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Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven ShipsRansom of the Seven Ships is the twentieth Nancy Drew PC game developed and published by HeR Interactive. |
Game Description
Dive into Danger to Rescue Bess from Kidnappers!
Your friend Bess Marvin is kidnapped and the only chance you have to save her is by solving a 300-year-old Bahamian mystery! Dangerous waters keep treasure hunters from exploring the reefs around Dread Isle, but this remote island might hide the riches of El Toro’s lost fleet! Can you, as Nancy Drew, track down the treasure before time runs out?
Your friend Bess Marvin is kidnapped and the only chance you have to save her is by solving a 300-year-old Bahamian mystery! Dangerous waters keep treasure hunters from exploring the reefs around Dread Isle, but this remote island might hide the riches of El Toro’s lost fleet! Can you, as Nancy Drew, track down the treasure before time runs out?
Game InformationAvailable on: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
ESRB: E for Everyone PC Release Date: July 14, 2009 Release MSRP: $19.99 USD Current MSRP: N/A MSRP Before Discontinuation (HeR): $14.99 USD Discontinued (HeR): June 5, 2020 Number of Discs: 2 Game Abbreviation: RAN Game Color Code: 16C0E8 Inspired by/Based on: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Digest Paperback #70: The Broken Anchor |
Game SpecsPC System Requirements:
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Fun Facts:
- This game isn't a fan favorite. Many fans don't like the puzzles or the lack of characters.
- This was the first game to introduce Bess and George as physical characters that you can interact with.
- You can play as Nancy and George in this game.
- This is the first and only game to feature a returning culprit.
- Before this game released, HeR made a promotional website that acted as a travel guide for Dread Isle.
- This game introduced a new logo style for HeR Interactive. Instead of the gold and silver flag from the past 12 games, HeR now donned a magenta-colored logo. It featured a different typeface and style.
- Sonny Joon references make a return in this game. He used to work with the monkeys on the island.
- Some of the prizes you can win from playing with the monkeys are items from past games.
- Johnny Rolle shows Nancy an item he found along the beach with his metal detector. Nancy mentions it looks familiar. It's actually an item from The Secret of Shadow Ranch.
- The rocket that was launched in The Haunting of Castle Malloy crashed on the shore of Dove Isle.
- Coucou the parrot is the granddaughter of Loulou the parrot from Curse of Blackmoor Manor.
- Due to the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as one of the characters in-game dressing up as a person of another race, HeR Interactive disabled the digital purchase of Ransom of the Seven Ships on their website on June 5, 2020. On July 24, 2020, HeR took the game off of Steam. In 2021, the game was removed from the Big Fish Games digital storefront. It is unknown if or when it will be available again from these vendors. The only way to get the game is on aftermarket websites such as eBay or Amazon, or on the Internet Archive.
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Characters
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George Fayne
George is one of Nancy’s best friends and 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.
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Bess Marvin
Bess is a little boy crazy, but she’s great with people and is able to persuade them to do 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…
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Johnny Rolle
Johnny is stuck on Dread Isle and can’t leave until he repairs his boat that the monkeys trashed. 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?
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Coucou
Coucou is a smart-talking double yellow headed Amazon parrot. She hears the secrets people whisper, but won’t tell unless you give her a treat!
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Walkthrough
You can watch the full video walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships on YouTube!
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Episode 1 - Arriving on Dread Isle
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Episode 2 - El Toro's Journal, Golf Cart, Sail bin
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Episode 3 - Decoding, Johnny Rolle
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Episode 4 - Beacons and Diving
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Episode 5 - Monkey Business
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Episode 6 - Pulleys
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Episode 7 - Compasses and Treasure
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Episode 8 - Decoding and Perches
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Episode 9 - The Astrolabe, Bat Caves
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Episode 10 - The Camel Puzzle
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Episode 11 - John Poole, Dove Isle
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Episode 12 - The Atocha, Halfmoon Reef, Metal Detecting
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Episode 13 - GPS and Blue Hole Diving
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Episode 14 - The Treasure!
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Episode 15 - The End
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Soundtrack
Awards
Parents’ Choice 2009 Gold Award, Best Software, ages 10 & Up
Credits
Digital Strategy Guide Sample
On an old version of HeR Interactive's website, the company featured a sample strategy guide for Ransom of the Seven Ships to download for free so customers can have an idea of what the digital guides were like. HeR has since removed this strategy guide sample from all later website renditions.
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Dread Isle Microsite
As a promo for the game, HeR Interactive created a minisite that acted as a Dread Isle travel guide. It featured a map of the isle, various activities you could partake in, the wildlife on and around the isle, various accommodations, digital downloads, and reviews from past guests. Most of the guests were characters from past games: Tex Britton, Gilbert Buford, Sonny Joon, Minette, Red Knott, and Guadalupe Comillo.
*Some elements no longer function as Adobe Flash has been discontinued.
Check out the site here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090805142401/http://www.ransomofthesevenships.com/
*Some elements no longer function as Adobe Flash has been discontinued.
Check out the site here: https://web.archive.org/web/20090805142401/http://www.ransomofthesevenships.com/