Her Interactive
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Her Interactive is the leading mystery-maker and pioneer of fun and inspiring interactive entertainment. The company, with 24 awards to its name, designs, develops and publishes high-quality, mystery adventure games and apps, and is the world leader in the mystery games category. Her Interactive's Nancy Drew games have sold more than 10 million copies. This success, in part, is buoyed by the ever-increasing numbers of girls and women becoming avid game players. Nancy Drew players now include moms who have introduced their daughters to the girl detective, making her one of history's longest-running iconic figures spanning generations.

History

The company, which spun out of the bankruptcy of American Laser Games
American Laser Games
American Laser Games was a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico that created a wide variety of light gun laserdisc video games. The company was founded in the late 1980s by Robert Grebe, who had originally created the system to train police officers under the company name ICAT , and adapted the...

 in Albuquerque, NM in 1995 was relocated to Bellevue, WA in the late 1990s. The game development company is best known for their popular Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...

 adventure-mystery game series. The company employs about 25 people and has recently transitioned to a dual leadership role, with Stuart Moulder as acting CEO and longtime CEO and President, Megan Gaiser
Megan Gaiser
As CEO/CSCO of Her Interactive, the pioneer in popular mystery gaming designed for girls and women, Megan Gaiser sets corporate, product and market strategy. Under her stewardship, Her Interactive has grown from a boutique company to an emerging competitor with the globally loved Nancy Drew...

, now in the role of Chief Strategic Creative Officer.
Her Interactive's electronic games have received 35 Best Software awards from Parents' Choice Foundation, iParenting Media, Children's Software Revue, National Parenting Center, and Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...

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Nancy Drew Adventure

  • 1. Secrets Can Kill
    Secrets Can Kill
    Secrets Can Kill is the first of the many Nancy Drew computer games developed by Her Interactive and was released in 1998. It is followed by Stay Tuned for Danger. The game is based on the book "Secrets Can Kill", the first book in the Nancy Drew Files Series. It is set in first person view of...

    (PC 1998)
  • Secrets Can Kill Remastered
    Secrets Can Kill Remastered
    Secrets Can Kill Remastered is the remastered version of the first Nancy Drew adventure game Secrets Can Kill by Her Interactive. It was released on August 24, 2010 in honor of Nancy Drew's 80th anniversary.-Plot:...

    (PC/Mac 2010)
  • 2. Stay Tuned for Danger (PC 1999)
  • 3. Message in a Haunted Mansion
    Message in a Haunted Mansion
    Message in a Haunted Mansion is the 3rd installment in the Nancy Drew video game series by Her Interactive, and was released in 2000. It is preceded by Stay Tuned for Danger and followed by Treasure in the Royal Tower...

    (PC 2000)
  • Message in a Haunted Mansion (GBA 2001)
  • 4. Treasure in the Royal Tower
    Treasure in the Royal Tower
    Treasure in the Royal Tower is a computer game which was based loosely on a book of the same name. The book is part of a popular mystery series, created in 1930 by Edward Stratemeyer. The heroine of the books, as well as the computer game, is named Nancy Drew. It is based on book #128 in the Nancy...

    (PC 2001)
  • 5. The Final Scene
    The Final Scene
    The Final Scene is the fifth game in the Nancy Drew computer game series. The game is based on the book bearing the same name and features Nancy Drew and her friend Maya Nguyen. Nancy meets Maya at the Royal Palladium theater to go to the opening of a new movie, Vanishing Destiny. As Maya goes into...

    (PC 2001)
  • 6. Secret of the Scarlet Hand
    Secret of the Scarlet Hand
    Secret of the Scarlet Hand is the sixth game in the series of Nancy Drew computer games. It is based on the book of the same name.-Plot:Nancy Drew lands an internship at The Beech Hill museum in Washington D.C, which is devoted to the Mayan culture and will soon be exhibiting a newly discovered...

    (PC 2002)
  • 7. Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
    Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake
    Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs Of Moon Lake is based on two books, Ghost Dogs of Whispering Oaks and Mystery by Moonlight. Moon Lake is the name of the location of Camp Avondale in the Nancy Drew book The Secret of the Old Clock. It is the seventh game in the series of Nancy Drew computer games. The game...

    (PC 2002)
  • 8. The Haunted Carousel
    The Haunted Carousel
    The Haunted Carousel is the eighth game in the series of the Nancy Drew computer games. These interactive games are for mystery fans age 10 and up. It was developed by Her Interactive and distributed by Infogrames...

    (PC 2003)
  • 9. Danger on Deception Island (PC 2003)
  • 10. The Secret of Shadow Ranch (PC 2004)
  • 11. Curse of Blackmoor Manor (PC 2004)
  • Curse of Blackmoor Manor (DVD 2006)
  • 12. Secret of the Old Clock (PC 2005)
  • 13. Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
    Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
    Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon is a computer game made by the company Her Interactive. The main character is a detective named Nancy Drew. She and the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, are going on a train ride to search for a mine owned by Jake Hurley. The game was released in September 2005...

    (PC 2005)
  • 14. Danger By Design (PC 2006)
  • 15. The Creature of Kapu Cave (PC 2006)
  • 16. White Wolf of Icicle Creek (PC 2007)
  • White Wolf of Icicle Creek (Wii 2009)
  • 17. Legend of the Crystal Skull
    Legend of the Crystal Skull
    Legend of the Crystal Skull is the seventeenth installment in the Nancy Drew computer games series created by Her Interactive. Nancy goes to New Orleans with Bess and to check on a friend of Ned's, Henry Bolet, Jr and becomes entangled in the legend of Crystal Skull- Plot :While in New Orleans on...

    (PC 2007)
  • 18. The Phantom of Venice
    The Phantom of Venice
    The Phantom of Venice is the 18th installment in the Nancy Drew video game series created by Her Interactive. It is based on the book of the same name. The game was released July 8, 2008.- Plot :...

    (PC 2008)
  • 19. The Haunting of Castle Malloy (PC 2008)
  • 20. Ransom of the Seven Ships
    Ransom of the Seven Ships
    Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships is the 20th installment in the Nancy Drew video game series created by Her Interactive. It is preceded by The Haunting of Castle Malloy and followed by Warnings at Waverly Academy. It takes place in the Bahamas and is based on the Nancy Drew novel #70, The...

    (PC 2009)
  • 21. Warnings at Waverly Academy
    Warnings at Waverly Academy
    Warnings at Waverly Academy is the 21st installment in the Nancy Drew video game series created by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Ransom of the Seven Ships and followed by Trail of the Twister. The story is based on Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #158, The Curse of the Black Cat, set in a fictional...

    (PC 2009)
  • 22. Trail of the Twister
    Trail of the Twister
    Trail of the Twister is the 22nd installment in the Nancy Drew PC game series by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Warnings at Waverly Academy and followed by Shadow at the Water's Edge. It is based on the Nancy Drew novel #155, The Mystery in Tornado Alley...

    (PC/Mac 2010)
  • 23. Shadow at the Water's Edge
    Shadow at the Water's Edge
    Shadow at the Water's Edge is the 23rd installment in the point-and-click Nancy Drew adventure game series by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Trail of the Twister and followed by The Captive Curse. The game runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista. It is also the third game of the series that can...

    (PC/ Mac 2010)
  • 24. The Captive Curse
    The Captive Curse
    The Captive Curse is the 24th installment of the point-and-click Nancy Drew adventure game series by Her Interactive, and was released on June 28, 2011. It is preceded by Shadow at the Water's Edge and will be followed by the forthcoming Alibi in Ashes. The game takes place in Germany, and features...

    (PC/Mac 2011)
  • 25. Alibi in Ashes
    Alibi in Ashes
    Alibi in Ashes is the 25th installment of the point-and-click Nancy Drew adventure game series by Her Interactive, named in a teaser trailer at the end of The Captive Curse...

    (PC/Mac 2011)
  • 26. Tomb of the Lost Queen
    Tomb of the Lost Queen
    Tomb of the Lost Queen is the 26th installment of the point-and-click Nancy Drew adventure game series by Her Interactive. The teaser trailer for the game can be found at the end of Alibi in Ashes. Nothing much is known about the game, but it is expected to be released some time in summer, 2012....

    (PC/Mac 2012)

Nancy Drew Dossier

  • 1. Lights, Camera, Curses
    Lights, Camera, Curses
    Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! is a Nancy Drew Dossier adventure game for PC about Nancy Drew, the famous fictional sleuth. This game is for mystery fans ages 10 and up. It was developed by Her Interactive and published by Big Fish Games...

    (PC 2008)
  • 2. Resorting to Danger
    Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger
    Nancy Drew Dossier: Resorting to Danger is the second installment in the Nancy Drew Dossier series. It is made as a mixture of point and click, finding puzzles, and talking puzzles...

    (PC 2009)

Other Releases from Her Interactive

  • The Vampire Diaries (PC 1995)
  • McKenzie & Co
    McKenzie & Co
    McKenzie & Co. was an full-motion video CD-ROM dating sim game released by Her Interactive in 1995,designed to be played by girls. It was available for Windows 3.1/Windows 95 and Mac OS....

    (PC 1995)
  • The Cody Capers: Cody Pops the Case (PC 2007)
  • The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks (Nintendo DS 2009)
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