Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch

Summary
From official website: Take a Wild Ride into Terror and Trickery to Rein in a Ghostly Secret!

Ropin', ridin' and revenge. A ranch vacation takes a terrifying turn when a ghostly horse appears in this mystery game. Is it driven by the vengeful commands of its long-dead master, Dirk Valentine? Or is a living villain behind the ranch's string of bad luck? It's up to you, as Nancy Drew, to figure out who's wearing the black hat before your investigation is ambushed in Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch!

Key features: From Nancy Drew Wiki page: "Nancy tries to find the reason behind sabotage at a ranch in Arizona, while also hunting for the treasure of an Old Western bandit."
 * Care for and ride a horse to visit other locations such as the store
 * Work on a dude ranch harvesting vegetables, feeding livestock, and baking cakes
 * Try your hand at barrel racing and lasso practice
 * Choose from Junior or Senior Detective difficulty levels in this mystery game

From Wikipedia page: "The Secret of Shadow Ranch is the tenth installment in the Nancy Drew point-and-click adventure game series by Her Interactive. The game is available for play on Microsoft Windows platforms. It has an ESRB rating of E for moments of mild violence and peril. Players take on the first-person view of fictional amateur sleuth Nancy Drew and must solve the mystery through interrogation of suspects, solving puzzles, and discovering clues. There are two levels of gameplay, Junior and Senior detective modes, each offering a different difficulty level of puzzles and hints, however neither of these changes affect the actual plot of the game. The game is based on the best-selling Nancy Drew book of all time, The Secret at Shadow Ranch (1931)."

[//www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7VhQ9IlY0 The Secret of Shadow Ranch Teaser Trailer]

Gameplay
The game handles like a basic point-and-click adventure game, emphasizing exploring the areas you encounter and listening to directions given. On the first day at the ranch, you are tasked with helping Shorty the cook with chores before you can talk to Tex, the horse wrangler, and learn how to ride one of the horses at the barn. Incorrectly following Tex's directions ends in a game over, such as tacking your horse up before asking Tex, leaving the stable with your horse tacked up, and leaving the stable without putting the saddle back.

Differences between Releases
Nancy Drew:Secret of Shadow Ranch can be found in the following bundles:
 * Nancy Drew: Ultimate Dare (physical box)
 * Nancy Drew: A Mystery Adventure 4 Pack (physical box)
 * Nancy Drew Games Adventure Bundle (online bundle)

System Requirements & Compatibility
PC (minimum) Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 400MHz Pentium 64MB RAM 300 MB hard drive space 16-bit color graphics video card with at least 16MB of VRAM 16-bit Windows-compatible stereo sound card 12X CD ROM Mouse and Speakers

Accessibility
All words spoeken in the gamehave captions, and all sounds are annotated by captions as well. Important information is stored in Nancy's notebook, and a checklist is available to check off important events.