Nancy Drew: The Secret of Shadow Ranch Walkthrough part 1

Developed by Her Interactive and published by DreamCatcher in 2004, The Secret of Shadow Ranch is the 10th computer game in the series and is based on the 5th book of the Nancy Drew series The Secret of Shadow Ranch. In this adventure, Nancy Drew has been invited to the eponymous ranch, which belongs to relatives of her friends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne. On the first day there, Nancy discovers that the owners of the ranch, Mr. and Mrs. Rawley are at the hospital and that Bess and George are stuck at the airport due to mechanical problems. The ranch hands are the foreman Dave Gregory, the cook Shorty Thurmond, and the cowpoke Tex Britten. Mary Yazzie is a local store owner who Nancy visits.
Soon Nancy finds out of a legend from the 1880's about an outlaw, Dirk Valentine, who was involved with the daughter of the old owner at the ranch, Frances Humber. Dirk was caught and executed but supposedly hid a secret treasure and numerous clues for Frances to locate it.

[brokehandstudiosgaming]

This game will always have a place in my heart as one of the first nancy drew games I completed without a guide. Same with Secret of the clock. Thanks for doing a no commentary of this.


P.S
I still loath that darn vegetable puzzle

[AdventureGameFan]

@iRemiy That's not my style, I want people to experience the game as it is. Not to ruin the atmosphere of the game. Some appreciate that, others don't, but I guess that one just can't please everybody :)

[CartoonEric]

Quite frankly I like the lack of commentary.

[bthepsychic]

Man I miss this game so much. I don't have a PC anymore so I have no way to play it 😭

[AdventureGameFan]

I love Nancy Drew games, really enjoyed making the walkthrough for this one. Please do tell me if you would like to see a walkthrough for some other game in the series.

[drkinferno]

OMG! Someone remembers this game and made a walkthrough. I could never beat it :(

[AdventureGameFan]

+Isabella Hardester I haven't played Shadow at the Water's Edge yet, I am planning to eventually upload all ND games though.

[MWolfL]

This is so cool, The Secret of Shadow Ranch is one of my favorite Nancy Drew mysteries! This has some differences from the book obviously - for one thing, in the book George and Bess had actually already been staying at the ranch for a while before Nancy arrived - but since this is an adventure game and not a film adaptation it's forgivable.

Plus we finally get to see what the characters from the book look like, or at least the game's creators perspective of them. Never imagined Shorty to be mostly bald myself...wonder how they thought of that detail?

Really wish they had made more game versions of the books, especially the original series.

[happyhat]

Nancy Drew and the Haunted Carousel? I played it as a kid :)

[a.a.g.h.]

Dude in the black hat has THE BEST voice

[BersealiaDreamheart]

“I told Ed to leave it alone and let one of the hands get it out of there, but no, Ed started poking at it with my yardstick and all the sudden, it leapt up and bit him.”
Me — Well, that was stupid.
Never, ever, ever poke a dangerous animal in the eye, people.

[heidsterzsoups]

I have the sneaking suspicion this guy is Texas Red. Marty Robbins warned us about him lol.

[krystalharwood]

if you are familiar with King Diamond, the heavy metal singer, Tex sorta looks like him. no?

[Izzybella]

Have you done Shadow at Waters edge yet?