Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower

[@Zzz-cm5kw]

Hotchkiss: is a scholar in French history and specialises in Marie-Antoinette Hotchkiss: "so erm how old was she when she got married?"

[@steggie5]

To translate the letter in spanish at 58:40 in case anyone is curious: Lisa, my friend, How long has it been since we last saw each other! How are you? What are you doing in Wisconsin? We arrived at Sevilla and went to a hotel at a plaza with big palm trees. My husband and I had dinner at seven. The food was very good, and the drink too, of course. After dinner we took a walk around town. We walked around Sierpes Street a lot, then we sat at a cafe. I've told Pedro. There have been many problems. He's the one who's at fault. We're finishing/ending it. It's/He's- and that's where the letter ends

[@sophiekerr8964]

I wonder if this is like a look ahead to another game

[@AngeldustPictures57]

@@sophiekerr8964most likely not. It’s just a way to prove that Lisa was lying about being horrible with languages, like she said she was

[@cryptfly]

As a Wisconsinite, I find it really charming that this is about a French building moved to Wisconsin because in Milwaukee, there’s a chapel of Joan of Arc that was moved over from France. Probably there’s no hidden journal or anything but it’s very charming to me!

[@PhuzBee]

Also a fellow Wisconsinite, and a Milwaukeean! Nice to see us in the wild. 😁

[@curlytop3194]

Also a Wisconsinite. I find the fact that the town in this game is called Butter Ridge. It sounds like the most stereotypical town name for Wisconsin and also the fakest name at the same time. It cracks me up.

[@kaylaleiann]

That’s so cool about the Joan of Arc chapel!!

[@AnnaKin]

"Ezra, Inventor of Chocolate Milk" gives me major "my father, inventor of toaster strudel" energy

[@xxartimisxx]

Add on there Jedi Knight lmao I wonder how Thrawn is enjoying Ezra’s invention? (Star Wars Rebels reference for anyone who’s confused)

[@feuilletoniste]

“Our grandfather invented birds…” (D20, A court of Fey and Flowers)

[@EBurgieBurg]

@@feuilletoniste he’s not dead, just in the sky

[@echostwitt9648]

Fun fact: The Battle of the Bastille was one of the first introductions of using the middle finger as a form of insult. It was common practice at the time to remove a person's middle finger so they could not shoot a bow. When the English stormed the Bastille, the French would show their middle fingers to taunt them and show that they could still shoot.

[@NoirMariaa]

I think it was the other way around? The French had planned to cut off the middle fingers of all captured English soldiers, so they couldn’t use their longbows. So the English soldiers mocked the French by waving their middle fingers Plus I found this somewhere: “No chronicle or sixteenth-century history says that English archers made any gesture to the French after the battle in order to show they still had their fingers. There is no evidence that, when captured in any scenario, archers had their finger cut off by the enemy” I read in the same article that even if this was true, this was also proven to not be the earliest it was used and that the middle finger was actually used as a way of conveying a sexual threat because the middle finger looks like a d*ck 😂

[@c.b.barlow]

​@@NoirMariaa the French would cut off the middle finger so that English archers couldn't draw the bow strings. universally, the middle finger is an insult, but in England and the UK, the index and middle finger flashed together with the nails facing out means the same thing.

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

i doubt you even remember making this comment but that's actually a myth the origins like much of history are unclear

[@sovashchetty4838]

I love when I don't see a Part 1. Because that means I can binge the whole video without worrying about a cliffhanger.

[@Maninawig]

After that highschool game, it does worry me a bit, til I see the playtime.... The longer a Gabe stream, the better.

[@katarutabaga]

Watching Gab play a new (old) Nancy Drew game on my day off? "Check. Did that!"

[@LnPPersonified]

23:30 "Did you come to Wisconsin...for the _cheese?"_ That delivery!

[@SarahKey]

This Nancy Drew series is on point. These are some of my favorite games!

[@emmagrace8691]

I live right by the Winchester Mansion. During Halloween time they have dark tours where they give you a flashlight and the power is turned off. They also do video games after dark in the pitch black basement once a year.

[@juliapelc6726]

that sounds sooo cool 😮

[@thatcottagecorewitch5910]

Terrifying 😅

[@gazevedo1025]

I went to school by the Winchester Mystery House as well!

[@Hutchisonisthename]

That sounds sooo cool. I would love to do that

[@3mily2.0]

Oooh that sounds so nice, imagine mario kart in the dark with your friends!

[@catzyyo9715]

The way Jaques says:"Allez Bye Bye" reminds me of the parrot saying the same thing in Curse of the Blackmoor manor 😂😂

[@LnPPersonified]

Probably intentional.

[@catzyyo9715]

@@LnPPersonified Yeah might be

[@AnxietyRat]

They often drop Easter eggs from previous games. I agree, It was probably intentional.

[@Ekundert1300]

It is an Easter Egg multiple people say Allen Bye Bye including Joanna at Beech Hill Museum in 6 Edited: Allez (stupid autocorrect)

[@ChloeSucksAt]

Heather in Danger by Design also

[@caitlinlahue3683]

Actually, they did need a better form of execution. The weapon could become dull, or the executioner could miss. Even doing it correctly, it could take two to three swings, resulting in a horrifically slow and painful death. Not so with the guillotine. It would have been a mercy comparatively.

[@siouk4979]

You playing Nancy Drew games has been a thing I look forward to ever since I first saw you play one

[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

Old games like these have such an immersive art style, honestly makes for such a great experience

[@Elvira_Axen]

I actually cried laughing when Nancy yeeted herself off the elevator and died

[@isolatedcolor509]

There's a death in the next game (The Final Scene) that I really hope Gab encounters.. It's one of my favorite goofy Nancy deaths. :D

[@Tori-wt7dy]

@@isolatedcolor509 oh no. Watching my sister play that game scarred me as a kid, if it's the one I think it is.

[@xxsp00kyxx23]

@@Tori-wt7dy I played a few Nancy Drew games as a kid and they kinda scared me too lol

[@isolatedcolor509]

@@Tori-wt7dy It's the one in the old theater! Definitely lots of spooks to be had but also some really hilarious moments. :)

[@Tori-wt7dy]

@@isolatedcolor509 fuck

[@TwiggyHetfield27]

Gab: Can you imagine if it actually made that sound? Me: As someone who lived in two places that had radiators.... can confirm. Both the hissing & rattling.

[@MoonFlower4022]

Elisabeth Louise Vigee Lebrun is one of my favorite painters. I've had the pleasure of seeing her self-portrait in person. She was a court painter for Queen Antoinette and painted several of her portraits. She wrote in her diary once that when she dropped her brushes, she was surprised that the Queen insisted on helping her pick them up. She escaped France with her daughter to avoid being beheaded. She later returned to France and painted Napolean's sister. She didn't like her very much because she changed clothes and jewelry for every portrait session and rarely made openings in her schedule for the sessions.

[@mallorysimonton7386]

This was my very first Nancy Drew game and it started my absolute obsession with it. Now that my obsession with Gab is overlapping I’m absolutely thrilled!!! Thanks for the phenomenal content and constant smiles Gab :)

[@taylorharlow4129]

When I was a kid and I was SUPER into the Nancy Drew games, this one was my favorite. I replayed it at least five times. I was obsessed with Marie Antoinette.

[@fw1573]

The library scared me so much as a kid lol - I would go into full blown panic mode every time the alarm went off

[@kelleyroche856]

Nancy Drew aged like fine wine and it’s fantastic! Such a fun play through!

[@kyraroybot861]

2:18:50 I love Hotchkiss. She sounds crazy but she’s basically saying Lisa was in her room and is the culprit. Nancy and everyone else just disregarded that comment 😂

[@baileybob03]

I need "for the cheese!!!" to become a thing now 😂😂😂

[@MrQuix86]

I see Gab, I see Nancy Drew, I hit like. I'm a simple man.

[@madeline4144]

this was the first one i ever played! the fucking library alarm scared the actual SHIT out of me. so much so that i refused to do it and got stuck for a like a week lol also i was a hardcore dexter fan girl

[@QuantumWaltz]

This was the first one I played too! I was a lot worse at puzzle games back then, though, so I got stuck on the elevator puzzle with the Dead End if you try to jump for the ladder. I just couldn't get the UI to work with me on turning around and seeing my other options; I could only go between the elevator car and the top of the elevator. I also remember spending hours wandering around the castle at like 3AM, scared out of my little 6-year-old wits and confused as heck. Now that I'm capable of playing the old Nancy games, the discs won't run on modern computers without the right OS emulator, so I'm just glad Gab's playing it!

[@giovannarussi4551]

Hahahahaha I feel you! Happened to me too. Was also my 1st game 😍

[@fairsuns]

tell me about it! i always panic when the alarm goes off! this game the one i always replay when im in the mood for ND games

[@destinyjo9845]

My best friend and I used to play this game together in middle school. We always called Lisa "fake Lisa" and I still quote "it's locked" all the time. I still remember absolutely pooping my pants when the library alarm went off. This was so nostalgic to watch, thank you, Gab!

[@bluerainbowfish5418]

As a person from Wisconsin I can confirm that everything here is about cheese and dairy, also we have the worlds largest mustard museum

[@Kim-bq9hh]

wow gab u are my hands down favorite youtuber like period, no one else plays both nancy drew/ hidden object-esque games AND full length AAA horror games AND classic games while ALSO being so fun to watch?? it's just *chefs kiss* a perfect intersection of my favorite genres. keep doing u girl bc ur rockin it

[@racheltorres668]

Yes! This was my first ever Nancy Drew game. I remember checking it out from the library when I was a kid like, "What kind of game is this? Weird but cool." I had never seen anything like it before. Now I adore the whole series and am a diehard fan. Which is why I've been beyond happy to see you playing these. I hope you enjoyed them! Love you

[@Areea993]

Wow. Literally just finished Blackmoor Manor. Refreshed the page and like magic there was a new Nancy Drew! Your appreciation of these old games is so wonderful, it's like reliving my childhood!

[@juliapelc6726]

I actually binge watched all the previous playthroughs 3 days ago and was hoping to see another one. So happy and excited 💕

[@keelie300]

A family friend used to give me Nancy Drew games for Christmas every year. This one was one of my favourites! Can't wait to relive it with you 😊

[@MiniM0usee]

The photo journalist is the same voice actress as Leela Yadev in Warnings at Waverly Academy.

[@246kisses]

I knew I’d heard her voice in another game!

[@99fireandice]

Heck yes!!! Another Nancy drew game!! These are so nostalgic to watch, and they’re great for me to play as background noise while I’m falling asleep. Incredible timing as always

[@im_jacobf]

Yess! Man, your channel has been the constant in my life lately, haha. No matter how wild things get I can count on relaxing with you for a couple of hours each day. Thanks for the fun!

[@stephaniemcintyre8811]

Definitely not me screaming in excitement the second I saw this.

[@monicastamant]

This is one of the ones I played as a kid!! I made my dad play with me because it was too scary - being bonked on the head and freezing to death, etc.! And the ski instructor dude! But I don’t think we finished it and it was probably way over my head back then, so I’m glad I got to watch you play it and finish it! I love all your Nancy Drew play throughs

[@alissaehlers2385]

Omg OMG. This is the very first game, the FIRST, game I ever played. It was the first one I ever owned and played, and getting stuck on the puzzles is also what started me on the very first let's play I ever played. I am actually so happy and nostalgic right now. I'm so glad you decided to play this game. Thank you!

[@madelynraeferguson]

I had this game as a small child and could never solve it. Thanks for giving me some closure lol

[@whatsitsbucket]

I love watching these on stream but when I see another Nancy Drew playthrough I get so hyped. Especially because like the visual novel games I actually really get a kick out of the stories. I know when I was younger, it was games like these that always stumped me. So it is awesome to see someone go back and actually show me what I was missing.

[@jq762]

When you mentioned the name of the person who made that painting of Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee le Brun, I did a double-take - that's actually one of my ancestors! What a funny coincidence!

[@AntheaChimaera]

Bit of history nerdery: Joseph Guillotin did not invent the guillotine. That dubious honour goes to Antoine Louis, and the machine was in fact originally known as a louisette or louison. Guillotin played a pivotal role in the passing of a law that required all executions to be performed by machine and that's how his name got attached to it. Before this law, beheading by machine, which was considered the least painful way to be executed, was mostly reserved for nobles.

[@whitemagnolia9729]

As a Wisconsinite I really enjoy all the little Wisconsin references, it makes me happy that they actually did some research on my state. And yes, Gab, those are actual names of plants that are native to Wisconsin!

[@dancesmokesmile344]

A few years ago they actually found Marie Antoinettes real jewels after not being seen since the French revolution, if I remember correct. They were auctioned off for about 36M dollars. I wish I had a fraction of that money, I would buy a big farm and rescue all animals I could find 😂

[@alexlebrun9187]

1:18:04: As you can tell my by last name ("LeBrun"), I married into the family of the artist that painted the portrait of Marie Antoinette, Élisabeth Vigée le Brun! Very cool that you included that as an aside here! We got to see her artwork at The Met in NYC a handful of years ago, which was also very cool!

[@lizzywolcott98]

Love these videos! Please play more Nancy Drew games if you’re enjoying them! Like so many people, these games were a huge part of my childhood, and honestly I still go back and play some of them as an adult.

[@keldsyeahh]

Gab, I just want you to know how much I enjoy your channel! I started with your Subnautica playthrough which inspired me to buy the game and I LOVED IT. But I’ve been playing Nancy drew games since I was 11 (my nana bought me my first one) and the sheer nostalgia I get watching you experience them is incredible. I hope you play them all, but the Secret of the Scarlet Hand and Sea of Darkness are two of my favourites ❤️

[@JasminWilliams94]

I love your play through of the Nancy Drew pc games. 🤗 You read the materials, you talk to everyone-feels like I’m getting the full game experience in detail. Love it!

[@happinesss2]

Yeah she's really thorough and patient!

[@blbmusic2989]

I totally forgot this one was based in Wisconsin! So funny to see things based where you live. I absolutely love watching this series of vids. I played all of these games when I was younger and it’s so fun to watch someone play through them.

[@bookworm598]

I know that feeling! I got so excited when I found out that the deadly device was going to take place in colorado!

[@milo2376]

Loving this channel lately, i like the diversity in games and how chill the gameplays always are

[@achan5302]

Me: "I'm ready to sleep!" And then some nancy drew video update.. Me: "BRO.." Can't sleep until i watched it 😂 Love u gab ❤️

[@awkwardsoul12]

"Warning: Do Not Enter" Nancy: well it's a good thing I don't give a shit!

[@gracerodriguez2200]

Ikr Nancy: "well, that doesn't apply to me!"

[@refira2974]

Oh heck yes more Nancy Drew! Thank you for all the awesome content you've put up lately, I love seeing fatal frame for the first time in my life, and famicon I hadn't even heard of before you uploaded it. Both series are so fun, you are amazing! ❤️

[@keywestclub]

Ahh yes more nancy!!! I love how you play nancy drew games in chronological order 😙

[@eldrichnemo9312]

I appreciate your playing through these games so much. I'd constantly see them on the shelf when I was younger but didn't have a PC, I was always so interested in what they were like. I want to be Prof. Hotchkiss when I grow up.

[@KathleenPayton]

Your impression of Dexter at 11:53 😂 so accurate! "😡 I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY 😡"

[@louiselopez1890]

I played this when I was a kid and there never was a bigger betrayal than me being so excited to research about Marie Antoinette to read about the purple rose, only to find out it was all fake. HAHAHHA

[@Katie-mz9ic]

This was one of my favorite Nancy Drew games growing up and I always struggled to beat it as a kid. Just beat it a year ago and felt so proud lol

[@Oxymoroness]

"My limit is three languages." Dude, my limit is barely one. Much respect to someone who speaks more than two so fluently!

[@primeministerofsnooping7796]

I just found your channel through this video and instantly subbed! Can't wait to watch all the ND playthroughs you have up! 🔍

[@jebcalp5703]

The next one is, "The Final Scene." You'll have to get used to Nancy getting bonked on the head, it happens alot with Nancy, so she must have a hard head. Oh and by the way, George Washington was President of the United States at the time of the French Revolution.

[@melodybales2038]

I never thought I'd enjoy this sort of play through, but here we are! I love watching these, and I get to bond over nancy drew stuff with my friend who LOVES and has every nancy game. I just found out today she scrapbooks for each game, like writing clues and stuff hahaha! adorable:)

[@happinesss2]

That scrapbook sounds amazing and so cute!

[@molliedelich]

I have played all of the Nancy Drew games since 1998 and still play them today! I have to say I genuinely enjoy watching you play Nancy Drew games!! Please continue to play them! 🤗🤗

[@awonoto]

22:50 If you go off season, in the Italian alps you can stay in a budget cabin in smaller towns (avoid popular ones like Cortina). A day's worth of ski pass is about 50 Euro-ish (less per day if you buy consecutive days pass), and rental was surprisingly cheap even in Cortina (about 30 Euro, compared to the 100 AUD they fleeced me in Falls Creek Australia). You can even go more budget by renting a unit with kitchenette and buy food from supermarkets.

[@LonesomeRhapsody]

I live in Wisconsin. I DO stay here FOR THE CHEEEESE!

[@madi18000]

I'm here for Gab playing every Nancy drew. I freaking love these play throughs. I always have to work when they are streamed 😭😭

[@hayhay8347]

Honestly- this channel has gotten me through some times- I can always count on an hour or two each day of something new to watch :) thanks Gab

[@SunshineDilemma]

These are such wonderful videos. I know they’re older now, but I’m having a great time, and thank you for helping me through some life stuff. I love how you figure things out and your viewers help! Keep up the great gaming!

[@fairsuns]

Yes! I'm so excited to watch your gameplay! this is one of my top faves in the ND series. Omg thanks Gab!

[@riverthyme4741]

I watched my mom play this when it first came out! This is when I fell in love with Nancy Drew :) Treasure Tower was my favorite besides Haunted Mansion (Second one)

[@katkooiman2850]

I played this one as a kid!! I'm so ready for a trip down memory lane....thanks Gab!

[@morgsgalores3554]

I’ve never had so much fun watching someone play games until I found Gab, now I can’t stop watching everything she streams

[@lazersmurf1]

I just want to say, thanks for playing! I really enjoy the videos of the Nancy Drew games and everything else. So much fun to watch.

[@harleyquinn27_]

This is my absolute favorite nancy drew game!! i’m so excited to see gab play it!!

[@MapleandMagnoliaCandles]

The ND gods have answered my prayers, I'm so excited to see Gab playing one of my favorite ND games!! ❤❤ You should play Legend of the Crystal Skull next, it's so fun! You'll love the Southern accents! ❤

[@cris_tophur6820]

I've been watching this Nancy Drew Playlist and absolutely loving them. Its so fun watching you figure them out. I've also enjoyed figuring out some of the puzzles on my own.

[@stephaniew9016]

Growing up, my sister and I used to count down the days each of these games would release. Then once they were available, we would get together with my cousins and have a sleepover. We would play all night long with candy and snacks. These games taught me so much as a kid and I value them and the memories they gave me. Can’t wait to play these my with future children :) thank you for this series!!!

[@tiredandcaffeinated]

My sister and I used to play this specific Nancy Drew game aaaaall the time haha. It made me so happy to see you broke out the notepad, too lol. We had a spiral notebook full of Nancy Drew notes 😁

[@singinginthecar4678]

First time watching a Nancy Drew play through. Excited to see what all the hullabaloo is about❤

[@Vaillle]

A lot of the love for these games is nostalgia. Many people loved these as kids, same as me! ☺️ They’re not the prettiest games, but they have fun and interesting mystery stories and have fun puzzles typically.

[@singinginthecar4678]

@@Vaillle for sure!! It reminds me of this old computer game that i used to play as a kid! I don't for the life of me remember it but it was definitely fun.

[@adriannasteger5158]

I’ve been having a rough time lately and it’s always a treat to go on KZbin and see Gab posted another Nancy Drew video ☺️. These are the games of my childhood and I love seeing people play them for the first time.

[@nocturnalizzie]

Late as heck watching this, but I always love these playthroughs!

[@mailee2353]

lmao, the part about being snowed in and roads being closed off brings back memories of snow days during a school week in wisconsin. you don't get many of those anymore nowadays.

[@dolcegal100]

Gab’s laughter and smile is so contagious lol. Never fails to brighten my day

[@crownvik3458]

Lord I haven't seen this game in so long. When I was a child we had this game. Over 20 years ago what a blast from the past.

[@YowhaddupCMfan]

I just realized Ned's number spells out HELP and George's spells out CLUE. 😂 love those little things.

[@butterbun7033]

9:24 I love when you start reading something in a normal voice and then realize it says something ridiculous so you have to totally start over and EMPHASIZE it 🤣🤣 that's my favorite bit

[@christinamae1902]

This was the first video game I ever played and I’ve always loved it so much! Seeing it now I realize how short old Nancy drew games were. Also writing down the clues and drawing awful renditions of the symbols are a staple in playing Nancy drew games! This video was so nostalgic for me so thank you ❤

[@AbbyMcKay]

I was about to ask when we get another Nancy drew game. I've exhausted your older uploads. Love ya gabs! ❤❤❤

[@nicholaslayes3612]

One of my favourite PC games growing up! Love watching Gab Smolder's playthroughs. She's very clever, good at problem solving, and sharp when running through these games. I wouldn't doubt Gab has an IQ of 140 or more.

[@joanna6773]

I came across your channel recently and I just want to say a huge THANK YOU for playing the Nancy Drew games!!! I came across the Nancy drew games during my college years and really love it. It is both refreshing and nostalgic watching you play and you play with such enthusiasm!! I'm slowly going through your playlist and am keeping my fingers crossed that you will play all 34 games, hehe :D

[@bcgrote]

Chocolate milk (actually drinking chocolate) was "invented" in Jamaica by an Irish physician named Hans Sloane (fine Irish name, Hans...) in the late 1600s. He mixed chocolate with milk instead of water. A later inventor used condensed milk in the 1870s for his brand of chocolate milk. It helps raise magnesium levels and is an excellent rehydration drink post workout!

[@Chellekathryn]

I’m glad I’m not the only one with a quiet Nancy

[@countryjumpingqueen9]

I just started doing the bingo on the last one when you mentioned the bingo sheet and im doing them for each game now! It's so fun to play along!

[@Maninawig]

Thanks Gab. Talking about that reporter's voice really solidified it for me: She has a similar voice to Brittney Karbowski, an anime dub voice actress whom I was reminded of playing Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun. Edit: oof, her ending sentance though.

[@taylorsissel3023]

when you play the older ones like this, that dont have that rotating icon that pans the screen automatically, you can just click and hold to move faster as opposed to rapid clicking

[@Chocibunny]

I love sitting down and watching you play these! Never heard of Nancy Drew before but now I can't get enough of them. Hoping for more ♡

[@sierralewis5624]

I about died laughing when he says "journal" and both me and gab repeat it and giggle. It was just perfect timing

[@TheKoontzy]

I always chuckled at the dinner quest line. It is very broken in the sense of it is suppose to be "time base" but the game completely ignores that. Cause 1st of all you can get the quest at any point of the day. At breakfast or even past when he needed the dinner orders. 2nd you can get the quest at the right time of day to make it possible but then sleep through the night to the next morning (like what happened here) and get the order afterwards.

[@Benjamin.J.Holliday]

I remember hearing that term as a child, "nosey Nancy" I'm thinking it was a Nancy Drew villain that came up with the term 😂 either that, or relatives and/or friends of my grandmother, who's name is Nancy 😂

[@impulsiveinsanities]

I’m so glad you played this one! It’s the very first Nancy Drew game (and my favorite) I played and I knew you would like Hotchkiss. You playing all these Nancy Drew games got me back in the spirit to play some too. They’re all really fun!