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by Randy Sluganski |
Nancy Drew: A Retrospective |
Nancy Drew: Stay
Tuned for Danger
In Stay Tuned
for Danger,
Nancy travels to New York City to visit friend Mattie Jensen, television’s
hottest new soap opera actress. Nancy goes undercover as an extra
on the soap opera to find out who is threatening Rick Arlen, the
male lead of the same soap opera.
We thought that JA reviewer
Harriet Gurganus – who as a young girl read all of the Nancy Drew
books – was the perfect choice to decide if Nancy had successfully
crossed over from the printed page to computer. Her verdict, ‘I
was thrilled when I heard that Her Interactive had plans to resurrect
Nancy Drew and make her the star of a series of adventure games
for the computer. The titles for the games in the series are Secrets
Can Kill, released in the fall of 1999, Stay Tuned for Danger,
released in the winter of 1999, and The Haunted Mansion, still
to be released. The concept was for these games to appeal to girls,
ages ten and up. Well, I am certainly on the up-side of ten and
I have enjoyed every minute of Stay Tuned for Danger. Actually,
I consider these games to be ageless and genderless. Anyone who
is looking for a fun time at the PC will find it here.‘
