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Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy

Touted as the most romantic event to grace the ruined halls of Ireland's Castle Malloy, the Simmons-Mallory wedding was supposed to be a fairytale beginning, but now the groom is missing! Did a banshee crash…

70 5 June 2009 ESRB E

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is an adventure developed by Her Interactive, released 5 June 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is an adventure game developed by Her Interactive and released in 2009. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Touted as the most romantic event to grace the ruined halls of Ireland's Castle Malloy, the Simmons-Mallory wedding was supposed to be a fairytale beginning, but now the groom is missing! Did a banshee crash the wedding or is this a case of cold feet? Can you, as Nancy Drew, unravel the knot of scattered clues and scary superstitions? You'll to catch more than a bridal bouquet to make this is a happily ever after!
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Nancy Drew series

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy is the 23rd of 42 entries we hold in the Nancy Drew series. The next entry was Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships in 2009. Its critic score of 70 is 5 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Nancy Drew: Secret of the Old Clock at 80.

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How it was received

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz or greater Pentium or equivalent class CPU, 128 MB of RAM and 32 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy launched on 5 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3 and Prototype. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3, Prototype.

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Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy — frequently asked questions

When did Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy come out?
Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy was released on 5 June 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy?
At minimum, Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy needs 1 GHz or greater Pentium or equivalent class CPU, 128 MB of RAM, 32 MB DirectX 9.0 compatible video card graphics, 1 GB or more of hard drive space of storage.
How many GB is Nancy Drew: The Haunting of Castle Malloy?
The PC version needs about 1 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("1 GB or more of hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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