Take a Spin with Danger to Unravel the Mystery of a Ghostly Merry-go-Round!
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Nancy Drew®: The Haunted Carousel is a first-person perspective, point-and-click adventure game. The player is Nancy Drew and has to solve a mystery. Explore rich environments for clues, interrogate suspects, and solve puzzles and mini-games.
You, as Nancy Drew, have just entered a tightening circle of fear and crime as you explore a seaside amusement park that’s swirling with secrets. An antique carousel horse as been stolen! Now, late at night, the merry-go-round takes off on bizarre riderless journeys to nowhere. Are the painted ponies searching for their missing lead horse, or is there another explanation for the midnight rides? Take a spin with danger to unravel the mystery of a ghostly carousel! Dare to Play.
Play mini-games in the arcade
Reconstruct a historic carousel
Keep track of clues and suspects with your laptop
Erase Mistakes with the "Second Chance" option
Use a cell phone to take and make calls anywhere
The original #1 selling PC adventure series.
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Languages: English
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great vintage mystery game
I love Nancy Drew, this was my first time playing this one. I found it pretty intuitive. I love the vibes of the game. My six year old daughter and I play together sometimes and she LOVES it.
Mmmmhh this one is a little too easy? I think this game is one of the easiest by far in terms of puzzles and the game is quite short and pretty simple.
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I enjoyed it very much! Got to play different arcade games, learn how to fix things, also something about shorthand in stenography. Ride the Carousel. Keeps you busy.
Great addition to the amateur detective's library. Short and sweet game. Loved it!
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Classic ND fun!
It's not as atmospheric or as detective-y as my other favorite ND games, but the major plot is sweet and thoughtful. What can I say other than I love Nancy Drew in general. CAR is not in my top 5, but that doesn't say much. The heart and soul that HER has put into these games over the years still brings me back at 35 when I started playing them at 10.
Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel was a fun ride! It's up to you as Nancy Drew to help get to the bottom of a malfunctioning amusement park. Broken down roller coasters, and the titular haunted carousel that gets set off at night with seemingly no one at the controls. The charm of the older Nancy Drew is that little bit of thinking required without the help of the journal readily available. Hints are just a call away to either Bess and George or the Hardy Boys. Pros: The park is fun to explore with several locations to go between. The puzzles are fun and I loved the bit that taught you the beginnings on how to read shorthand. There were several suspects that all seemed to have motivations and this mystery keeps you guessing until the end. I loved the musical puzzle. It seems like you are able to work through several of the puzzles and clues in any order, but that lead to two of the characters being absent for over half the game because I took a long time to figure out the particular clues that brought them back into play. Cons: Though I did like the riddles given from the robot, I think it's voice was grating and annoying to listen to. Unfortunately, you have to solve 3 different puzzles for it. Navigation is a little awkward in areas, and the Pong inspired mini-game has horrendously staggered movement. I like that we get a preview of the matching game that appears in Curse of Blackmoor Manor, but this version is laggy and slow and hard to maneuver. Blackmoor Manor plays this mini-game much smoother. Overall, this one is a solid ND game. Not one of my top favorites, but one I will play again at some point.
Nancy Drew is always the best! I love everything about these games! It's set at a reasonable pace with great dialogue and interactive elements making it challenging, but not frustrating. Highly recommend!
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