Okay, Zrgny Ebq: Yvsg gur cvyybj naq ba gur orq, gurer vf n zrgny ebq.... my ass!

Where?

Never mind; I found it. Very small click spots, there.

Yep. I needed help with that one step; the rest I could figure out.

(glad you had no trouble with the rot13 thing; always nice to see a fellow UNIX geek)

Mike:

have you checked orgjrra gur orqcbfg naq gur orq?

whoops....should refresh before I comment...

I ended up hand translating in notepad :)

Skip SFU, and go to:

http://www.cadenhead.org:8080/java/Rot13

Unless, of course, you want to keep beating your brains out trying to find the very tiny hotspots. :-)

The Crimson Room puzzle has been making its rounds in the blogs today. It starts out as an interesting puzzle, but as you can see there are a lot of people having trouble. If you want a spoiler, you can...

1 .Net, 1 Perl, 2 Rant, 2 WILY, 1 WTF?, 1 XML
Line du jour:

V nyfb sbhaq gung vs lbh ner hfvat gur uggc://jjj.qngnpensg.pb.wc/gnxntvfz/pevzfba_ebbz/pevzfba_ebbz.fjs yvax, lbh pna evtug-pyvpx naq pubbfr cynl ng pregnva cbvagf gb fxvc nurnq. Sbe vafgnapr, V qvq vg juvyr jngpuvat gur zbivr, naq tbg gb ybbxvat ng gur qbbe.. gura qvq vg ntnva naq V jnf bhg (rira jvgu ab fperjqevire)

Thank you.

Be lbh pna whfg hfr gno naq svaq nyy bs gur ubgfcbgf ;)

What the hell is the combination?

Look at the memo. Follow the URL. Read the page. There's a number on it.

k, having trouble finding the battery

I found everything, right up until...

gur zbivr. jngpurq vg, gevrq gb pyvpx naq ab yhpx. Jurer qb V pyvpx? Juvyr gur zbivr vf cynlvat? Ba gur fgrerb (juvpu vf jung xrrcf pbzvat hc) be ba n qvssrerag jnyy?

Help!

fhwaquad

escape =)
thanks

wait until movie finish (don't click before!) and then click on point that man has pointed to. Something will happen.

svaqvat gur vgrzf jnf rnfl ohg gung fghcvq pbqr jnf sevttva' uneq gb penpx

need help w/ the battery and no weird language

wtf was that movie thing

The best tip: Wait until the movie finishes to click the wall!!
Trust me, I tried 56 times while the movie was playing...

just go to www.rot13.com and paste the coded text there ... press "cypher" and you're done ..

try this:
Jryy qbar!

For crying out loud - here you go:

You pick up 2 rings: 1 falls from the curtain (keep opening and closing it),
1 ring is on the bowl next to the stereo

2 keys (gold and silver): 1 key is on the window, 1 under the pillow

CD Case: In the drawer, you don't need it

Power-Chord: Use the keys to open the drawer

Mistery Box: Use the other key to open the drawer

Ordinary Key: Plug the power chord into CD player and open the cd slot, there
is another key

Metal Rod: Lift the pillow and on the bed, there is a metal rod

Battery: On the far side of the bed

Cassete: Below the desk which supports the CD player

Fit the rings & metal rod on the mistery box. Open mistery box, fit in
cassette player and battery, play the movie

The dancing man points to a spot on the screen. Mouse click that point.

Open the rectangular slot. The code is 1994, use the key open the safe

You get a screw driver in the safe

Use the screw driver to crack the door and go out.

jul qb h gnyx va wvoevfu

bloody 'ell. got stuck after the dancer, then unscrambled the code BY HAND, then a colleague tells me he's already completed the puzzle.....shite

Wow, that is complicated, an 11 year old girl, me.. would never have gotten that w/out help.. anyway THANKS!!!

how to konow that key is '1994'

that damn little star is impossible to clickit took me like 90 times

posision your mouse-pointer over the star, and WHEN THE MOVIE IS OVER, click where the star was. you should get it now, unless you have moved your mouse-pointer.

i have no idea how 2 translate tha writing i need real help??

To decrypt the sentences you find here, go to this page: http://www.inactdesign.com/filer/simplecrypt2.php, and paste the code and then click the right button.

You know the code because of the url they serve you.

um...the code was pretty easy- just go to the history page, and look. 4 digits. He didnt give us that for nothin.

how the hell do u get the battery

I am unable to locate the battery, the bed won't expose itself...give me a hint?

i collected all the stuffs and watched the stuffs in the red box....and i dunno wat to do now!!!

Having trouble finding the rod..

"An end to stupidity"

What a matching title. This thing sucked.

STUPID movie shit.

I have never ever felt more disappointed completing a game ever.

LoL, the "ending" sucked. What a waste of time.

Jung Gur SHPX, Jura jnf EBG-13 Vairagrq, Naq jul jnfa'g v nyregrq,,
Ovyy Tngrf

Click WHERE after the movie?

I wouldn't mind, but as a student of Human Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering, I know *why* it sucks :)

The whole thing was fine except the whole shaking the curtain thing, no-one would've actually clicked on the curtain thinking "Oh yes, I'll shake it and maybe something will fall down". That and it's a bit cuky trying to work out what will happen if you click a given spot...I'm sure like all of you, I clicked near enough every damned pixel of every damned view!

Oh well, let's hope the author has read Don Norman's The Design Of Everyday Things before he completes the second room :)

great thinking game!!!

others who say that this game is stupid is just jealous.

hehehe...did i step on someone's a*s???

peace!

WERE IS THE BATERY!!!!!!!!

it says it on the far side of the bed, but were do u click?! i cant see the little thing

Holy crap i effin did it, ty jesus, and all u nerds who saved me

You play the movie, the guy dances and points to EVERYWHERE on the wall. Where do I click?

Battery is om the side of the madress where you have your legs.

thanx to all of - would never have solved it without your comments :)

Anyone know the cricket score?

ur all stewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwpih

i still can't do it. it wont let me pick up the screwdriver

For those who have trouble finding the battery - click on the lower left area when you are facing the wall. It'll take you some hit and trial before that sucking bed shows its ass to you. you'll get it there.

And thanks to all of you for the hints. I'd have had a MAJOR klpd from that ending had I discovered all those damn clicks myself!!!

i can't find the rod. anywhere. already lifted up the pillow to get the key, then it says

Metal Rod: Lift the pillow and on the bed, there is a metal rod

the feckin thing ain't there tho!!!!!

HELP! i'm slowly goin insane!!

WTF? I wanted a puzzle, not a "click around randomly and frantically like a crazed moron". That sucked, I want my time back. Thanks for the help by the way, I would have never found some of the crap.

the metal rod is, technically, under the pillow dudes

you lift up the pillow, find that other thing under the pillow, and between the head of the bed and the mattress is the battery

JUST WONDERING....AS SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE...IS THERE ANY OTHER GAMES LIKE THIS OUT THERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DOWNLOAD, THAT ARN'T SH IT, (EG MOTAS)AND GIVE YOU SOMEKIND OF SENSE OF ACHEIVEMENT WHEN COMPLETED....JUST WONDERING.

why when I click on the little + does it bounce back to the cd player...grrr

cant find the freaking metal rod grr!! was this game made to irritate me?!

Guvf vf fhpu na rnfl tnzr pbzcnerq gb zl fgnaqneqf orpnhfr V nz n Ulcer-Fhcre-Trrx-Areq-Sernx!

i solved it weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

There is no CD. The paper in the CD case has a url which points you to a web page which has the code for the wall safe.

Actually, there's a CD somewhere in the room, and you can listen to some good Japanese music in the stereo !

omg that was so freakin hard and a waste of my time

finally got the answer..
But it was more a matter of luck to crack it than intelligence..
waste of time.

wheres's the cd??i finished the game...but still want to knopw where the cd is..

i cnat pik the sapnner up. help!

I got it! YHHHHHHU!

so hard

i thought that this game was the easiest mind game ever

this was the easiest game we ever played it aint damn hard!

where is the battery in detail

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhh!!!!!! i want to break down and hide, crying like a little girl. Where the hell is that battery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi dan...its david...where the hell is the god forsaken battery!!???

ive got the battery finally!!!

I thought it was good,bit too much for the average player but i think i would big a kick ass full version game, imagine, down town Hong Kong in that mode.

Gh sgdqd sgåmj xnt enq åkk sgd gdko.

i cant find the batterie can u tell me exactlt where it is.

i have watched the stupid movie 500 times, everytime i click on the little cross where everyone has said to, it bounces back to the cd player.
is there anything i should be doing that i'm not doing?

While it's playing, put the mouse over the crosshairs, but DO NOT CLICK. Wait until the movie stops playing. After it's stopped playing and you can see the blank wall again, click. You may need to click a few times. The hotspot is *very* small.

shpx lbh nyy pbzchgre trrx areqf vyy shpx lbh hc lbhe shpxvat avttref!

wots the safe combination

Safe combination? Look at the note in the CD case. It contains a URL. Go to that web page. Find the Obvious Number.

absolute crap, what a waste of time, don't bother

i can't go past the screwdriver scene! there's the ellipsis but i can't go pass it, when i clicked on it it just go back to the open vault.

gd game, frikkin hard tho. the url on the paper doesnt work!!!! i tried it cos i thought it mite do sumthin. but it doesnt even work!!!

y do u but the new comments at the bottom?!?!?!surely it shud b the other way round so ppl can see new updates

louse: i'm with you... the url didn't work... i think we can safetly assume that had it worked we weould have easily conquered this puzzle...

the url doesnt work

the code is 1994

at the dancing man wait till the dancing man disappears just point the mouse at the middle of the cross..

waste of time :P

i went to the url http://takagism.fasco-cs.com/yellow_chamber.html from the note - but that site gives a different code. wtf!

Wow... You all are idiots. The Crimson Room was so easy... Ok...
Here goes...
1. Click on the plate looking thing next to the boxes and the radio. You'll see a ring. Pick it up.
2. Next, Click under the dresser with the radio on it... You'll see a tape. Pick it up.
3. Next, Click on the pillow on the bed. The pillow will float. You'll see a key. Pick it up.
4. After that, open the curtain. You'll see a small silver key in the windowsill.
5. Click on the curtain 6 more times. Something will fall out of the curtain. Pick it up. It is a ring.
6. Use the gold key with the drawer on the left, and the silver key with the drawer on the right.
7. They will unlock. Open both drawers and take the contents out.
8. Use the power supply cable with the radio.
Turn on the radio by clicking the button at the top left, the radio will be lighted. Click on the CD-ROM drive. It willl open. There is a key. Get it.
9. Click around the perimiter of the bed and find a battery.
10. Lift up the pillow on the bed and click around near where the pillow was. You'll get a metal stick.
11. Ok... Then, click on the red box. Use the thin ring with the hole on the right, the thick with the hole on the left.
12. Use the metal stick with the rectangular area on the box.
13. Click on the box to open it.
14. Use the blue battery with the empty space next to the battery already in the box.
15. Use the tape with the tape area below the batteries. Click on the box.
16. You'll see a movie. The man dances, and at the end, he point towards a spot. It will be marked with a star. Put your mouse there QUICKLY, before the star disappears. Then the man disappears. Do NOTHING. Then the lighted movie background disappears. Click on the spot where your mouse is. It may take a few clicks. A red square will appear. Click on the square. A safe will appear.
17. The safe says: 0000. Click on the numbers until they say: 1994.
18. Click on the key that was not used, then click on the lock. The safe will open.
There is a screw driver. Take it. Click on the screwdriver, then click on the doorknob a few times. It will fall. Click on the hole the knob left on the door. The door opens. You have beaten the Crimson Room.

nor the 1994 or the 8821 on the url link work...anyone got any ideas?

I have used comb # 1994 8821 and 8173

I played the game on the site http://www.fasco-csc.com/works/crimson/crimson_e.html, none of the code # 1994 8821 and 8173 or the given code from http://takagism.fasco-cs.com/yellow_chamber.html was correct. Any one has ideas?

i think there a bug probl;em in the game. the authors probably re-written some code to make the code different every time. I went to the url given. i got the code - quite simply from 4 cards on a table (8379) - and the code does not work

Hmm - thinking about it tho i wonder if its now a different code every day. if so, and if the code changes at midnight in japan (as this is where the author is) that would mke this the code for tomorrow now for me as i am in the uk and it's 8 pm. i'll try it again then. I know its a bit of a long shot, but i realy can't see where i am going wrong

i got 6224 just now. doesn't work either. Bug-like.

It was hard getting the url to come up. I've been trying since yesterday. Finally!!! For today it seems that the code for the safe is 6979.

SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE WHAT'S THE CODE FOR THE SAFE??????????????

SOMEONE GIVE ME A CLUE FOR DA CODE PLEASE


THANKS IF U HELP ME

I HAVE BEEN TRYIN TO FIND DA CODE ALL MORNIN BUT STILL NO LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



:(

(;(

*._.* puppy!

i have tried the code which get from http://takagism.fasco-cs.com/yellow_chamber.html.

It is correct for japanese version

http://www.fasco-csc.com/works/crimson/crimson.html


but not english version.

thank god thats over lol couldn't get the right numbers for the english version

you idiots it is translated halfway up the page stop moaning at the guy he was just trying to help u feel u have acieved at least something rather than cheating

the 1994 number doesnt work, and neither does the 1458 number i found, what the hell is the combination because it is doin me tree in!!!!

Thanks for the answer. That was an awful game with no point, no plot, and no ending. I hope there were guards outside the room who f*cked the guy trying to escape.

i tried to get the code for the english and japenese version but it doesnt work for either. WAT DO I DO?

Holey hell, I just conquered the stupid crimson room. That took long enough, for all you people who are going crazy over the code, it doesn't work for the english version but the japanesse version code is 5333. Have fun

code dont seem to work?? 9698 was the code that came up on the table with the cards

code doesnt work!sos!

staying up untill one trying to figure out the combo on the safe gives me a dim understanding of why I don't have a girlfriend.

Guys,

the code for the safe refreshens every day and works only for the japanese version of the game....

The ending sucks :) there's no ending

i tried to code in the jap version it didnt work either

wtf i don't know the freakin code what the hell is it ive tried random #s and nothing work this game sux

Would the code work for japanese version if i tried it???

I`m trying to unlock door with screw driver bout it wont work!S.O.S,I`m stranded in the crimson room!!!!!

WHERE IS THE METAL ROD?!?!?!?!

WHERE IS THE METAL ROD?!?!?!?!

Ahhh stupid code i cant even really tell what that note says the URL doenst work. Man im tired and i dont want to go to bed till i figure out this game.

The 1994 coed doesnt work :( i have tried sooooooo many and it doesnt work!!! And the URL link doesnt work either does anyone know any other codes?

Well, I finally got it! Had some difficulty finding the battery. The code did not work in the English Version. I had to go into the room under japanese version and then the code worked right away! A nice little challenge. =)

what is the code????

Everything seems to work out exept for the code to the safe..
Is there a way to find the code for yourself and how?