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.
In The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft, the vault of the Spencer Mansion is robbed, and the Bayport Police call on the Hardy Boys to help tie up some loose ends, but they soon find themselves in the middle of a major criminal investigation that takes them on an adventure all over Bayport, and even into New York City. But the pieces don't add up, and Frank and Joe find themselves embroiled in a drama of sinister proportions. Is the recent theft linked to something from the past? Can Frank and Joe find and decipher the clues in time to prevent another crime from happening?
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0
the hardy boys: the hidden theft:
my son is playing it right now, he says there are a few hard parts, but overall its easy.
Two characters makes cumbersom:
I agree with the others who were disappointed in this game. Having played every Nancy Drew game available, I was expecting something similar. The third person view wouldn't have been too bad, but walking around with someone following behind all of the time was clumsy. They kept having to move out of the way. The only time two characters were necessary was right at the start, to get out of the house. I much prefer the way Nancy Drew used other characters by switching between them, but not having them in the... more info
I don't understand the bad reviews:
Why does everyone hate this game? When I got this game and saw that it was a third person point-and-click game as opposed to the Nancy Drew first person games, I was rather skeptical. However, I was proven wrong as this game was great fun and much more challenging than the Nancy Drew games. Story-Frank and Joe Hardy work for an undercover teen crime fighting organization ATAC (American Teens Against Crime), and this organization sends them their next case which is to find out who robbed the safe at the... more info
Enjoyable but could use improvements:
My daughter and I are avid Nancy Drew computer game fans. We were really looking forward to having the Hardy Boys games to play in addition to the Nancy Drew. The plot and most of the puzzles were enjoyable, but there were a few frustrating things:
1. We got off to a very slow start at the beginning of the game with trying to get the keys, figuring out the cell phone and just getting out of the house.
2. At the hospital trying to figure out how to put on the white coats to get past the nurses... more info
