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Aug. 23rd, 2012 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsSo Cracked had a list of the 6 Most Absurdly Difficult Video Game Puzzles, and hey, two of them I'm actually familiar with.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy One (which you can play here for free) was getting the Babelfish. I do think I eventually got that on my own through trial and error. But that still meant having to write down what I did and doing that the next playthrough since you only get 5 chances to try and get a fish (the entry neglects to mention additionally, after typing a certain number of commands, you're escorted out of the room and without the babelfish, you're screwed), and as they say, its well nigh impossible to figure out how the exact sequence works you're first time through. And anyone who says they can is an effin liar. Because you don't find out what you have to correct until you see it happen, and then you have to figure out how to randomly use the items in your inventory to stop each thing from happening. And while the earlier things might be obvious, putting the junk mail on the satchel to create another mess to distract the second robot is not.
But whatever, even though you could save, the game still involved a lot of playthroughs to get it right. Its where I learned to definitely pick up everything, no matter how seemingly useless, because it just may be needed later. As I've said in a previous post, I'm still majorly annoyed that the part I was stuck at all those years ago, I learned what I needed to do, so I was glad to get the chance to play the game again through the above java version. And then was totally disappointed to learn I was near the end and that the game ends abruptly, awaiting a sequel that never came.
The King's Quest one, I had to cheat with that. Well, actually, I think![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
isabel79 and 7500centfish's dad figured it out, because I remember seeing a piece of paper on their computer desk when I was a kid, with the backwards alphabet. I will say its not an obvious puzzle to figure out on your own. First, you have to assume the guy is a Rumpelstiltskin analog, which isn't that clear. Then you have to realize think backwards means use a backwards alphabet rather than spell Rumpelstiltskin backwards. Thirdly, I was unaware until the article pointed it out, the game additionally spells Rumpelstiltskin wrong, and so its spell Rumplestiltskin using the backwards alphabet, not Rumpelstiltskin. (amusingly enough, even though "Rumpelstiltskin" is correct, you get literally a million more google hits for "Rumplestiltskin")
But honestly, the damage isn't too bad, if you don't guess his name right, he gives you a key to the stairway you use to get out of the place normally instead of the beans. And yeah, as they say, there's a creature that will randomly steal stuff from you that might make the game unwinnable , but that's what the save option was for. If you didn't save all the time in KQ, you were a fool! One misstep could kill you! Or not typing fast enough. Plus the whole trying to flee enemies using the friggin arrow buttons.
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy One (which you can play here for free) was getting the Babelfish. I do think I eventually got that on my own through trial and error. But that still meant having to write down what I did and doing that the next playthrough since you only get 5 chances to try and get a fish (the entry neglects to mention additionally, after typing a certain number of commands, you're escorted out of the room and without the babelfish, you're screwed), and as they say, its well nigh impossible to figure out how the exact sequence works you're first time through. And anyone who says they can is an effin liar. Because you don't find out what you have to correct until you see it happen, and then you have to figure out how to randomly use the items in your inventory to stop each thing from happening. And while the earlier things might be obvious, putting the junk mail on the satchel to create another mess to distract the second robot is not.
But whatever, even though you could save, the game still involved a lot of playthroughs to get it right. Its where I learned to definitely pick up everything, no matter how seemingly useless, because it just may be needed later. As I've said in a previous post, I'm still majorly annoyed that the part I was stuck at all those years ago, I learned what I needed to do, so I was glad to get the chance to play the game again through the above java version. And then was totally disappointed to learn I was near the end and that the game ends abruptly, awaiting a sequel that never came.
The King's Quest one, I had to cheat with that. Well, actually, I think
isabel79 and 7500centfish's dad figured it out, because I remember seeing a piece of paper on their computer desk when I was a kid, with the backwards alphabet. I will say its not an obvious puzzle to figure out on your own. First, you have to assume the guy is a Rumpelstiltskin analog, which isn't that clear. Then you have to realize think backwards means use a backwards alphabet rather than spell Rumpelstiltskin backwards. Thirdly, I was unaware until the article pointed it out, the game additionally spells Rumpelstiltskin wrong, and so its spell Rumplestiltskin using the backwards alphabet, not Rumpelstiltskin. (amusingly enough, even though "Rumpelstiltskin" is correct, you get literally a million more google hits for "Rumplestiltskin")But honestly, the damage isn't too bad, if you don't guess his name right, he gives you a key to the stairway you use to get out of the place normally instead of the beans. And yeah, as they say, there's a creature that will randomly steal stuff from you that might make the game unwinnable , but that's what the save option was for. If you didn't save all the time in KQ, you were a fool! One misstep could kill you! Or not typing fast enough. Plus the whole trying to flee enemies using the friggin arrow buttons.
