Nothing is as it seems in Mac hidden object game The Conjurer. The great Conjurer, the greatest magician in the world, has suffered 3 serious accidents during his magic acts. Why? This amazing performer will be retiring and has invited several worthy magicians to his spacious medieval castle to demonstrate their greatest skill, cunning and artistry. The Conjurer is willing to give the winner of this competition access to the Hall of Secrets. With this knowledge, they too will become the world’s greatest magician.

You find in the course of the play that the great Conjurer is suspicious of all his invited guests. For each visiting magician there are several locations you must search for clues and objects. The hidden object play is similar to other games, but there is one exception. There is a stage to search and find different items, then you must set up the magician’s props and finally the magician will perform their magic act. This is an interesting and different part of the usual hidden object plays. Other locations may be the bedroom, bathroom or any other room they may have entered in the castle. If you cannot find the object listed, you can click on the crystal ball for assistance. There are unlimited hints through the use of the ball, but you may have to wait a few moments after you click on it. For each magician there is 1 super hint to use where it will give you the exact location of an object.

The tale of the Conjurer is complex with the involvement of Adelaide a love interest for more than 1 magician. In addition, the “accidents” may have been planned to injure and get rid of the master. He also keeps a journal written in invisible ink to help you in your search for clues. Are the intentions of the Conjurer as it seems or does he have other motives?

This game is intense with a Victorian feel with appropriate outfits and items throughout the castle. Not only did I like the hidden object play, I also enjoyed the incredible magic acts of each magician.

Features of The Conjurer:
-Victorian Era
-Amazing Magic
-Ten Master Illusionists
-Nothing is as it seems

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

By the 19th century steam power was well underway and may have been the stimulus for the Industrial Revolution. This is the setting for Mac hidden object game The Clockwork Man. The story begins with Miranda Calomy, a very talented engineering student, who is enlisted by her grandfather to deliver needed parts for a special invention. Miranda boards the first available airship to New Coventry, SA with the supplies for her grandfather Cornelius.

The scrolling and zooming hidden object play begins in Miranda’s home searching for the letter from her grandfather. You need to click on the items listed including the lost letter. Poor Miranda is great with mechanical works, but she is not a tidy housekeeper. The cursor will change to a hand when you go over an item that needs further investigation. You will need to find a crowbar in order to open a drawer. Also zoom to the loft to find more objects. Once on the airship there is a problem and Miranda needs to assist the mechanic. The hidden object play here will scroll to the right and left of the screen. Any help you need comes from Sprocket, a mechanical robot, whose talents keep increasing as you progress in the game.

In addition to the hundreds of objects you must find, there are crystals you need to click on when spotted. Also there are side puzzles like deciphering the code for a locked box and more.

The Clockwork Man is a hidden object game with a story that at times is drawn out and extensive, but if that’s your thing, this play will entertain you. The artwork is detailed and quite good, but the music, although appropriate for the time period, is dreary and not conducive to a relaxed play. I don’t really get into the scroll and zoom plays so I give this game a 3 out of 5 for its good hidden object scenes.

Features of The Clockwork Man:
-Scroll and Zoom Gameplay
-Storyline
-Steam Power and Strange Science

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Another spin on the hidden object Mac game is the Hidden Object Show. It is in a form of a TV game show complete with $5,000,000! In this game you are a contestant in a TV game show. You need to find the hidden object in a scene to complete the round. There are hint chips throughout the screen to find and then use if needed. The round after completion is tallied for Time Bonus, Combo Bonus, Bonus Cash and overall time. The Prize Standings show you where you are in your winnings.

Between rounds you get to spin the Wheel of Puzzles. Where it lands you play that game. Some of the puzzles are locked until you reach a certain level. Some of the puzzles are the 2 scenes with 10 differences, solve the riddle and find that object, find the silhouette and place pieces of a picture on the complete scene. If you are lucky enough to get a bonus, you can opt out of some of the games.

The Hidden Object Show has a lot more than an I Spy play. It has plenty of options you can find to engage in. I think that makes it more interesting of a Mac game. I just started playing hidden object games and found that even though the play is similar there is a different feel to the game with the story line involved and the extra mini puzzles. Some are better than others and the Hidden Object Show is one of them. I found it to be quite entertaining.

Features of Hidden Object Show:
-Become a Millionaire
-330 Object Rounds
-Prizes
-30 Scenes

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

The girls on a fun outdoor outing are sitting around the campfire telling scary stories late at night. One of the girls starts telling the tale of The Hookman....  Christine’s parents’ cabin deep in the forest will make a romantic weekend getaway for her and her boyfriend. Christine arrives at the destination first to find that all is not well at the cottage. Just trying to enter is presenting an obstacle for her.

Campfire Legends: The Hookman is a interactive hidden object game with the story slowly unraveling as you proceed with the play. You must find the key to enter the cabin. The screen may be larger than what is presently there. The arrow on the right will let you know that you can scan to the right to see the entire room. You must search for fireflies for hints. You may need to go to different sites to collect all the needed items. The side games are all integrated into thestory line. You may need to collect fuses to turn the lights on. Once you find all the fuses, you must correctly place them in the box. Once you are in the cabin, you find that someone has been in the house and has scattered all your belongings everywhere. Anything broken must be fixed by finding the necessary tools and parts. Once you have fixed the radio, you hear that there is a killer loose in your vicinity: The Hookman Killer.

All of a sudden there is an ominous shadow of a man in the doorway, but before you can scream, you find out it’s Patrick, the boyfriend. He reassures Christine and tells her to wait in the car while he searches the home for anyone. In the messy car you search through his garbage only to find a medical file…

I won’t go any further in the story since that’s 50% of the fun in this hidden object play full of tasks and mini puzzles. This game is so interesting you get confused whether you or Christine is the person in danger. This is a good campfire story to tell to people sitting in the dark night. It’s also a little scary for young kids to play because there are moments of surprise. The graphics and eerie sound effects are great, and the story very engaging. Sometimes the extra tasks slowed down the story line due to the intricate pieces you may need to find before anything else can happen, but don’t let that stop you from enjoying this mysterious and scary game.

Features of Campfire Legends: The Hookman:
-Surprises
-Piece Together Events to Stay Alive
-Search Locations for Clues

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Hidden object Mac games and story lines are not my thing, but I’m starting to warm up to them. Miss Teri Tale is one of those games that is changing my mind about I spy plays. This particular one is a lighthearted dognapping tale and hidden object game. It begins with Miss Teri a novelist living in quiet, crime free suburbia being blackmailed by an internet villain who wants her to find the neighbor’s dog, Jason.

Your play brings you to Peeking Town, USA where the entire neighborhood is suspect of kidnapping a favorite pet. Miss Teri must break into people’s homes by figuring out their security codes. Clues are given to her to be able to do this fairly easily. Once in the home she searches rooms for clues. This hidden object game has clear and good graphics making the game more pleasurable. If she clicks on too many wrong objects, she is warned she is making too much noise. The list of objects she needs to find is on the left side. While in the different rooms, you hear clear and accurate sound effects like the water dripping, telephone ringing and rain falling.

There are many helps in this hidden object game. One is the Gazette, the local paper, will when you click on the newspaper in her house, give articles pertaining to the kidnapping. Mini puzzles like the memory cards will also give clues. The email messages from the blackmailer will help the play along.

This hidden object game is different from some of the other murder mystery games. First it is not as dark and ghastly as Women’s Murder Club: Death in Scarlet or as involved as Agatha Christie’s: Peril at End House. Miss Teri Tale is more on the comedic and happy side, if you will, of kidnapping. The rooms you need to search are easily identifiable and not dark and murky. I enjoyed both realistic murder mystery and the more cartoonish themes of hidden object games, and I liked Miss Teri Tale. The story is a silly premise, but it is a relaxing and enjoyable play without the murder theme for a change of pace.

Features of Miss Teri Tale:
-Investigate Neighbors’ Houses
-Hidden Items
-Comedic Theme
-Discover the Mystery of Jason’s Kidnapping

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Agatha Christie, murder mystery novel and movie fans will enjoy this clever hidden object Mac game. This game will get you involved in the detective work by rewarding you with clues when the different levels are solved. There are more puzzles within this hidden object game to help break up the searching for clues/objects.

It is set in St Loo a small village on the coast of Cornwall, England in 1927. Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective, is called to End House to investigate murder attempts on Miss Nick Buckly the owner of the estate. It is your job to find the culprit by finding items on the grounds and in the house in order to stop any deadly deeds.

From the map of the estate of End House showing the landscape and various rooms in the house, you are to go from room to room and areas outside to uncover any and all clues of solving this mystery. Click on the gold colored section to begin your investigation, and it will reveal an area full of objects and clues to find. Poirot will give you a list of items, and you have 25 minutes and only 5 hints to go over the room and discover the objects. Some of the things are not relevant to the crime, but others could be useful for solving the mystery. In this hidden objects game you not only find the item, but sometimes you must move the object around the game board.

After finding all the pieces on the list this investigation is over, and you will be rewarded a clue card. This is a statement from a suspect or colleague who may or may not help you. These cards are stored in the clue room to be read without a time limit later in the game.

Bonus rounds between levels will offer more clues to your investigation. For example, after finding scraps of newspaper in the garden, you must put the torn pieces like a jigsaw puzzle back together so you can read the pertinent article in print in order to receive another clue.

After playing through 13 investigations and uncovering clues, you will come to the end of the game and will review all the clues and testimonies and hopefully be able to reveal “whodunit”.

The hidden object part of the game is relatively easy at first but gets more difficult further into the game. The hints are helpful, but there are only 5 of them per investigation so you have to use them carefully. I wasted 2 hints looking for an item that was off the page and not visible or reachable. I had to shrink the screen in order to see the location of the object. Another thing to watch is clicking on everything to find a hard to see item, because you will be penalized 30 seconds off your time. However, the 25 minute time limit is more than enough to search for most of the things on the list.

I don’t usually play hidden object/I spy games unless there’s another draw attached to it, and this one had the right one for me, Agatha Christie. Anyone who has read her novels or who likes I spy puzzles will really enjoy spending some time working and solving the Peril at End House. Also the music is very good and appropriate to the time period.  So get to detecting and catch the criminal while having fun at the same time.

Features of Agatha Christie: Peril at End House:
-Objects to discover
-Puzzles
-13 Characters
-25 Different Rooms
-Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Novel
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

It is 1606 England and the mighty, powerful Virginia Company of London is sending Captains Smith and Newport to the New World in Pocahontas: Princess of Powhatan Mac game. In this hidden object/I spy game history is re-enacted in artwork representing all the cast and characters of this enchanting and sometimes romanticized time. Before any voyage can be undertaken supplies must be bought from the market place and loaded on the majestic English ships of yore.

The first hidden object scene is of the market place where you will need to search for many items in the picture. However, after the ship voyage, the remainder of the scenes is in the New World along the James River where the Powhatans lived and towards present day Richmond, Virginia. On route to the New World and on board the ship Captain Smith is accused of mutiny and imprisoned until they got to their destination. It’s not clear what exactly happened, but once arriving in the New World, Smith is allowed to head the colony at Jamestown, named after King James. The story is moved along in between the hidden object and mini puzzle plays with characters speaking back and forth with you clicking to see the bubble with their conversations. This part is stiff and the dialogue not too interesting, but it conveys the message efficiently.

Once you get to the New World the scenes are located along the James River, but you keep returning to the same sites over again to look for more hidden objects. This may have been because it is a demo version and the other locations are locked. The scenes are interesting, especially the ones with the different species of birds represented accurately. They have red-bellied woodpeckers with colorful canaries, a white goose, a couple of raptors and 2 male Hairy woodpeckers. The noise and the movements from flying birds are a little distracting, but manageable. You will find many scenes with waving lanterns with flickering flames and flapping flags to divert your attention from your search, but that’s part of the fun of hidden object plays.

The mini puzzles I came across are the maze game where you must get Pocahontas out of a winding maze of hedges. It is a little clunky and not very challenging. I think it would have been better to show the entire maze, make it complicated and easier to manipulate her out of the puzzle. Another puzzle is to move the tiles to make the picture of an eagle. The third one is to move disks with pictures around to find the listed items. These puzzles help break up the hidden object play, but they are not very difficult. They may get more complex in higher levels.

Overall I found both the artwork and dialogue part of the story rather flat even though the tale of Pocahontas is a fascinating one. The short, simple
conversation may be good for kids to learn the history of this area and time. I found that Nancy Reagan is a distant relative of Pocahontas. I don't think this is in the game, but it's a curious side item. Despite some of the shortcomings of this game, I like the hidden object/I spy plays with its interesting and colorful scenes.

Features of Pocahontas: Princess of Powhatan
-Explore the New World
-Hidden Object Plays
-Mini Games
-Story of Pocahontas

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Mystery Stories- Berlin Nights puts you in the middle of a giant case involving unlimited renewable energy, beautiful reporters, World War II technology and Nazi escapees. Unlike most Hidden Object games, Mystery Stories goes above and beyond the usual genre and makes it fun and interesting to solve the puzzles, including the mini games.

What makes this game great is the ingenuity of the puzzles. There is the classic I Spy game mode, but even in these puzzles, there is something new. In the early levels, the game makes you look for something and perform the task within the puzzle. For example, one level has banana peels hidden throughout and one of the tasks is to throw these peels out. You click and drag the bananas over to the trash can in order to complete that task.

I also came across a couple of Hidden Object puzzles that were a little different from usual games. One puzzle had clues that slowly came up on the side that led you to look for a certain object. For example, if the clue was a baguette, the clues might be something like Long, France, Baked, etc. The faster you get the clue, the more points you earn. Another puzzle that was really cool was the sound I Spy. Instead of getting the list of clues, you get a list of sounds that the clues make. This is not as hard as it sounds, as the sounds are generally pretty straightforward (i.e. Frog, Drum, Radio).

The best part about these puzzles was the lack of clutter. Usually, these type of games have screens that are covered with small intricate little objects that you have to spend twenty minutes looking for. Mystery Stories- Berlin Nights is much easier on the eyes and hides the clues cleverly, instead of in a sea of objects. This is definitely a plus, as my eyes were not straining like they usually are after a game like this.

This was probably one of the best Hidden Object games that I have ever played. Besides the new and fun gameplay, the story was pretty interesting as well. You are a female reporter from New York in Berlin when you stumble upon some friends who are looking for a machine from a former German scientist who had to leave the technology for renewable energy to flee from the Nazis. It is your mission to find the missing parts and discover the mystery of Berlin. The only problem I had was with the slow load times, but that might just be my computer. This game is definitely worth the five stars that it deserves.

Features of Mystery Stories: Berlin Nights:
- Search the city of Berlin for clues
- 94 levels of mystery
- 14 bonus minigames
- Adventure and Free Mode play

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Edward Scruff just got laid off. Despite his upbeat personality and love of movie quotes, he must now sell his house in order to make ends meet. Luckily for Mr. Scruff, his helpful but messy family is around to help him in his quest to save the family home. Grandpa Scruff has a secret that he says could save the home, but he cannot remember what it is exactly. With the help of the rest, including the dog Scruffy, the family can find clues around their cluttered home to help reveal the mystery and make some money to save the house.

The Scruffs is a hidden object game that incorporates a hidden family secret into the plot. After completing the first two levels, you discover a cryptic, like the one in the Da Vinci Code, and each subsequent chapter discovers a new number on the device. To discover what is going to happen, you must complete the entire game, which can take awhile if you are not quick. Luckily for those who want a stress-free challenge, there is a timeless mode in addition to the regular game, so you can enjoy the puzzles at your leisure.

Within the game, there are other mini-games that keep you entertained. One that I came across was the scribble challenge, where you have to pick out the new scribble drawn on family pictures to earn a gold star. Once you beat twenty of these challenges, you learn another family secret (what kind of mysterious family is this?). Another challenge that was enjoyable was the scrambled picture challenge. This challenge is self-explanatory, as all you have to do is piece together an old picture to discover new clues.

Overall, this was a pretty good game. The graphics were cartoonish, but worked well in the grand scheme of the game. I did like the dialogue as well, maybe it was just the British accents that I liked, but I thought it added a charming quality (like Mary Poppins) to the game. Also, being a movie buff, I really liked the dad's constant movie quotes, which were funny and timely. Gameplay was consistent with other hidden object games that I have played in the past and the help feature was good because it provided a hint without giving away the object completely. I would give this game four out of five stars.

Features of The Scruffs:
- Meet the zany Scruff family!
- Inviting story line with witty banter
- Unique Hint Mechanism
- Mini Games

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Ben is in trouble and is worried about his beloved family zoo. He contacts his favorite niece, Anna, to help solve the problem. Someone went in and stole 5 rare animals, including Anna’s favorite elephant. Uncle Ben is in China and cannot get back in time for an official inspection of the zoo by federal officers on Friday. They will surely close the facilities if they find that there are missing animals. It’s up to Anna to find the animals and resolve the mystery in 3 days. This Mac game is a seek and find/hidden object/I spy play with many side puzzles.

The main play is the seek and find/hidden object game. You go from the zoo administration building to other locations in the town like the police station and local bar. The zoo director tells Anna that the police will not do anything about the missing animals without proper documentation. Unfortunately the paperwork is in the safe and the key to the safe is in the bottom of the piranha tank. Before you can get to the fish tank, you have to search for supplies needed to get past the flesh eating fish. The hidden objects are in the director’s office. When the cursor turns into a question mark you click to get information. If your cursor turns into a hand, you can use it to move the object to one side in order to see behind the item. The hint button will help you locate items you are searching for.

Incorporated in the main play are many mini puzzles to conquer. Fishing for the key is one such game and others are finding cups and plates for the bartender, sliding numbers in numeric order and a lot more. Another interesting play is the dinner plates with food outlined on it coming down a conveyor belt. You must select the food passing by at the bottom of the screen and click, drag the appropriate item to the platter before it reaches the customer. The plate must be full of food or the client is unhappy and you must start again. My favorite game is the donut hunt for the police chief. Some of the puzzles are simple and others are more difficult, but in any event you can skip some of the games and continue on the hidden object play.

3 Days: Zoo Mystery is not necessarily a hard game, but it is fun and I for one would like to find out what happened to the poor zoo animals. If you enjoy hidden object plays and a good mystery, try this game and solve the whodunit in 3 days and save the family zoo.

Features of 3 Days: Zoo Mystery:
-Detective Story Line
-27 Levels
-54 Mini Games
-Solve Mystery and Reveal the Criminal

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Xplorer is an appealing and well-executed hidden object/I spy Mac game for all die-hard fans of this kind of genre. The sceneries are magnificent and clear. The music is dramatic and appropriate for the pictures.

The hidden object play is the usual listed items you need to uncover and click on in each scene. Some things are more difficult to spot than others so the helps do come in handy. The magnifying glass will reveal many objects for you. If that isn’t enough, try clicking on the battery and the flashing lights will steer you to the item. In this game there is a scrolling machine to unveil more of the scene. I found going back and forth a little bothersome but minor in the scope of things.

When reviewing games I usually play it for 30 minutes, and if I’m not crazy about a game, I will go back to it to see if I missed something, and many times I end up liking the game. However Xplorer gives you only 30 minutes of demo time which extremely limits your play. If you are like me, I read the instructions and everything related to the play. I didn’t even have time to enlarge the screen to full size since I couldn’t find the options button. I really did not want to waste my precious 30 minutes looking for options or reading the instructions.

From what I could tell Xplorer’s scenes are exquisite and challenging. I did not enjoy scrolling the pictures while looking for the objects. The helps are good and plentiful if you find the extra battery in each scene. I think with lack of a story, this Mac game is for hidden object enthusiasts who are looking for a challenging play. I couldn’t relax and enjoy the game more because of the 30 minute limit.

Features of Xplorer:
-Photo Illustrations
-Scrollable Scenes
-Magnigying Glass and Detection Tool

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Alexia is dreaming about women walking in a daze toward a temple. Why are they sad and why do they all seem to know her? Their Andean Inca town is on fire. Why does Alexia dream this story every night? In Mac hidden object game Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess you must look for the answers to this mystery by flying to Cuzco, Peru.

In this hidden object play you search for items you may need later in the story. When you move the cursor to the sides the screen will move a little so you can search for your object. When the icon of the crown appear on the upper right hand side of the screen, it lets you know you must search for a piece of the crown. There are 6 hints to help you look for the listed items. You will definitely need these hints and more. If you need additional hints, hit the get hints button to take you to the mini puzzles. There are 3 doors to pottery, painting or doll making. In pottery you need to make the blob resemble the pot to the right. This took a lot of doing so I went on to the painting puzzle. You will see a simple painting with different colors. Remember each piece’s color and paint the outlined scene as you remember it. The last puzzle door is the easiest. It is a hidden object play where you find the dolls outfit.

Lost Realms: Legacy if of the Sun Princess is a basic hidden object play with an Incan story line. The scenes are a little dark, murky and some objects are difficult to spot, but will be enjoyable to hidden object players. The movement of the screen is a little annoying but manageable. Since the scenes are challenging, you will go through your hint buttons and will need more. Luckily, the game provides you with earning more hints in your quest for hidden objects.

I liked this game for its interesting tale of the Incas and Alexia’s mysterious dreams, but the hidden object scenes were not always clear enough to make out the items even with the hints. Although the music is appropriate to the scenes and story, it becomes laborious enough to want to turn it off. The fun part of this game is the mini puzzle section behind the closed doors. Similar puzzles are Coyote Tale or The Count of Monte Crisco. Try it out for yourself and find all the objects.

Features of Lost Realms: Legacy of the Sun Princess:
-30 Locations
-Hidden Object Play
-Mini puzzles
-Quest of Self Discovery

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

A stranger, late one night, is at the doorway of Rosalie’s humble abode and there’s also mystic music sounding all around. The mysterious man demands a tarot reading before he would leave so she consents to do it. The tarot cards never lie and hold bad news and danger for him, but he turns it around and says that she is the one in danger in Mac hidden object/seek and find game Tarot’s Misfortune.

Before she knows what is happening, she blacks out and finds herself in jail without her precious tarot cards. She must find some way out of the prison and find out what happened. This begins your adventure into the hidden object and puzzle plays. The game play is the usual hidden objects search in various scenes where there are a lot of scattered items. The difference in this game is the scrolling scene where you go either to the right or left and the scene will move to reveal more of the screen. It’s like the Mac game Xplorer. The listed items to look for are at the bottom of the screen, and the names in blue can be found readily sprawled in the scenes. However, the gray items in italic letters cannot be found yet. You must do something to them before you get to your final object. The objects you will need to perform another act will be placed in inventory for later use. Also when you see a blue glow, you know there’s more to do. Keep your eyes on the globes on either side of the list, it will indicate how many objects are in that scene. If you scroll away from any area, you’ll see that the stars will either decrease or disappear. This is a great help for finding the objects, even though most of the time, you will not need help. The hint button recharges quickly and you get as many as you need. On top of finding the objects listed, you must also find Rosalie’s tarot cards. There are a few in each scene.

The mini games are also the usual puzzles where you must figure out combinations to either enter a location or get into a storage area. In addition you will encounter 2 tarot cards where you must find the difference in order to move on in the game.

The story continues after Rosalie escapes the prison across the countryside, in the town center and many locations. She finds the village people are enslaved by the wicked magician, and only she can save them. That’s about the extent of the story line. The artwork is exceptionally beautifully drawn, but the music is repetitious and got on my nerves a little. I turned it off. The HOG part of the play is easy except for the items blurred in the mist or sized differently. Luckily the developers are generous with their hints.

I heard some people had trouble starting this game, but I didn’t have any problems. Try the demo and see if you can help Rosalie save the town from the evil magician.

Features of The Tarot’s Misfortune:
-Many levels of Hidden Object Play
-Great Artwork
-Scrolling Scenes

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

What’s happening to all the animals? Sarah’s rabbit is missing and the dynamic duo, Anna and Justin, are hot on the case searching all the nooks and crannies of each location on Uncle Mark’s farm and the surrounding town. This juvenile detective team will flush out the culprit through the many hidden object plays in Mystery Stories – Animal Agents.

You begin this game by choosing your character, either Anna or Justin. During the investigation and in between the hidden object plays you will be solving puzzles in various locations. Like their other Mystery Stories (Berlin and Island of Hope) the seek and find plays are varied and many from silhouettes, sounds or sketches to find the desired hidden item. The objects are listed on the left of the screen. Also like the other prior games, there are many bonuses and helps to aid you in your search.

Mystery Stories – Animal Agents may be aimed towards kids since their story is not as intense or suspenseful as the other 2 mystery stories. However if you are a fan of their other hidden object games and mini puzzles, I think you will still enjoy Mystery Stories – Animal Agents. Graphics are good but not as picturesque as a Caribbean island or the city of Berlin. So help the kids find their beloved pets and uncover the deep, dark secret of this detective story in Mac game Mystery Stories - Animal Agents.

Features of Mystery Stories – Animal Agents:
-1000 Clues
-60 Levels and 20 Locations
-Adventure and Free Play Modes
-Detective Story

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles like the other Chronicle hidden object/seek and find Mac games is an intense and involved play. The premise of this game is that you are called into investigate a haunting of sorts at the Spears Renaissance Faire. You are the ghost buster to some unusual happenings at this entertainment facility.

The game is a hidden object play throughout the faire grounds. In addition to finding the listed items you must figure out puzzles and solve dilemmas. In one instance, you must cross over a bridge to reach the other side, but the bridge is broken and needs to be repaired. You need to find planks to rebuild the bridge, and in addition, you will need a tool to ply apart the wood. Not only will you be searching for items in a scene, you must move to different locations for things you need. The fairies throughout the scenes will help you so you need to look for them in each location. The magnifying glass, back button and the map will come in handy in this game.

G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles is a difficult and challenging Mac game but can be played in easy mode. However, there are many involved puzzles to get through each building of the faire. It reminds you somewhat of the other Chronicle seek and find games but the story is not as dramatic as Dream Chronicles 1, Dream Chronicles 2 or Chosen Child. Playing those games you are constantly reminded of the fact that you are looking specifically for someone. This game with its many hidden object plays can lose the main goal of the tale. The artwork as usual is well done and the many side puzzles are thought out to challenge your hidden object and puzzle skills.

Features of G.H.O.S.T. Chronicles:
-Hidden Objects
-Hidden Fairies
-Easy or Challenge Mode
-Is it Real or Hoax?

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Youda developers have decided to make a hidden object game and have succeeded in creating Youda Legend: The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond. A sleek and mysterious hidden object thriller, you are a tourist that stumbles upon a giant mystery and must solve all the clues to proceed around the beautiful old city of Amsterdam.

The game is a hidden object game, so as with all hidden objects, you find the list of items that the game gives you. The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond is pretty average in this respect, as it is relatively easy to find some objects, but others are a lot harder to find. I like the mysterious diamonds that are dispersed throughout the puzzle, as they are fun to find and a mystery as to why they are scattered around the city. Besides the regular weird items, you also have to find some heirlooms and puzzle pieces (like torn map parts, stones, stolen pictures, rope pieces, etc.) that you use to solve a puzzle at the end. This is the best part of the game, as it changes up the pace of the constant hidden object boards with fun and poignant puzzles that create a fun and mysterious plot. In addition, there is the obligatory "help function" that takes the form of a compass. This allows the player a little bit of help, but it does take a long time to recharge after a use.

Personally, I thought the game did really well. All the puzzles had great looking graphics and were generally easy on the eyes. The way that the game integrates the mini-games into the main hidden object game creates something that grabs the players attention and makes the plot interesting. Youda has definitely created a gem with Amsterdam Diamond and I would give this game four and a half stars out of five.

Features of Youda Legend: The Curse of the Amsterdam Diamond:
- Explore the city of Amsterdam
- A thrilling storyline
- Challenging puzzles and mini-games
- Uncover the ancient curse

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

In this magical, mysterious hidden world there are many images to be unlocked and found. Pure Hidden is a visually pleasing hidden object/seek and find Mac game. It will give you hours of play with their graphically interesting pictures and scenes.

Pure Hidden’s hidden object scenes are a little different from the usual room full of household items and mystery to be solved. It’s more like a modern day advertising billboard with objects discreetly spread out on the picture. Old time comic strips and superheroes will be on the scene to disguise the listed items. The layering of black and white objects with color forms also helps to distract your eyes from locating certain things.

If you have trouble finding your objects, click on the pink star to your left and then click on the listed word and a pink circle will help you discover your item. After using the star, you must wait until the star fills up again. The scenes are sometimes difficult to uncover the objects, but it is a fun challenge. There are many different kinds of scenes to search for hidden objects.

The Game Tree will lead you to the different scenes and mini games. One such game is to discover 10 items that do not belong and another is to find 33 butterflies in a beautiful garden. An action puzzle is to get the sheep over the fence (the trick is to wait until the question mark appears before clicking on the sheep). Another puzzle is to connect the pipes for the eggs to continuously pass through.

The draw to Pure Hidden is the beautiful, original graphics, the hidden object play and the many interesting and fun mini games. Enjoy this game for its variety of puzzles and stunning illustrations.

Features of Pure Hidden:
-Hidden Worlds
-Unlock Images
-Over 1000 Objects to Find
-Mini Games

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars