Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Inspired by various lamentations over the departure of Pitfall Harry, I decided to create this maddeningly elaborate brain teaser contest. The contest is so elaborate, in fact, that I have created a website for it. Here's the URL: http://atari.room34.com/adventure The full contest description and rules appear on the log-in page, but I will repeat them below. The contest is OFFICIALLY OPEN, as of this posting! WHAT IS THIS? The Room 34 Adventure Challenge is a multi-part trivia/brain teaser contest structured around the Atari 2600 game cartridge Adventure. Familiarity with Adventure may help contestants to navigate through the multiple puzzles in the contest faster, but the primary focus of the contest is the puzzles themselves. As in the Atari game, you will be moving from room to room, picking up objects, unlocking castle gates, fighting fearsome ducks — er, dragons, and searching for the golden chalice, which must be returned to the Gold Castle. But in order to accomplish each of these tasks, you will first need to answer a vintage video game related trivia question or solve a complex "brain teaser" puzzle. Those familiar with Adventure will note a few minor differences from the original game, most notably that you can carry multiple items simultaneously. In fact, each item you obtain will remain in your possession throughout the remainder of the contest. But beware of the bat. He has been given specific instructions for this contest and will be determined to hinder your progress in ways you may not expect. (I promise, however, that the bat does have specific instructions, and will obey them consistently for all players.) HOW DO I KNOW WHEN I'M DONE? You'll know. Be sure to watch the Room Status panel as you travel from room to room, as it will help you determine what to do next. The contest may take several days (or weeks!) to complete, so you will need to registerto create an account to save your progress. The registration form is at the bottom of this page. WHAT DO I WIN? FIRST PRIZE: $25 AtariAge Store credit* SECOND PRIZE: $10 AtariAge Store credit* THIRD PRIZE: $5 AtariAge Store credit* * Prize funds are being furnished by me; contest is not affiliated with AtariAge.com. Should any parties directly affiliated with the AtariAge Store win contest prizes, the store credit will be substituted for another prize of comparable value. THE FINE PRINT First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded to the first three people to complete the challenge, in sequential order. If less than three people have completed the contest by midnight CST, February 29, 2004, the remaining prizes will be awarded to the contestants who have completed the most elements of the challenge. In the event of a tie, a tie-break challenge will be conducted, to be determined at a later date. This contest is purely for fun, although the prizes are real. I reserve the right to terminate the contest and void any and all prizes if bugs that interfere with completion of the contest are found; if I determine that any misconduct has taken place; or for any other justifiable reason. If the contest is to be terminated, all participants will be notified by email; no other notification or compensation will be offered or deemed necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Registered!! And stumped Great format though! I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I am registered, and also stumped. On the first question no less Most likely a pretty tough challenge. But I am up to it. I hope searching the internet isn't cheating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I tried that. Yup stumped on the first damn question...I suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I am about ready to give up and say good luck to you all. Who the hell would know off the wall stuff like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I JUST GOT THE FIRST ONE HA HA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Crap I still haven't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I think it needs to be changed a little bit. After you are in the second room and get a question wrong, it puts you back in the first room. I guess that cuts down on the rapid entries, like I did on the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 After registering I can not login! Nothing happens, I just get back to the login page. I am using Opera 7.23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I never did like the opera browser. I am using Internet Explorer 6.X? You don't have IE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Easy peasey... so far I dont have tonight time for the "26" puzzle though (you who are there know what I'm talking bout).. maybe I'll do that tomorrow at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I am using Internet Explorer 6.X? You don't have IE? I have (Win XP), but nothing will make me use this "Top Collection of Security Bugs" for the Internet ever! Fixed: My Cookie settings where a bit too restrictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Is it a US game? I think I plgged every 2600 game I could find into that sucker and still stuck on page one. Oh well, at least it killed some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Is it a US game?I think I plgged every 2600 game I could find into that sucker and still stuck on page one. Maybe it is a homebrew? I am stuck too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Dude Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Is it a US game?I think I plgged every 2600 game I could find into that sucker and still stuck on page one. Maybe it is a homebrew? I am stuck too. Mabey it's case sensitive. I'm positive I know it but still nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 I tried the homebrews Thomas! Even yours !! No go. Maybe I missed one. bjk7382 and NE146 got it , so how hard can it be!!??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 I hope searching the internet isn't cheating Searching the Internet certainly isn't cheating... and of course I'd have no way to stop you anyway. I did, however, try to formulate challenges that would be difficult to search for. I even did some searches on Google myself for a few of them, just to make sure the answers didn't pop up easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 I noticed a few of you were having some browser issues. Due to the speed with which I needed to put this together, I didn't have an opportunity to test in all browsers. (In fact, I ONLY tested it in Safari on Mac OS X.) It SHOULD work properly in most browsers, since I'm not using anything too "off the wall" and almost all of the functional code is server-side. If you find any glitches, please PM me with your browser and operating system info and I'll see if I can work it out, but my first suggestion would be to try a different browser. Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 Mabey it's case sensitive. I'm positive I know it but still nothing The answers are not case-sensitive. (The system will convert all answers to uppercase.) Be sure you're not putting in extra spaces or punctuation though... that will throw off your answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Registered and stumped on the first one. Damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterman Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 is NOT mountainking or themountainking. Though that would make for a good nickname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian M Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 The first question was simple. The second however has me stumped. Any chance you could implement some sort of hint feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsterman Posted November 26, 2003 Share Posted November 26, 2003 Ok, I, the Robsterman, will help you out with some valid hints to Question #1 Hint #1 - It is a brand of Unix. Hint #2 - The name of this game begins with "S" Hint #3 - It rhymes with Polaris. Keep the faith, Robsterman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 I'm just going to say that I would like to discourage obvious hints on this forum. C'mon... don't take all of the fun out of it for everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted November 26, 2003 Author Share Posted November 26, 2003 Any chance you could implement some sort of hint feature? I am going to give people some time to come to the answers on their own. However, I do think that I will follow Ben's lead and dole out cryptic hints on a (roughly) weekly basis. The first hint from me will be posted next Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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