A first-person mystery adventure PC game, Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand lets players assume the identity of teenage super-sleuth Nancy Drew as she digs into the theft of a priceless Maya artifact. Players must pick up the thread of a long-forgotten secret in this intriguing 3-D interactive mystery by solving baffling puzzles, searching sealed-off rooms, interviewing evasive suspects, and sidestepping danger to expose long-buried secrets and catch a thief red-handed!
A brazen thief steals a priceless artifact while Nancy Drew sets up an exhibit of ancient Maya treasures in the very next room. The only clue left behind is a mysterious scarlet handprint, the meaning of which was entombed centuries ago amongst the relics.
Players, as Nancy Drew, must use their sleuthing skills to track the thief¿s sinister blood-red signature through a maze of long-buried secrets. Is the thief stealing for money or as part of a more ominous plan? To solve the case Nancy ventures beyond the museum to visit several Washington D.C. locations. Using the subway, she makes her way to the Mexican Consulate, a hospital, and an art dealership in search of clues. Along the way she meets a variety of fascinating characters, all with secrets to hide. As Nancy digs deeper into the thefts, it becomes clear that she has unearthed a complex and sinister plot with roots dating back thousands of years.
Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand is the sixth CD-ROM mystery game in the highly acclaimed Nancy Drew series from Her Interactive. Key features include:
- Journal mode allowing Nancy to review important notes
- Mouse light tool illuminates cursor in darkened areas
- New ¿circular cursor¿ navigation for fluid movement in 3D environments
- Multiple environments for the player to search and discover
- Beautifully illustrated and detailed 360-degree 3-D environments.
- New immersive puzzles that correlate to Nancy¿s job as Deputy Curator
- Museum exhibit and Maya cultural facts woven into game play.
- Two difficulty settings, Junior and Senior Detective, both of which offer help by allowing players to phone Nancy¿s friends, Ned, Bess and George.
- Online Hints and Tips message board available at www.herinteractive.com allows players to ask for and share clues and hints with other Nancy Drew fans.
System Requirements:
- Windows 95/98/ME2000/XP
- 166 MHz Processor
- 16 MB RAM
- 200 MB available hard disk space
- 16 Bit color graphics video card that's compatible with direct X 6 or higher.
- 8x CD-ROM drive
- 16 Bit compatible sound card
- A pointing device and speakers
