The Hardy Boys - in Other Media

In Other Media

• The Hardy Boys have appeared in several titles in the Nancy Drew computer game series produced by Her Interactive. As of 30 April 2009, Her Interactive has announced that it will partner with Sega to release its own series of Hardy Boys games. The first game in the series is titled "Treasure on the Tracks" and is scheduled to be released in 2009 for Nintendo DS.

• JoWood Productions and DreamCatcher Games have released a Hardy Boys computer game called The Hidden Theft. Jesse McCartney and Cody Linley are the voices of Frank and Joe.

• The Hardy Boys have also been used to sell a variety of merchandise over the years, much of it tied to television adaptations. They have appeared in several board games, comic books, coloring books, and activity books, jigsaw puzzles, and lunch boxes; two LP albums, Here Come the Hardy Boys and The Hardy Boys Wonderland; a Viewmaster set, a toy truck, charm bracelets, rings, wristwatches, greeting cards, jeans, and guitars.

• In July 2009 DreamCatcher Games released another computer game called The Perfect Crime.

• The Hardy Boys have been parodied in the animated series South Park in an episode titled "The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", in which the "Hardly Boys" investigate a 9/11 conspiracy theory.