Encom postcards
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- | * Possible overlay (Arc Wars + Astro Gunner + Kraz-Bot + Vice Squad): | + | * Possible overlay (Arc Wars + Astro Gunner + Kraz-Bot + Vice Squad) based on aligning grid box borders: |
[[Image:Postcard_guess1.jpg|600px]] | [[Image:Postcard_guess1.jpg|600px]] | ||
+ | :: This seems to imply a potential phrase comprised of 6x6 letters separates by one column. As text (rightmost is less certain): | ||
+ | <pre style="font-size:9px;"> | ||
+ | .X.... X....X .....X .XX... X..... ....XX ..XXX. ...... .X.... ...XX. ...... .....X ...... 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 ....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.... | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
=== Solution === | === Solution === | ||
Under construction... | Under construction... |
Revision as of 22:40, 1 July 2010
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
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..XX. 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...