Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy
A missing groom and a banshee haunt an Irish castle.
The 19th game in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure series, The Haunting of Castle Malloy, casts players as the teen sleuth in first person. Players interrogate suspects and solve puzzles across two difficulty modes to crack the case. This game, rated E for mild violence, draws loosely from the book The Bike Tour Mystery.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Her Interactive
- Released
- October 16, 2008 (NA)
- Modes
- Single-player
- Genre
- Adventure game
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows
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Plot
After a ghostly figure causes her car to crash, Nancy arrives to find the groom missing. She must determine whether the banshee rumored to haunt the castle snatched him or if he simply got cold feet.
Development
Nancy Drew is an 18-year-old amateur detective from River Heights in the United States and the only playable character. Kyler Mallory, a stockbroker from London, lived with Nancy's family as an exchange student four years ago and is now engaged to Matt Simmons. Her grandfather Edmund Mallory recently died, naming her sole beneficiary, and she is learning about her family history for the first time. Matt Simmons, a travel and sailing freelance writer known for his dry wit and love of pranks, wants to make the wedding unforgettable. Kit Foley, Matt's best friend and sailing accomplice, was born in the US but moved to London young; he works as a land developer and believes Matt got cold feet. Donal Delany, the castle's caretaker for many years, is an Irish-born gentleman who dislikes foreigners and is an expert on Irish mythology; he believes Matt was kidnapped by fairies. Voice actors include Lani Minella as Nancy Drew, Evan Mosher as Donal Delany, Alycia Delmore as Kyler Mallory, Matthew C. Shimkus as Kit Foley, Peter Dylan O'Connor as Matt Simmons, Daniel Christenson as Alan Paine, Scott Carty as Ned Nickerson, Jennifer Pratt as Bess Marvin, Patty Pomplun as George Fayne, and Jonah Von Spreekin as Seamus.
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