Encom postcards
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=== Solution === | === Solution === | ||
Under construction... | Under construction... |
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Encom Postcards
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- On June 30, 2010 a number of individuals reported receiving postcards in the mail. They depict promo ad-style imagery of classic arcade games released by Encom in the 1980's. These include:
- Arc Wars
- Astro Gunner
- Kraz-Bot
- Vice Squad
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Codes
- Each postcard game has a box on the reverse that when viewed under a UV light reveal a matrix of dots.
Arc Wars: | ![]() |
Astro Gunner: | ![]() |
Kraz-Bot: | ![]() |
Vice Squad: | ![]() |
- Possible overlay (Arc Wars + Astro Gunner + Kraz-Bot + Vice Squad) based on aligning grid box borders:
- This seems to imply a potential phrase comprised of 6x6 letters separates by one column. As text (rightmost is less certain):
.X.... X....X .....X .XX... X..... ....XX ..XXX. ...... .X.... ...XX. ...... ...X.. .....X ..X.X. X...X. X..... X....X ...... X....X X....X X..... X....X .....X ...... ...... ...... .....X ...X.. .....X ...... ...... .....X ...... .....X X....X ....X. X..... X....X ....XX .X.... X..... X..... ...X.. .....X .....X X..... X..... ...... X..... ...... ...... X...X. X..... X..... ...... ...... X..... ...X.. ...... ..XXX. X..... X..... ...... X....X X..... X....X .....X X....X ...... ...... ...... ...... ...X.. ...... ...... .X..XX X..... .XXX.. ..X... X....X ..XXX. ...... .....X XX.... XX.XX. ..XX.. .XX... ...X.. ...... .X....
Solution
Under construction...