Sprill and Ritchie: Adventures in Time

Rosemary says:

Sprill and Ritchie is an excellent hidden object game with lots of interesting minigames and problems to solve.

Unlike many other hidden object games, in Sprill and Ritchie: Adventures in Time you are not told exactly what you are looking for, just the general category (e.g. "15 baked goods"). This can be quite challenging.

In the story for this game, Ritchie invents a time machine which malfunctions, causing objects to travel through time and end up in the wrong period. Then you must find objects from the wrong time hidden in scenes from history. Unfortunately, the makers of the game don't always have an accurate idea of what is appropriate for the time. For example, the ancient Egypt scene includes wheels (not invented yet in that culture) but clicking on them results in an error.

Still, overall, this is one of the best new games I've seen in quite a while.

Nicky (age 11) says

I thought the minigames were very interesting, although some of them were quite challenging. The hidden object part ... well, I've never liked hidden object games very much, but this still was very good.

Sprill and Ritchie: Adventures in Time
Genre	Hidden object
Developer	Alawar Games
Date	2009
Version reviewed	Free demo from Big Fish Games
Graphics	****½/5
Sound	****½/5
Ease of learning	*****/5
Overall	****½/5