engaged readers and served as a role model globally for generations.
About DreamCatcher
Established in 1996, DreamCatcher is a successful and growing publisher of PC and console software entertainment with mass appeal. The company is known for publishing leading
interactive titles at an affordable price. DreamCatcher is based in Toronto, Canada. Visit the company web site at www.dreamcatchergames.com.
About Her Interactive
Her Interactive creates intelligent interactive entertainment for girls of all ages. The company designs, develops and publishes award-winning games that offer role-playing, mystery, and adventure that girls and women find both challenging and fun. Her Interactive's Nancy Drew series offers exciting gameplay without violence or gender stereotypes. More information about the company and the Nancy Drew games can be found at www.herinteractive.com.
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Contributed by Xoleras (66951) on Jul 16, 2005.
Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island Setup:
Outwit a Desperate Kidnapper Before a Theater Tumbles!
Search a darkened theater to free a hostage from her captor's dangerous plot in
Nancy Drew: Final Scene!
Contributed by Xoleras (66951) on Aug 23, 2004.
DreamCatcher Web Site:
Box Back:
Outwit a Desperate Kidnapper Before a Theater Tumbles Down!
A friend has just vanished at the Royal Palladium Theater, and you, as Nancy Drew, are in a race against time to find her. The building is destined for demolition in three days, and a sinister caller says your friend will go down with it! Use your wits, nerve, and stealth to crack a kidnapping in this fascinating 3D interactive theater riddled with hidden passageways, magician's trickery, and devious puzzles that conceal precious clues. If you don't unmask the slippery kidnapper soon, all hopes of a happy ending will turn to rubble.
- Two "Spy IQ" levels of difficulty
- 20+ hours of game play
- Lively, animated 3D characters, each with a secret to protect
- "Second Chance" option - without starting over
- Rich, interactive, 360-degree, 3D environments
- Hugh, realistic theater full of secret rooms, trapdoors, and passageways
- Original, high-quality music and 3D sound effects
- Built-in game hints (but only if you want them)
- Great opportunities for collaborative sleuthing with family and friends!
Contributed by Jeanne  (58480) on Jan 23, 2002.
Inside Box:
Solve a Kidnapping as Nancy Drew in a Theater of Illusion!
A night at the movies turns into a nightmare for you, as Nancy Drew, when the final premiere at the Royal Palladium becomes a disappearing act for a friend. The historic theater will be demolished in just three days, and Nancy's sure her friend Maya is being held captive inside as ransom for the building! Is it a publicity stunt or a misguided scheme? Nancy must race against the clock to find Maya and expose a kidnapper who grows more desperate with each day's delay ...
Explore behind the scenes of a huge, spooky theater where danger, secret halls and trapdoors lurk.
Success is in the cards when you solve a magician's puzzles to gain clues and information, or get out of a pinch.
Stay sharp for clues everywhere you go, and make no concession to false leads that suspects may feed you along the way.
Never let down your guard - every prop in this old theater may hold a trick within a trick.
Trust no one but yourself! - everyone's a suspect when a friend's life is at stake, and each one wants to sway you from the truth.
Contributed by Jeanne (58480) on Jan 23, 2002.
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Description:
When one of Nancy's high school friends gets kidnapped in an historic theater, our favorite detective is plunged into a desperate race against the clock: with the theater being torn down in just three days, can Nancy outwit the kidnapper and rescue her friend before the wrecking ball flies? Or will this be Maya's final scene?
The Case:
Nancy travels to St. Louis to visit her old friend Maya and attend the premier of a new blockbuster movie, “Vanishing Destiny,” at the Royal Palladium Theater. The historic theater is scheduled for demolition in just 3 days and Maya is covering the controversial story. But when Maya is kidnapped just before her big interview with the movie’s leading man, Brady Armstrong, Nancy’s night out at the movies turns into a nightmare.
She’s convinced that the kidnapper is hiding Maya in the mysterious theater in a desperate attempt to halt the demolition, but no one believes her!
Nancy must juggle her efforts between searching for her friend, proving to the police that Maya is really in the theater, and finding a way to stop the demolition. It’s not long before Nancy begins to unravel the tangled history of the theater’s ownership, a web of secret deals and betrayals surrounding Harry Houdini, the world’s greatest escape artist. Will this information help Nancy save the day? Can Nancy afford to gamble with time when her friend’s days are numbered? Play the game and find out!
Use your best detective skills to explore this once-grand theater in a frantic quest for clues, secret passageways, hidden rooms--anything that will help you find your friend. Her life depends on it. Tick-tock!
Contributed by Jeanne (58480) on Jan 13, 2002.
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