Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower

Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower
by Her Interactive

Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower
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Brand: Her Interactive
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2001-07-24
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP
Color: Treasure In The Royal Tower
Publisher: Her Interactive
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Video Game Reviews of Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower

Customer Review: A fun, enjoyable game
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this game, not having played the Nancy Drew games before. I'd read the books as a child, and the games are good extentsion of that. This game was fun, and enjoyable. It has a good storyline, lots of puzzles, and quite good graphics. It wasn't easy to complete, took a week or so, but I had fun while I was working out the puzzles, and exploring many parts of the Nancy Drew world. I would recomend this to anyone who enjoys computer games, especially girls.

Description of Nancy Drew: Treasure In The Royal Tower

Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower is such a captivating game that we could barely stop playing long enough to write this review. The fourth adventure in the Nancy Drew series from Her Interactive finds Nancy vacationing at an old ski lodge in Wisconsin. But, as usual, trouble is afoot. The library has been vandalized (as if someone was looking for something?), a violent storm has snowed in everyone, and you must play as Nancy to unravel the mystery.

Similar to the other Nancy Drew adventures, you get to step into Nancy's shoes and explore the old lodge to uncover clues through objects you pick up along the way and conversations with the other guests. Things heat up when Nancy learns that the lodge contains an old tower that has been sealed off. You quickly learn that the tower was brought over from France, and was Marie Antoinette's hiding place in her final months before her beheading during the French Revolution. Could Marie's famed treasure be hidden in the tower? Is that why the library was vandalized? And why is everyone acting so suspicious?

Why do we love this game so much? The first reason is that it gives young girls an outstanding female role model, the likes of which we haven't encountered in any other kids' games to date. Who else, besides Nancy, is so smart, brave, witty, and adventuresome? The second is that it's hardly dumbed down the way many girls' games are. We're way above the minimum age range for this game (ages 10 and older), but playing in the senior detective mode we were challenged (there's also a junior detective mode for younger players)--it took us hours and hours of thrilling gameplay to unravel the mystery. And yet, it moves quickly and is satisfying enough to keep anyone playing for long stretches. Lastly, Treasure in the Royal Tower gets girls engaged in history. The integration of the Marie Antoinette story and related French history was enough to make us purchase a book on this intriguing royal figure to learn more.

Other outstanding things about Treasure in the Royal Tower include gorgeously designed backgrounds and 3-D environments, smooth gameplay, interesting and amusing characters, and the ability to use the Second Chance feature and go back to right before you made a fatal mistake. You can also tap into the minds of young women around the country on the message boards on the Her Interactive Web site. If you're ever stuck, you can ask this knowledgeable audience for hints or clues that might help you out of a jam.

We could go on and on about all the great surprises and twists in this game, but that would just spoil the plot, wouldn't it? Why don't you just check this one out for yourself... we really can't say enough good things about it. --Ara Jane Olufson


Assume the identity of supersleuth Nancy Drew as she unravels the mysterious happenings inside a castle full of riddles and rumors. Pick up the thread of a long-forgotten secret in this intriguing 3-D interactive mystery by solving puzzles, searching secret rooms, and interviewing evasive suspects.

Nancy's ski vacation in an old castle is interrupted by a fierce blizzard. Snowbound inside the castle, she learns of an elaborate plot devised by Marie Antoinette 200 years ago to hide a royal treasure. As always, there is much more to the story than first appears. Uncover the rich history of the lodge, as well as some mysterious events, all leading to the hidden treasure. Learn about the eccentric fellow who built the lodge. One of the towers of the resort was believed to be the last hiding place of Marie Antoinette, and now the blizzard has locked everyone inside the castle, just as Marie was hundreds of years ago.

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