# An interesting puzzle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124 "2005-03-18T08:30:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/1 "2005-03-18T08:30:01Z")
I’m not sure if this has been posted before - I haven’t seen it, but that means next to nothing. It has certainly been around a while - long enough for them to change some of the level passwords from those posted on other message boards 🙂 [http://deathball.net/notpron/notpron.htm](http://deathball.net/notpron/notpron.htm) I’m up to level 12 now, and it has been slow going… let’s see how the rest of you manage!! If you are going to give hints/tips, please use spoiler boxes and please don’t give away the passwords outright, that defeats the fun of it. Grim ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/2 "2005-03-18T11:04:33Z")
I got to ten then cheated despite myself. I haven’t gone back since then, though I would like to. Two big thumbs up for it though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/3 "2005-03-18T11:09:46Z")
I was wondering how long it’d take for someone to mention that game. Sooooo hard. Got through a few levels and then gave up when I heard that there might be several dozen (is that true?). ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/4 "2005-03-18T13:40:34Z")
Site says there are 81 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/5 "2005-03-18T13:46:43Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > Site says there are 81 No, it says 105. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/6 "2005-03-18T15:36:34Z")
Okay, it’s one of those puzzles that you have to completely figure out by yourself. I hate these, yet am oddly drawn to them. Can someone get the ball rolling for me by just telling me how to get past level 2? I read the hint page, and it wasn’t so much helpful. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/7 "2005-03-18T15:42:28Z")
I’m stuck there myself, Munch. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/8 "2005-03-18T15:45:41Z")
oooooh, figured it out. when you hover over the knob, it gives you the hint go to the url at the top of your browser and change the page number frim 2 to 3. thats what it means by “address?” ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/9 "2005-03-18T15:48:37Z")
another hint, it says it on the page [spoiler]ITS NOT A POINT AND CLICK THING the urls are important[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/10 "2005-03-18T17:20:38Z")
I don’t know how to do a spoiler box…I apologize. Spoiler The hint that said the game is not a point and click thing threw me off because when the box popped up after moving across the doorknob, I just hit enter and then clicked on the doorknob and I went to level three. End Spoiler Unfortunately, I am now stuck on level four. The members of the hints forum seem to be generally a rude, snarky bunch. I really liked when one of the mods tells someone who is stuck on level two that they “must really be stupid” and they should go “play the games on [disney.com](http://disney.com)”. GRRRR…assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/11 "2005-03-18T17:59:01Z")
Okay, cool. I actually did that earlier, but thought Level 3 was a dead-end page. Teaches you to stop assuming things! ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/12 "2005-03-18T18:24:21Z")
melondeca, to do a spoiler, in front of the phrase, put the word spoiler between . at the end of the phrase, put /spoiler in between . ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/13 "2005-03-18T18:59:56Z")
thanks ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/14 "2005-03-18T20:34:15Z")
I’m stuck at 4. Seems like you need to be a bit computer-savvy to get some of the hints (scrolling ahead on the hints page, I saw some stuff about ASCII) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/15 "2005-03-18T21:01:49Z")
The clue to #4 is similar to that of the solution to #3. But other than that, I can’t help, because it didn’t seem to work for me. Seeing that there are downloads needed further down the line, I’m taking a pass. Good luck to everyone - looks to be a ton of fun. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/16 "2005-03-18T21:03:24Z")
I’m also stuck at four, though I’ve only been trying for about five minutes…I have a short attention span, so sometimes these games and me don’t get along. OK, so I get that I have to google something…something to do with the dark. In the Dark is a book, I tried the author’s first name as username and last name as password but no go. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/17 "2005-03-18T21:12:26Z")
For #4: Try highlighting the picture like you did for #3. Check out the morse code superimposed over the side of the desk. Unfortunately, it’s pretty fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Sgt.Pepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sgt.Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sgt.Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/18 "2005-03-18T21:35:48Z")
Regarding #4 Ok, I figured out the morse code on the night table, and it’s voodoopower. But what do I do with that? I tried putting it in the address bar, as with the other levels, but that gets me a 404 this time. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/19 "2005-03-18T21:42:57Z")
For # 4 voodoo is the user name and power is the password ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124/20 "2005-03-18T23:01:11Z")
Thanks, **melondeca**. And now I’m hung up on #6. “Source code”? ASCII? ALT? Shows you how much I know about CS… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-interesting-puzzle/295124.md?page=2)