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Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand | 
| From: Her Interactive
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $19.99
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Rating:  82 reviews
Sales Rank: 2732
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 95
Genre: Strategy Games
Color: Secret of the Scarlet Hand
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 24451
Model: 67861-00051
UPC: 767861000517
EAN: 0767861000517
ASIN: B000066ST3
Release Date: August 14, 2002
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| Features:
| • | An internship gives Nancy a crash course in Mayan culture. But when the artifacts go missing and the only clue is a mysterious scarlet handprint, she's on the case. | | • | Unearth the clues and learn about Mayan culture -- tie the two together and see if you can solve the mystery | | • | Wander through the museum to learn as much you can, then visit unique places like the D.C. subway and the Mexican Consulate | | • | Test your thinking skills by solving the challenging quizzes and passing each level | | • | Unravel a long-lost secret and recover the priceless ancient artifacts as the world-famous teen detective! |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
In Nancy Drew: Secret of the Scarlet Hand, the famous teen detective will unravel a series of robberies at a famous museum!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 82
 Disliked the most of all Nancy Drew games June 24, 2010
M. Bailey
My family loves Nancy Drew games, but this one lacked something. There are points of the game you have to wait to call people or wait for packages to arrived to move on in the game. There was a patch that might be needed if you find the game freezing up when calling Bess or George for a hint (We downloaded if off the Herintertainment website). If you have enjoyed all the other games then most chances are you will want to give it a try, but if playing Nancy Drew for the first time, try one of the others.
 Scarlet Hand is less fun than Castle Malloy April 5, 2010
Janice Walton
Since I bought Scarlet Hand I will try to solve the puzzles, but The Haunting of Castle Malloy is more fun to play, in my opinion.
 There is a large focus on Mayan history in this game December 13, 2009
JJ (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorites in the series, but when playing this game I often found that they tried force too much history on you. Other than that it's a great game, and I have the following comments on it:
Story-You have a summer internship working at a Mayan museum in Washington D.C. For those of you who don't know, the Mayan civilization was an Indian civilization that vanished without a trace. Anyway, you are doing basic chores when a certain artifact is stolen, and a scarlet hand print is left at the scene of the crime. Hence the title. Eventually, you solve this mystery only to have another one thrown at you in the middle of the game, so you are actually getting 2 stories in 1.
Graphics-These are pretty good graphics, with the backgrounds looking pretty real. The characters still look definitely fake, but this has pretty good graphics still.
Sound-The music is okay with kind of a Mayan twist on it, but the voice acting really isn't that great. And the lips are REALLY off. I ignore it, and it doesn't bother me, but others it might bother a little bit.
Gameplay-The gameplay is exactly the same as the others in the series. It is first person point-and-click. You ride a metro system to get places, and the alarm clock is back, allowing you to go to sleep and wake up anytime you want. The puzzles in this game are a little more difficult and numerous than in other games, and some of them are quite boring, but most are fun, and I can forgive the ones that aren't.
Fun-This game is pretty fun, but unlike the other games where there is just a tad bit of learning mixed in among the mystery, in this game, prepare to learn a LOT about Mayan history. I hated it, because I hate history, but my friend loved it because he likes history. I think the producers were just trying to appeal to history lovers as well as mystery lovers in this game, and I understand that. No bad enough to give 3 stars, but not good enough for 5.
Length-Oh. My. Goodness. This is a rather long game. It took me several months to finish, and whenever I replay it (which is a lot) it will take me about 12-15 hours because I still have trouble with some of the puzzles!
The puzzles are hard, but the answers are in the game, you just have to look for them. The history is boring, but the story is great! A great addition for history buffs, but if you don't like history, this game is still worth playing through at least once!
 This is a great game! November 7, 2009
Johanna Riggs
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed playing this game-and i'm not even finished with it! I love the museum plot-it almost makes me want to be a curator myself.Me and all my friends and even my brother like this game.It is compatible to most computers,which is good, since I have a somewhat old computer.You'll need to take a lot of notes for it,though.Here's a hint:the mayan matchmaker is atanzahab.
Lots of unnecessary running around November 5, 2009
Yan Meshoyrer (Brooklyn, NY United States)
The main plot of the game was interesting but the puzzle games seemed very aggrevating at times. You have to write down everything and try to put things in a correct order. If you get something wrong you have to search evrything all over again. The puzzles vere based on facts from the museum and didnt really require anything else. I'm glad i played the game I'm a fan of Nancy Drew but I think other Mysteries were way more interesting.
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