The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft | 
| From: Dreamcatcher Interactive
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 1474
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: PCSTK259875
Model: 59875
UPC: 625904598752
EAN: 0625904598752
ASIN: B001C4F6EI
Release Date: October 3, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features the voice and likeness of Hollywood teen stars Jesse McCartney and Cody Linley as Frank and Joe Hardy. | | • | Play as Two of History's Most Famous Literary Detectives and interact with Fenton and Laura Hardy, the Hardy Boys' friend Chet Morton and others. | | • | Experience the Hardy World on your PC - the literary world of the Hardy's is brought to life! Check out the Hardy Home, Bayport Police Station and the various places most have only experienced through the pages of a book. | | • | Cell Phone Feature - use your cell phone to give pal Nancy Drew and other characters a call and get insight on the case. Search For Clues - super-sleuth your way to solving the small mysteries along the way as you help Bayport Police catch the culprit. | | • | Mystery Solving Mini-Games - each mini-game solved throughout the investigation gives players valuable pieces of evidence to help solve the case. Choose Your Dialogue - choose from a variety of responses to make your Hardy Boy's experience your own! |
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 Oh so disappointed October 18, 2008
poetry (Chicago)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
From the comic book intro to the character renderings to starting out the game having to sneak out of the house.. so disappointing.
As a fan of the Nancy drew games by Her Interactive, I was looking forward to the release of a Hardy Boys game. On playing it, I must say I became much more appreciative of the way the Nancy Drew games are set up. By never really seeing the main characters, it allows the players to retain some imagination and also to really feel like they are stepping into the shoes of the character.
Also, the Hardy boys game lost the ability to appeal to adults who might have been fans of the novels in their youth.. or even ones simply looking for a new adventure/mystery game.. by starting out the game by having the characters get in trouble with their mom.
If this continues as a series, I hope the next one will do more justice in adding to the saga of the Hardy Boys.
 Hardly the Hardy Boys October 18, 2008
Robert M. Nelson (Marysville, WA USA)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have been a Hardy Boys collector and fan for almost 40 years. I have seen the characters change with the times, and have been increasingly disappointed with those changes. This game, though, takes the cake... After playing (and game testing) several of the Nancy Drew games by Herinteractive, I was hoping that the Hardy Boys would be equally as enjoying. What a letdown! Jowood sure dropped the ball on this one. I wonder if any of the staff there has even read one of the Hardy Boys books. They probably think the Hardy Boys have always worked for ATAC. By the way, in case anyone from Jowood is reading this, if you do another game, drop the ATAC scenario. Just because the recent books have Frank and Joe working for ATAC doesn't mean you have to. The ATAC theme just doesn't cut it. The publishers created ATAC as a means of giving the Hardy Boys a reason to get involved in mysteries, because they thought the idea of the boys "accidently" stumbling into a case time and time again was unrealistic and rediculous. Yep... now it's..... LOTS better....not! If this were a real life situation, Fenton Hardy would probably be in prison for endangering the lives of minors. CPS would probably place the boys in a foster home, because their parents would be seen as unfit. As for the game characters of Frank and Joe, the current actors should go back to I-Carly and Hanna Montana, respectively. I mean, in the game, Joe looks a total pot-head, and Frank looks like he's about fourteen years old. As for the other characters, the character of their mother was just so rude and obnoxious to the point that I thought she was Aunt Gertrude at first. Oops! I mean "Truuuudy." My suggestion, Jowood---Buy one of the Nancy Drew games and STUDY it closely. Or better yet, just let Herinteractive do future games.
Robert M Nelson
 Real review and drama October 9, 2008
Mrs. Tonia L. Goodwin (Hill City, Kansas United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I had lots of drama trying to get this game to work. I am including a copy of that post after my review.
As for the game, it was not bad. Not really worth everything I had to do to get it to work, but it was one of the better games I have played from The Adventure Company. I don't like the interface. It is hard to move around but I got use to it. I much prefer the Nancy Drew games. There were a few innuendos that I noticed, which kind took me by surprise, but I don't think kids would get any of them. Graphics are fine. I did have the game shut down on me once, but may have been my computer. Couple of gliches, but nothing major. Over all, (once the game was playable), I did have fun and it kept me guessing. I might consider getting the next one. Hopefully the company will test the game and make sure it is working BEFORE they release it. I do have to say, they were very helpful and very nice about fixing the problem.
First Review:
I just received this and the game is not working. The game starts, and I can click on everything on the main menu, except for New Game. When I do, it crashes and gives an error message. Tech Support, at this time, has not been established yet, so I went to the fourms. They have a board for tech questions and lots of people are having this problem. The companys answer to this is that we don't have the right video card. Here is the note taken from the site:
NOTE: If the Name or Manufacturer lists SiS, S3, Intel, or Via, your computer has an integrated graphics controller which is not sufficient to run the game. In addition, the Approx. Total Memory must be 64 MB or greater.
But the system requirments that are listed say nothing about this :
Windows : 2000/XP/Vista(tm)
CPU: 1.4 GHz Pentium 3
RAM: 256 MB
CD/DVD-ROM: 16x
Video Card: 64 MB DirectX 9 Compatible
Sound: 16-bit DirectX Compatible
Disk Space: 2.3 GB Available
Input: Mouse, Keyboard and Speakers
I am waiting for a response from the makers.
UPDATE:
They are currently working on a patch to fix this problem, which they say we should have tomorrow. I will update again if it works and what I think of the game.
2ND UPDATE:
They released the patch and it seems to work. I am having another problem with the game. The cursor is off about an inch. It makes it very difficult to play. They are checking into it. I have not seen anyone else who has had this problem with the mouse. What little I was able to play, it is nothing like moving around like Nancy Drew, for all of you Drew fans. Difficult and annoying, but maybe that had to do with my new problem. I will update again if this problem gets fixed.
UPDATE:AGAIN: They were able to send me a second patch which fixed my new issue. Now I get to play and let you know what I think of the game.
Terrible, terrible, terrible October 22, 2008
L. Doggett (Chicago, IL)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
When I bought this game I was so excited. Like many Nancy Drew fans I thought this game would be an extension of the Herinteractive games that I have come to enjoy and love. This could not be further from the truth. I found the game to be very cumbersome. It is very difficult to move the players and the graphics were primitive. I found the dialogue between the boys to be annoying and distracting. The Adventure company is going to have to make a lot of improvements before I will buy another Hardy Boys game again. I think I will stick with Nancy Drew.
Very disappointing! October 24, 2008
C. Wharton
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in this game. I did not enjoy the structure of it or the way it played. I was expecting it to be like the Nancy Drew games and it is no where near the level of those games. I will not buy one of these games again. If you are a fan of the Nancy Drew games, you will be disappointed by this game.
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