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Mystery Case Files[]
Mystery Case Files (MCF) is a hidden object casual game series developed by the internal studios of Big Fish Games and the recent games were also developed by Elephant Games and Eipix Entertainment. The series is known for its ‘Hidden Object’ puzzles where, in order to progress, the player must find a certain number of items hidden somewhere on a painted scene. There are usually thousands of items hidden in the game and they vary in their difficulty to find them.
Storyline and characters have played an increasingly important part in the development of the series, especially from the third game onwards. The game Ravenhearst begins the Ravenhearst story-arc that continues throughout most games in the series. The series has even gone on to produce four spinoff games and four books written by Jordan Gray
Big Fish Games "estimates that 100 million people have at least sampled trial versions" of the MCF games since the initial launch of MCF: Huntsville.
| Mystery Case Files | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Big Fish Games (2005 - 2012)
Elephant Games (2013 - 2014) Eipix Entertainment (2015 - 2019) GrandMa (2020 - present) |
| Publisher(s) | Big Fish Games |
| Distributor(s) | Various |
| Engine | Big Fish Games Framework |
| Platform(s) | Windows / Mac OS X / IOS |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle, Hidden Object |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Everyone-Teen (E-T) |
| Media | Download/Physical Release |
| System requirements
OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/8/10. Memory: 600 MB RAM. DirectX: 6.0. | |
| Input methods | Keyboard, Mouse |
Games[]
There are currently twenty-six games total in the Mystery Case Files main series, and four spin-off games.
The games are as follows:
- Huntsville
- Prime Suspects
- Ravenhearst
- Madame Fate
- Return to Ravenhearst
- Dire Grove
- 13th Skull
- Escape from Ravenhearst
- Shadow Lake
- Fate's Carnival
- Dire Grove, Sacred Grove
- Key to Ravenhearst
- Ravenhearst Unlocked
- Broken Hour
- The Black Veil
- The Revenant's Hunt
- Rewind
- The Countess
- Moths to a Flame
- Black Crown
- The Harbinger
- Crossfade
- Incident at Pendle Tower
- The Last Resort
- The Dalimar Legacy
- A Crime in Reflection
Spin-Off Games
Books[]
There are four Mystery Case Files books written by Jordan Gray. They take place in the fictitious version of Blackpool that the Ravenhearst series is set in. The books are:
- Stolen
- Vanished
- Submerged
- Unearthed
References[]
- ^ ""Hidden Object" Series Hit for Holidays". Reuters. 2007-12-20. http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1851179620071220?sp=true&view=sphere. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ http://www.bigfishgames.com/blog/2008/November
- ^ http://forums.bigfishgames.com/posts/list/160/68431.page#1280378
External links[]
- Official Mystery Case Files Website
- MCF: Huntsville at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Prime Suspects at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Ravenhearst at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Madame Fate at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Return to Ravenhearst at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Dire Grove at Big Fish Games
- MCF: Dire Grove: Collector's Edition at Big Fish Games
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