Trail of the Twister

Trail of the Twister is the 22nd installment in the Nancy Drew PC game series by Her Interactive. It is preceded by Warnings at Waverly Academy and followed by Shadow at the Water's Edge. It is based on the Nancy Drew novel #155, The Mystery in Tornado Alley. Nancy travels to Oklahoma to investigate a mysterious string of accidents as the Canute storm-chasing team competes for a $100,000,000 prize.

Plot

A string of bad accidents has plagued the Canute storm-chasing team, who are competing in the Green Skies competition. Nancy Drew is sent to the team by P.G. Krolmeister to investigate. She becomes the team intern, replacing the previous intern, Pete, whose leg was broken his leg in the most recent accident. Nancy needs to keep her wits about her, as she not only has to expose a saboteur, but is in danger from the powerful storms.

Characters

Scott Varnell: A professor at Canute College and the leader of the Canute chase team.

Debbie Kircum: The team's project manager. Nancy reports to her for tasks at the beginning of each day.

Chase Relerford: The team mechanic. He's always found in the barn. Nancy can earn Pa Pennies from him by working on circuit boards.

Tobias "Frosty" Harlow: The team photographer. He earned his nickname by taking iconic pictures of a hailstorm.

Pa: Owner of Ma 'n' Pa's General Store. Pa is very friendly and enjoys working in theater.

Brooke Tavanah: Leader of the rival Kingston University chase team.

Second Chances

As in all Nancy Drew games, there are ways the player can make a Fatal Error. However, a "Second Chance" screen will show up and the player may try again from the point they failed. Fatal Errors include:

• Crashing the car too many times.
• Driving into a hailstorm after repairing the antenna.
• Failing to unlock the storm shelter in time.
• Leaving the storm shelter too soon.
• Driving directly into the twister during the final chase.
• Failing to unlock the springhouse (using the crowbar) in time.

Glitches

• There is an easy way to earn lots of Pa Pennies from the Land Rush game. If you select one square on your first turn, then quickly back away from the screen, the machine will give you the maximum number of Pa Pennies you can earn for whichever level you're on.

Trivia

• If you turn on the TV, you might see screenshots from past Nancy Drew games.
• The juice being sold in Ma n Pa's store is the same juice from the snack shop in Warnings at Waverly Academy.
• When talking to Debbie for the first time, she mentions about a research center in Hawaii. This may refer to the Hilihili Research Center. Also, Scott mentions the Hilihili during a conversation.
• When you ask Frosty about the disaster kit, he mentions Lori Girard. Lori is a character from Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon
• The chips on sale in Ma & Pa's store is from Warnings at Waverly Academy
• In a weekly puzzle on HER interactive blog the message states that there is a clue to ND 26 found in this game

External links

• Official Game Page