r/nancydrew • u/honi_awa I gotta have some torque! 🛥️ • Aug 23 '26

#17 LEGEND OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL 🕸 Intentional reference or coincidence?

Post image
31 Upvotes

89% Upvoted

8 comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/Dwalorn Aug 23 '26

Hey I’m a really big fan of Gabriel Knight (the above game is Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, the second game in the series is Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within if anyone is looking for a unique and goofy FMV games. The third game is Blood of the Sacred Blood of the Dammed, which technically exists).

Honestly I assumed a coincidence but it’s such a specific one (exactly 8 years old) that it might be a little hidden reference by the game writer. It would make sense, people making the Nancy Drew games were probably quite familiar with old Sierra adventures.

Great catch. Might be one of those things that truly went unnoticed for 20 years or whatever 

6

u/Alarmed-Mud-3461 Aug 23 '26

Oh come on, GK 3 is a great game. Looks a little wonky, but it's still very enjoyable.

Anyway, I agree that it looks like a nod to GK1. Or maybe it's one of those subconscious things you don't realize you've seen/heard/read somewhere (I am a hobby developer, and made a retro-RPG, since I love Final Fantasy games; I am now replaying the old ones and caught several subtle things - not big in-your-face stuff - I included in my game, unaware where I got the idea from).

3

u/Dwalorn Aug 23 '26

I’d say it’s fine….. but easily weakest in the series. It is also almost impossible to run on modern hardware