Her Interactive is a video game company based in Bellevue, Washington. The company was founded as a division of American Laser Games, and spun off as an independent entity. It later bought out its former parent company. The company designs, develops and publishes adventure-mystery games, most of which are based on the Nancy Drew franchise.
History
Everything Wrong With Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy - A video describing all the problems with the twenty-first Nancy Drew game. The little Arglefumph logo animation, at the start of this video, was made by Serge Hanna. Here's a full playlist...
The company was launched as a division of American Laser Games called "Games for Her Interactive" in May 1995. Its first title was McKenzie & Co. After finding initial success, the company became independent of American Laser Games and eventually bought out its former parent company. Her Interactive relocated to Bellevue, Washington in the late 1990s. The company employed about 25 people until new CEO Penny Milliken orchestrated massive layoffs in 2015 . The company is known for its Nancy Drew adventure-mystery game series.
List of games
Nancy Drew Adventure
- Secrets Can Kill (PC 1998)
- Stay Tuned for Danger (PC 1999)
- Message in a Haunted Mansion (PC 2000/GBA 2001)
- Treasure in the Royal Tower (PC 2001)
- The Final Scene (PC 2001)
- Secret of the Scarlet Hand (PC 2002)
- Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake (PC 2002)
- The Haunted Carousel (PC 2003)
- Danger on Deception Island (PC 2003)
- The Secret of Shadow Ranch (PC 2004)
- Curse of Blackmoor Manor (PC 2004/DVD 2007)
- Secret of the Old Clock (PC 2005)
- Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon (PC 2005)
- Danger By Design (PC 2006)
- The Creature of Kapu Cave (PC 2006)
- The White Wolf of Icicle Creek (PC 2007/Nintendo Wii 2008)
- Legend of the Crystal Skull (PC 2007)
- The Phantom of Venice (PC 2008)
- The Haunting of Castle Malloy (PC 2008)
- Ransom of the Seven Ships (PC 2009)
- Warnings at Waverly Academy (PC 2009)
- Trail of the Twister (PC/Mac 2010)
- Secrets Can Kill Remastered (PC/Mac 2010)
- Shadow at the Water's Edge (PC/Mac 2010)
- The Captive Curse (PC/Mac 2011)
- Alibi in Ashes (PC/Mac 2011)
- Tomb of the Lost Queen (PC/Mac 2012)
- The Deadly Device (PC/Mac 2012)
- Ghost of Thornton Hall (PC/Mac 2013, iPad/Android/Kindle Fire 2014)
- The Silent Spy (PC/Mac 2013)
- The Shattered Medallion (PC/Mac 2014)
- Labyrinth of Lies (PC/Mac 2014)
- Sea of Darkness (PC/Mac 2015)
- Midnight in Salem (PC/Mac Release Date Spring 2019)
Nancy Drew Dossier
- Lights, Camera, Curses (PC 2008)
- Resorting to Danger (PC 2009)
- Ship of Shadows (cancelled)
Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries
- Shadow Ranch (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch 2011)
- Castle Finster (cancelled)
Other releases from Her Interactive
- McKenzie & Co (PC 1995)
- The Vampire Diaries (PC 1996)
- The Cody Capers: Cody Pops the Case (PC 2007)
- The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks (Nintendo DS 2009)
- Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues (iPad/Android/Kindle Fire 2016)
- Odyssey: The Young Socratics (Release only) (PC/Mac 2017)
References
External links
- Official website
- Press Release
- Awards
- Interview with Megan Gaiser (President) and Sheri Hargus (Development Manager) of Her Interactive, Adventure Classic Gaming (2000)
- Interview with Megan Gaiser and Robert Riedl, Adventure Gamers (2005)
- Interview with Megan Gaiser, Pop Entertainment (2006)
- Interview with Megan Gaiser, Tech Talk for Families (2010)
- Interview with Megan Gaiser, GeekDad (2011)
- Interview with Megan Gaiser, GamingAngels (2011)
