reach that dream. Are his future plans as stable as he says?Mitch Dillon – Mitch is the school's boiler serviceman and is not seen much in the game. He's as shady as they come.... did Jake get mixed up with him? CastNancy Drew - Lani MinellaHal Tanaka - John TruongHector 'Hulk' Sanchez - Rick CalvertDaryl Gray - Bill CorkeryMitch Dillon - Kenton LeachConnie Watson''' - Donna Rowry ReleaseSecrets Can Kill was one of the first girls' mystery computer games to be released. Reception During the year 2001, Secrets Can Kill sold 28,050 units in North America, according to PC Data. Its jewel case re-release sold 41,455 copies in the region during 2003. In the United States alone, the game's computer version sold between 100,000 and 300,000 units by August 2006. Combined sales of the Nancy Drew adventure game series reached 500,000 copies in North America by early 2003, and the computer entries reached 2.1 million sales in the United States alone by August 2006. Remarking upon this success, Edge called Nancy Drew a "powerful franchise". Critical reception for Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill has been mixed. The Washington Post panned Secrets Can Kill, criticizing it for not giving the player a good sense of the character of Nancy Drew and stating "This sanitized game could get old pretty quick; I'd stick with the books". Adventure Gamers gave the game two stars. The New York Times has dubbed the game the "Un-Barbie of computer games". The Sun Sentinel has praised the game, writing "Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill is a wonderful game for readers of Nancy Drew mysteries and even past readers. It helps bring the characters alive, while injecting a bit of the player into the role." Millie Benson, a journalist who wrote many of the original Nancy Drew mysteries under the Carolyn Keene pseudonym, praised the game in the Toledo Blade, commending it for "retain(ing) the flavor of the early Nancy Drew books" and for the developers' "care in developing scenes and characters".Commonsensemedia reviewed the remastered game and gave it a favorable review, rating it at five stars. RemakeSecrets Can Kill was officially discontinued on August 1, 2010 due to compatibility issues with sound cards in newer computers. On August 24, 2010, Her Interactive released a remastered version of Secrets Can Kill'' with a brand-new ending and three-dimensional characters. References External links Toledo Blade The Nation 1998 video games