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I remember my uncle showing a PC game during this era. Larry was one he showed. Another was a game more set in a fantasy world. In it, there was a wizard or som
by mongol 3y ago
I remember my uncle showing a PC game during this era. Larry was one he showed. Another was a game more set in a fantasy world. In it, there was a wizard or something that asked the player a riddle. My relative had to look at some printout, as I understood a cheat he had got from someone where he worked.
The answer was just gibberish random letters. I never understood how an honest player could have guessed that answer.
Does this ring a bell? This was in the 80s and I was probably 11 or something. Not all details are clear.
- maxhille 3y agoNo idea what game you might be talking about. But the process would seem to be some sort of copy protection (sheet of codes) which was quite common back then.
- mumbletypeg 3y agoThis sounds like King's Quest 1, where you have to enter Rumplestiltskin's name as "Ifnkovhgroghprm", a reverse alphabet cipher. The game hints: "Backwards is the key!" Mercifully this wasn't required to complete the game!
- RecycledEle 3y agoI never did figure out his name. Thanks.
- mongol 3y agoAmazing! This unresolved memory fragment have followed me for 40 years... Edit: Found a video about it. Seems you only had 3 guesses and no hint what name you should decipher in the first place! https://youtu.be/dob4EeQa3dw?feature=shared https://youtu.be/dob4EeQa3dw?feature=shared