Ransom of the Seven Ships
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| Developer(s) | Her Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Her Interactive |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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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 Broken Anchor'. The object of the game is to rescue Nancy Drew's friend Bess Marvin, who was kidnapped shortly after winning a trip to Dread Isle.
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[edit] Characters
George Fayne - George is one of Nancy's best friend and Bess' cousin. She is sensible and matter-of-fact about life. She is the one who remembers the small details and is the best with technology. On Dread Isle, she feels helpless when Bess is kidnapped and is trying to fix a satellite phone.
Bess Marvin - Bess is a little boy crazy, but she's great with people and can talk people into anything! With an awesome fashion sense and a cheery disposition, she can be coaxed into helping Nancy on a case. But when Bess is kidnapped on Dread Isle, she'll need Nancy's help to escape.
Johnny Rolle- Johnny is stuck on Dread Isle since monkeys trashed his boat, and can't leave until the repairs are finished. Since he's been on the island longer than Nancy and George, perhaps he can help find Bess... or was he the one who kidnapped her in the first place?
Coucou- Coucou is a smart-talking, yellow-headed Amazon parrot. She seems to be related to the parrot Loulou from the game Curse of Blackmoor Manor, whom she calls " Great Grandma Loulou". Coucou can hear the secrets people whisper, but won't tell unless you give her a treat!
The Gibsons- The Gibsons are the couple who own the resort where Nancy, George and Bess are staying. George suspects that they are the kidnappers because the map found in the diving supply closet seems to show that they have been tracking Nancy's movements. Are George's suspicions true?
[edit] Cast
- Nancy Drew/CouCou the parrot - Lani Minella
- Bess Marvin - Jennifer Pratt
- George Fayne - Patty Pomplun
[edit] Second Chances
- Being hit by too many rocks while climbing the mountain
- Running out of oxygen underwater
- Being stung by too many jellyfish
- Blowing up while fixing the golf cart's battery
- Crashing the sailboat too many times
- Ascending too quickly when scuba diving
- Failing to correctly solve the hourglass puzzle enough times
- Putting the final key in the wrong keyhole
[edit] Trivia
- Take a side trip into the sand/bushes on the south side of the island on your golf cart to get a pirate cat easter egg.
- This is the first ND game where you meet Bess and George in person.
- In the lobby of the hotel, you meet CouCou, who is actually the great granddaughter of LouLou, the old parrot in Curse of Blackmoor Manor.
- Sonny Joon is one of the staff for the monkey research facility. SJ is mentioned in several other ND games.
- El Toro means The Bull in Spanish
- If you find pieces of paper in the bottles while sailing, they will be automatically pieced together to form a passage from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, the one just before the raven appears. Certain letters in red will tell you to go to and dive to one of the sunken ships where the sharks are, and, using the metal detector from Johnny Rolle, you will find an Easter egg. This is also a reference of the next game, Warnings at Waverly Academy, as Corine mentions that she is a Poe fan, as well as Leela having the missing Poe book, "The Black Cat and Other Stories", which includes "The Raven" and other works, as well as the pendulum challenge, a reference of "The Pit and The Pendulum.
- First, and so far only, Nancy Drew game to have a previous culprit come back for revenge on Nancy.
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| Preceded by The Haunting of Castle Malloy |
Nancy Drew Computer Games | Succeeded by Warnings at Waverly Academy |
