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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Another puzzle (with hints) Fri Jan 22, 2010 9:10 pm | |
| I've done a few of these elsewhere also, so why not try it here too. First find the games these screenshots are taken from. When you have identified all (or most), you can find three more gametitles. 1: take all the first letters, leave out one, and rearrange the letters to find an 18-letter title. 2: take all the second letters, leave out two, and find a 17-letter title. 3: take all the third letters, leave out three, and find a 16-letter gametitle. For this, take the first three letters as you would find them in an alphabetical list. So 'The Arrangement' would be 'Arrangement, the' and contribute ARR (and not THE). To line things up for the anagrams I needed to resort to a few lesser known games, so I tried to balance it with a few easy ones. The following letters should be left out: 1: the first letter of game 19 2: the second letters of games 13 and 19 3: the third letters of games 14, 15 and 18. When I was done setting this up I thought the anagrams might be a bit too hard (with 19 letters), so who will prove me wrong? You can PM me with answers or questions that contain spoilers. Or ask for hints if you just want to solve the anagrams. Game 01 Game 02 Game 03 Game 04 Game 05 Game 06 Game 07 Game 08 Game 09 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19
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Gelert Admin Adventurer Extraordinaire
Posts : 2180 Reputation : 3 Join date : 2009-09-06 Age : 173 Location : Watching the ladiies bouncing on a trampoline :)
| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:13 am | |
| Thanks Handsfree. That's excellent! | |
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hatshepsut Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:25 am | |
| Thanks HandsFree it looks like a very good puzzle. I think it's going to take awhile for me to work my way through it. hatshepsut | |
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GreyFuss Adventurer Extraordinaire
Posts : 1948 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-12-13 Location : Iron Age
| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:27 am | |
| Quote:"so I tried to balance it with a few easy ones" For me...very few | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:10 am | |
| Oops. Well,I've learned that it's very hard to predict if a screen is easy to guess or not. If others feel that way too, I can replace a few pictures with easier ones. | |
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GreyFuss Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:51 pm | |
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Gelert Admin Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:52 pm | |
| I'm struggling a bit (a lot). Rather than replace pictures, perhaps a few hints. I don't know - just an idea. I think I've got just 6 of them. Otherwise .... eek! I know how some of you felt when I set my screenshot puzzle now! Edit: No. Second thoughts. I'm sure the expert screenshot spotters will do well on them. As for me .............. !? | |
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SuperEdy Speculative Fortune-Hunter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:52 pm | |
| Well, the anagrams are proving to be very tough, even if I guessed 17 out of 19. By the way one of the game is known with 2 different titles. And, please, feel free to add your old trivia to my site | |
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Lady Kestrel Daredevil Pioneer
Posts : 672 Reputation : 1 Join date : 2009-12-13 Age : 76 Location : NJ
| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:38 pm | |
| Wow! Most of those screenshots are tough ones, HandsFree, but don't change anything yet. I only have a handful so far and a couple of hunches, but maybe a few stray synapses will trigger some more memories. | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:33 pm | |
| Of course I will give everyone the chance to solve this without help first. Indeed some games are known with different titles. I used what I thought was the most common title, but if I receive answers by pm I can point out what title to use (if needed).
In the meantime SuperEdy found 17 titles AND the game in the second letters! | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:46 pm | |
| Update: SuperEdy found all 19 titles and the 3 anagrams! | |
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hatshepsut Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:53 pm | |
| Congragulations SuperEdy
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Gelert Admin Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:32 am | |
| Well done SuperEdy! Awesome! | |
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SuperEdy Speculative Fortune-Hunter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:12 pm | |
| Thanks a lot, by the way, my riddle in the other thread is still unsolved, come on, with the hints I gave you it should be simple | |
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Gelert Admin Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:31 pm | |
| I hope it doesn't turn out to be easy SuperEdy, because I'm stumped. | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:32 am | |
| SuperEdy let me know that the anagrams have become very hard with 19 letters and not knowing wich letters to discard. So I added that information to the puzzle. But that doesn't help of course if you don't know the titles. So is anyone still trying this? Any hints needed? | |
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hatshepsut Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:44 am | |
| HandsFree, I am still looking for the rest of the screenshots. hatshepsut | |
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Gelert Admin Adventurer Extraordinaire
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:29 am | |
| I'm still looking, but haven't improved on what I had. | |
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Lady Kestrel Daredevil Pioneer
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:54 am | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:49 pm | |
| Lady Kestrel has found 7 titles. | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Fri Jan 29, 2010 11:09 am | |
| Current scores: SuperEdy: 19 + 3 anagrams Gelert: 9 Lady Kestrel: 7 | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Sat Jan 30, 2010 11:17 pm | |
| update: SuperEdy: 19 + 3 anagrams Lady Kestrel: 10 Gelert: 9 hatshepsut: 6 | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:24 pm | |
| Maybe time for some hints? I'll post them here, separate from the original puzzle so they won't be too tempting for who doesn't want to use them. The games 1,5 and 15 have been guessed by everyone who tried (SuperEdy, LadyKestrel, Gelert and Hatshepsut), so I assume hints for those aren't needed. Hint for game 2 - Spoiler:
If you lookout the window you see a barren landscape. A traincar in a barren landscape is a famous image from this game.
Hint for game 3 quote from the 'View from Adventure Point' - Spoiler:
Extremely entertaining comic-book style Adventure set in a city of ashen-sky darkness.
Hint for game 4 - Spoiler:
Has only been released in German (I think), but we already know the English title. The first letters are the same in both titles though cause it starts with a name.
Hint for game 6 - Spoiler:
A game about ants.
Hint for game 7 - Spoiler:
I hoped the exaggerated Britishness would be a clue. The passengers that are to be handed over are the main character/secret agent and his manservant.
Hint for game 8 - Spoiler:
One of the first Lovecraft games
Hint for game 9 - Spoiler:
One of 3 games about this well known region.
Hint for game 10 - Spoiler:
Said to be inspired by an Italian novel.
Hint for game 11 - Spoiler:
I had to sneak in something Dutch... (nah, just didn't know how else to clue this)
Hint for game 12 - Spoiler:
Don't know what to say about 12. Gelert will hate being the only one who didn't recognize it. Hint for game 13 - Spoiler:
There's a reviewer's quote on the box "A cross between Myst and The Shining"
Hint for game 14 - Spoiler:
One of the most difficult games I know. Those things are prayer wheels.
Hint for game 16 - Spoiler:
A famous sequel. Any other screen would have been a giveaway.
Hint for game 17 - Spoiler:
A sausage and a platypus
Hint for game 18 - Spoiler:
That robot actually mentions part of the gametitle. 1989.
Hint for game 19 - Spoiler:
You play a security expert.
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:50 pm | |
| Lady Kestrel found 6 more: SuperEdy: 19 + 3 anagrams Lady Kestrel: 16 Gelert: 9 hatshepsut: 6 | |
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HandsFree Swashbuckling Globetrotter
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| Subject: Re: Another puzzle (with hints) Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:23 pm | |
| Gelert also found 6 more: SuperEdy: 19 + 3 anagrams Lady Kestrel: 16 Gelert: 15 hatshepsut: 6 | |
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