Ok no tweaking

Rejig Bernard for similar product

Maniac Mansion?

No, not that either

Nightingale loses windfall at cheap accomodation (reordered)

Bernard was close. Add Chuck McBlade to the mix

Italian female, renaisance lady, nightingale

misplaced, missing, lost

hostel, cheap accomodation

budget bonanza, cash cow, windfall

new order, rearranged, reordered

Mona Finds a Lost Bargain Hotel?

A Scottish blade, could that be a dirk?
I vaguely remember a ND game featuring a Dirk.

Edit: I suddenly got it!

Oooh, can't wait for the answer, this has been good one.

Backpacker: The Lost Florence Gold Mine?

EDIT: Confirmation. Set in Idaho, I see. How'd I miss this one?

Florence Idaho??
Well done Becky although I reckon your title was just as good!
And well done Bernard from just the first clue

Hint 1: This game (according to the Pagoda Adventure Game Database) released between 1990 and 1995.

Hint 2: The magnificent enterprises of "Top Dog" Bearing and Awayo: the hindmost "Triassic vertebrate" (original order)

Note: the words in quotation marks represent one word

Just a wild guess, Sam & Max Hit the Road?

No.

Now that I look at it, though it is an interesting guess.

How about The Awesome Adventures of Victor Vector and Yondo: The Last Dinosaur Egg?

Yes indeed.

Hi Becky! Long time no see.

Yes, another little text adventure can be played, loosely inspired by the lyrics of a song. This time the song is Miracle by Ilse DeLange.

Wandering through the desert, finally a house comes in sight. Maybe some water can be found there! Oh no:

Someone put a lock on this old door
It's been beaten up and used and more
It's been kicked a hundred thousand times
Keeping all the memories behind

Examine lock.

>_

> It needs a key.
> Examine hinges. They are very old and rusty - maybe you could break in somehow with the right tool.

(N.B. Bernard - I clicked on the link to the song but it 'wasn't available' (in the UK?) so I found it myself but the quality was so bad I couldn't catch the lyrics but I liked the tune! )

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened?

Use knife to remove cardboard. Examine cardboard.

Not SH:TA Becky, although it would be my first guess too!

With the knife you're able to get the cardboard out of the lock. It looks like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. There's a hint of a cheesy smell to it. With the toothpick of the knife you're able to unlock the door. You're in the hallway. There's a door to the north and one to the west. The exit is in the east.
You really need water now!

Sam and Max: Culture Shock?

>The toothpick of the knife starts to behave like a dowsing rod and pulls you toward the door to the north.

Entering the doorway to the north you see you're in the kitchen now. Finally water! Oh no, the previous owner didn't pay his bills, so no water is coming out of the tap. Falling to the ground there's only one thing on your mind, I'm not so tough.

You're absolutivitly right Zookee, that's the game I had in mind.

The link worked perfectly this time Bernard! I think I'm going to go find an album - it's good to be introduced to some different music!

Thanks Bernard. I'm a little unprepared. Will have to think about this and be back with a clue.

Back in a bit.

Ok, here goes....

A case of mistaken identity...or is it?

Sherlock Holmes comes to mind, but I'm probably way off.