Encom postcards

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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
    • D-Con 4







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:
D-Con 4:
Space Paranoids

The sixth set of dots is on the Space Paranoids postcard. Players who complete all 32 levels of Circuit Cycles receive all six, plus one for Circuit Cycles.

  • Possible overlay of each postcard's dots 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):
5X5..5 X....X .5.55X .XX... X..... .5.5XX ..XXX. .....5 5X.5.5 ..5XX5 .5.55. .5.X5. .5.55. X.5X5X ..5.5X
X..... X....X ...... X....X X...5X X..... X....X 5....X ...... ...... ...... .....X ..X... ....X. 5.....
...... .....X ...... 5....X 5....X ...5X. X..... X..5.X ..55XX 5X.5.. X..... X....5 ..X... ....5. .....X
X..... X..... ...... X..... X....5 .....5 X555X5 X..... X..... ...... 5..... X....5 ..X... ....X. X55X..
X..... X....5 ...... X....X X....5 X....X 5....X X....X 5..... ...... ...... .....5 ..X... ...... 5.....
5X55XX X..... .XXX55 ..X5.. X....X .5XXX. .....5 5....X XX55.5 XX.XX. .XXX5. .XX.5. ..X... ...... X.....

Solution

XXXXXX X....X .XXXXX .XXXX. X....X .XXXXX .XXXX. X....X XXXXXX .XXXXX XXXXX. .XXXX. XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX
X..... XX...X X..... X....X XX..XX X..... X....X XX..XX X..... X..... X....X X....X ..X... ....X. X....X
XXXXXX X.X..X X..... X....X X.XX.X X..XXX X....X X.XX.X XXXXXX XXXXX. X....X X....X ..X... ....X. X....X
X..... X..X.X X..... X....X X....X X....X XXXXXX X....X X..... .....X X....X X....X ..X... ....X. XXXXX.
X..... X...XX X..... X....X X....X X....X X....X X....X X..... .....X X....X X....X ..X... ....X. X.....
XXXXXX X....X .XXXXX .XXXX. X....X .XXXXX X....X X....X XXXXXX XXXXX. XXXXX. .XXXX. ..X... XXXX.. X.....
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