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| Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island | 
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| From: Her Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $11.59
You Save: $8.40 (42%)
New (4) Used (1) from $11.18
Avg. Customer Rating:  455 reviews
Sales Rank: 457
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
Color: Danger on Deception Island
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 25096
Model: 25096
UPC: 767861000555
EAN: 0767861000555
ASIN: B0000CEM5O
Release Date: October 3, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Game was fun April 23, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game was fun but short. the thing i love is that within the game you have games you must play and complete in order to go further with your investigation. The only thing i didn't like about this game is that nancy's voice is so irritating and annoying like she was on too much prozac. Anyways one part i thought was poorly created was when i had to guess the password for the computer. Realistically all passwords must be one word (no spaces) so i tried everything. Finally i gave up. What do you know? in this game the password contains a space between the 2 words (which is not realistic to real computers) but oh well i just move on. Overall it was very fun to play and im in my mid 20's :)
 THE BEST NANCY DREW GAME SO FAR!! April 14, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are about 15 Nancy Drew Mystery Games out right now and this one still remains my favorite! Lots of fun and excitement, great characters, graphics, music, suspense, puzzles, everything! I felt like I was re-living one of the Nancy Drew books I used to read! The endings of these games are what should be the big payoff for players! Some can be a bit dull. But this one had one of the best endings as you use your wits to defeat the culprit plus there was a lot of suspense. Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake also had a really fun, exciting ending as did Secret of Shadow Ranch. I hope the Her Interactive Team uses these 3 games as prime examples of how the rest of their future releases should be!
The Nancy Drew games got off to a slow start but eventually picked up steam when the third installment (#3) came out taking us to San Francisco in The Message in the Haunted Mansion. Two more great mysteries followed with a snowy blizzard in Wisconsin #4 - Treasure in the Royal Tower and #5 - The Final Scene where Nancy sleuths around an old charming theatre house. I was not 'thrilled' with #6 - Scarlet Hand, it takes place in a museum and just seemed rather boring overall. #7 - The Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake was my second favorite after Deception Island. AWESOME! #8 - The Haunted Carousel takes Nancy to a popular Amusement Park in New Jersey I believe. That one tops my list somewhere as well, there is just a really annoying talking robot throughout the game that will get on your nerves. Otherwise, that one is great fun! #10 - The Secret of Shadow Ranch was my third favorite as Nancy finds herself in the dry desert of Arizona. #11 - The Curse of Blackmoor Manor was an interesting entry in the series taking place in a New England mansion but yet not as exciting. #12 and #13 - The Secret of the Old Clock and The Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon were pretty good as well. Blue Moon Canyon is a bit claustrophobic at time seeing how you are on a narrow train. I have not played #14 and #15 yet which finds Nancy in both Paris and Hawaii.
Here are how I rate the games so far excluding #14 and #15 which I haven't played yet.
1. Danger on Deception Island
2. Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
3. Secret of Shadow Ranch
4. The Haunted Carousel
5. Message in the Haunted Mansion
6. Treasure in the Royal Tower
7. The Final Scene
8. The Secret of the Old Clock
9. Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
10. Curse of Blackmoor Manor
11. Secret of the Scarlet Hand
12. Stay Tuned for Danger
13. Secrets Can Kill
All-time favorite April 3, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The ninth of the Nancy Drew Mystery Series. This is my favorite game, so I'm gonna go nuts here. Things are graded A-F, just like school.
The Crime: A +
Nancy tries to take another vacation, this time by spending some time on Katie Firestone's whale watching boat in Snake Horse Harbor. The minute she arrives, plans change! Katie's boat has been vandalized. An orphan orca has shown up in the bay and there are different opinions as to what to do with it. Did Katie's big mouth get her in trouble?
Suspects include fisherman Holt Scotto, cafe-owner Jenna Devlin, and rival whale watching tourguide Andy Jason.
I'd never had a chance to learn anything about whales or the ocean and thought this was an endlessly cool premise.
Puzzles: A +
Nancy has to figure out everything from nautical terms to knots to Morse code. People give her tasks and quizzes. It can be as easy as making a sandwich or as hard as traveling underground tunnels and counting rocks.
Gameplay: A +
This game has it all. You can spend time out on the water in a kayak, eat a bowl of hearty chowder (or maybe a blueberry muffin) in the Hot Kettle Cafe, read about the local sea monster, build sand castles on a remote beach and dig for clams in the sand.
The only thing missing is maybe romance. But you get to talk to Frank and Joe Hardy on the phone, so that's close enough. (I love those boys.)
Time Changes: None.
Voice Acting: A +
In a word, perfect.
Favorites -
"Ah. Nuts." Andy Jason
"Next one'll be on the house, too." Jenna Devlin
"Vote for Holt!" Holt Scotto
Music: A +
I loved, loved, loved the music. The travel music was jaunty and perfectly fit the ambiance of the tiny seaside town. Especially cool was the little flute trill that occurred as you finished a puzzle.
Graphics/Video: A +
Getting better and better all the time. Bonus points for the animated sequences such as the whale watching tour.
Technical: B
I'm one of a few people who have had this problem, but no matter what I did, DDI wouldn't fully install on my computer. There was an error copying files and no matter what I did, it wouldn't fix it, even following HI's advice on the technical support board. Running the game from the disc rather than installing to my computer fixed the problem completely though.
Overall, I think this one is the pinnacle of HI's goodness.
If you love Nancy Drew, this one's for you. All-time favorite.
A great game! March 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great game and was worth while. It was full of surprises, adventures, mysterious suspects, and exiting puzzles. This game is the best Nancy Drew game so far!
A fine edition to the Nancy Drew library March 26, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
'Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake' is one of the best Nancy Drew games yet. It's one of those few that are actually scary. The beginning when Nancy first hears the 'ghost dogs' is truly chilling. Game play is fun. The only thing is the repetition of walking in the woods. But the big picture is worth it! As in every ND game, there is a little lesson in it. This one teaches about the Depression and the prohibition of the '20s. You also learn how to read/write Roman numerals.
Overall, a winner!
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