artakserkso: Due to popular demand, here is a small puzzle for two SS2 codes and one Riddick code,
courtesy of Lin545 and myself. :-) The plan is as follows: an SS2 code is described by the
puzzle. Whoever redeems it obviously gets SS2. :-) If the code has already been redeemed,
send me a PM (do not post here) with the solution, you may still be eligible.
Whoever redeems the first SS2 code will be asked if they also want a Riddick code. If yes,
then the second person to solve the puzzle gets the other SS2 code and we are done.
Otherwise, the second person will be able to choose between a Riddick code and an SS2
code, and the third person will get whatever is left. Of course, people who are just solving
for the fun of it can forfeit their winnings.
I was going to do both a better and longer puzzle, but I have a lot of stuff to do currently. In
any case, the puzzle contains some stuff from my gaming childhood and studying/working
life. You might want to have a go at it if you do not mind finding out about some random
stuff in mathematics and remembering old-school gaming stuff.
The answers should be concatenated in order of the corresponding hints. The number
preceding each hint is the length of the answer (e.g. if the whole puzzle were "5: Hint1,
3: Hint2", then a possible solution to the puzzle could be "12ABC456").
1: Encrypt YNOBANISHED with the key IWANTSSTWO using the Vigenère cipher. The
letter that follows the last ciphertext letter in the English alphabet.
1: Red button on European SNES or Super Famicom controller.
1: Power-up in Taito's "Arkanoid" that lets your paddle shoot.
1: First letter of hammer needed to destroy Heart of Lorkhan in Morrowind.
1: Awesome GPL turn-based strategy game "The Battle for ___" (number of missing letters).
1: Number of Sages in Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
2: Aquaman was first published by __ Comics.
2: Sum of digits of the second perfect number.
1: Sum of interior angles in an ideal triangle (in the Poincaré half-plane).
3: First Final Fantasy on the Super Famicom.
4: 6x+231, where x is the combination to a safe in Myst.
I will keep a close eye on any possible questions in case I messed something up. :-)
Got x, but it is not good.
I removed the key, so others can try.
