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| Mystery Case Files: Huntsville | 
 enlarge | From: Activision
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $6.80
You Save: $13.19 (66%)
New (20) Used (7) from $6.59
Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 2484
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows Nt, Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows 98
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.3
MPN: 35357
UPC: 047875353572
EAN: 0047875353572
ASIN: B000NXHZJS
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | More than 15 crime puzzles to solve | | • | Travel to 20 unique locations | | • | Screensavers, extras and more |
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Product Description
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville lets you solve a crime spree that baffles Huntsville police! It provides gamers with a collection of intriguing mysteries and brain-teasers to solve. There are picture puzzles to ponder, strange crime scenes to explore, and much, much, more! With thousands of hidden clues it's a new game each time you play. Do you have a keen eye for details? See if you can locate enough hidden clues to solve the crimes and become a Master Detective!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Where it all started August 28, 2008
Mystery Case Files Huntsville- it's the first game in the Mystery Case Files series, and the one that created the popular Hidden Object genre. The storyline for this game places you as a detective, trying to solve the case of the missing diamond from the Huntsville museum. You investigate a variety of locations by looking for hidden objects. Each location reveals a new troublemaker, and all of them seem to belong to the same crime ring. At the end of the game you uncover the mastermind, and discover who's really behind the diamond theft. There are many good points to this game- the storyline is a good one, and the game definitely makes you want to get to the end so that you can solve the whodunnit. Huntsville is full of a variety of entertaining criminals who, you'll discover through the levels, seem to engage is some bizarre crimes. Perhaps most importantly, the pictures in this game are VERY well done. They're complex, they're funny, and the objects are well integrated into the picture- they're not just plonked on top of a background scene. As this was the first Mystery Case files game, it's also the easiest. If you're new to the hidden object genre or looking for a good kid's game, this is a great place to start, but it's also engaging and difficult enough that it should please everyone. Highly recommended.
Fun for children and adults August 19, 2008
I purchased this product after reading the online reviews. I have never played a game with this format before. It was enjoyable for me to play alone. In addition, my six year old, 12 year old and husband liked to play with me as well to solve each case.
 Game Review: Mystery Case Files: Huntsville August 18, 2008
Mystery Case Files: Huntsville
Product by ACTIVISION
Review by SpeekNDaTruuf
"Mystery Case Files: Huntsville" by ACTIVISION is a hidden object game with hours of endless fun! Huntsville is a city plagued with crimes that the Huntsville Police Department just simply cannot solve. This is where YOU come in. You have to race against the clock to find several hidden objects (and each new game provides new objects to seek) in order to find out who is committing these heinous crimes. There is a ranking system, somewhat like a promotion, where you start at the lowest rank and eventually end up at Master Detective, and there are timed puzzles after completing each level that shows you who the culprit is. Can you find all of the hidden objects and nail the dirtbag before time runs out?
"Mystery Case Files: Huntsville" is a great game, if you're into that kind of thing. I happen to be very into that kind of thing, so I enjoyed it immensely. While I usually play these games by my Self, my sister wanted to play along with me, and she really loved it. In fact, I originally bought it as a birthday present for her because she and I had played several other free and downloadable trial hidden object games before, and she really enjoyed those.
So, what made me choose this one over several other hidden object games? Well, the price was fair; not too expensive, but definitely nothing close to free. Also, having played other "Mystery Case Files" games, I knew that the graphics would be nice and that the objects wouldn't be too hard to find. I hate playing a hidden object game where the "hidden objective" is to have you strain your eyes for hours on end without actually finding the "hidden object." "Mystery Case Files: Huntsville" is easy on the eyes and you actually feel as if you are accomplishing something as opposed to just wasting time. Before long, you are wrapped up in searching for the hidden objects that you forget other routine things, i.e. answering the phone, watching television, checking e-mail, etc. In other words, it's very addictive, and you actually look forward to playing it each time. Or maybe that's just me. THREE AND A HALF/FOUR STARS.
A Note in Comparison to "I Spy" May 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just wanted to add a comment for parents whose children enjoy the "I Spy" PC games and want to move on to other "hidden objects" games. In the "I Spy" games you can click over the list of words and the computer will read them aloud to you. In "Huntsville" you are just presented with a list, so if your children cannot read or are not good readers, you will need to read them the multiple lists. I know that I really appreciate the "I Spy" read-aloud feature (as do my children who get to play independently), and I just wanted to point that difference out to anyone who might be wondering if that feature is included in "Huntsville."
Play alone or with a friend! May 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband bought this game for me, and he and I spent hours playing as a team - we had a great time together and found it very satifying working together (it was amusing to me to discover what my strengths were compared with his, and it was entertaining learning to complement each other with those strengths) to beat the clock and finish a puzzle in time! We both love the variety in different places to hunt for clues, and the challenge of being in the same scene but having different clues to find!
We also play alone, under our own name, and we talk about how much slower it is for each of us to find the clues ... playing on your own is fun (and competing with someone else to see who can get to the next level first), playing as a team is even more fun.
I like how this game encourages vocabulary growth ... I've had to use the dictionary more than once to figure out what I was supposed to be looking for! I don't have much time to play computer games, but I've gotten quickly hooked and sneak a level in whenever I can (it's nice to be able to leave at any point and not have to start all over again later)!
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