The 404 Case
2022 Update: Thanks for playing my game, but I'm sorry it's been years I litteraly don't remember how to beat it. One day I will get back to it and write a walkthrough but for now I cannot help you :(
Make your way through the broken datas, gather clues and solve all the mysteries of this website from the 90's.
Informations about the game
* Duration : About 2 hours
* No external softwares or ressources is necessary to complete the game's main puzzles. An image editor might be useful but nothing more complex than MS Paint.
* You might want to play my previous game OldComputerArchive.zip to have a bit of context for the game, but it's not necessary.
* Updates and modifications may comes in the future ( it will be notified) but won't change the puzzles and solutions.
Development log
- Pour la France !Sep 09, 2018
Comments
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This was all an elaborate ploy to make us learn HTML wasn't it?
I'm stuck.. Hoping someone here can give me closure.
I'll try to avoid spoilers but need to mention some things to explain where I'm stuck
I have access to all team folders, I found the french text (lyrics) and can see what's hidden there ;). I also know about the username for the 'private' folder. But I'm stuck on how ow where to use this information. The 'hidden' information doesn't work as a password.. It seems like it's one of the last problems to solve so I'm hopefull someone can help me out.
creator of the game here : it's been years I forgot completely how to solve this game
Also thanks for playing. By the way how did you hear about it? I don't promote it anymore and on release it was a massive flop
Lol, I knew it was a longshot.. Well, maybe someone else remembers...
Was looking around for escape/puzzle games and just came across it, it's actually quite high on the list of popular escape games! Anyway, I like it.. Don't get me wrong, it's quite hard and some puzzles could be explained better but I like that your hand isn't being held with hints or oversimplified puzzles.. Reminds me of online escape rooms I played..
If you remember how to solve the french lyrics puzzle (ehupstqpàuumedle) let me know lol! I think I'm quite close to the finish so I'm considering it solved, but as a completionist I would like to see the ending..
it might be 7 months later but if anyone else ever wants to know the solution to this particular password you have to match the hex codes for the asterisks at article 00000.html to the hex codes from the french text.
I'm stuck with the database guide thing... is it some sort of encryption or something because i've been trying to google it for the past 45 minutes and found absolutely nothing
base64 i think?
what do i do with the decoded binary from e.s.d (emotional support duck)?
I'm really stuck. I saw the emotional support duck said somthing about using base64 then i kept refreshing and saw a bunch of 0's and 1's. does that mean anything?
isnt 0s and 1s binary?
hey! I really like the game so far but I'm a bit stuck, do I have to use the inspect element tool on my browser? cause its blocked on my laptop :/
Hey, sorry but inspect page is a key part of the game :/
(SPOILERS)
I'm a bit stuck after getting into the dev folder. I know the valxliz key matches logo.png but I don't know where to go from here
You know...Liz seemed to be in a rush to delete all of those articles.
I'm still stuck 😭 Would you mind giving another hint?
Notice how the lock and key image ends with the same .html as the other articles. What happens when you plug it in?
i could've sworn i tried that before lol thank you!!
That's hard, I almost didn't make it to the end.
Hi, it might be dumb to ask, but I'm quite confused now, what am I supposed to do with the fragmented IDs I found in the articles? I don't want to spoil the puzzle, but I'm really having trouble finding more clues.
Can anyone give a hint? THX
I just ran through this with a group of 4 friends virtually (everyone using the website). It took us about 2 hours and everyone liked it! They were all devs so a few went a bit off-script in trying to muddle through what I think were Red Herrings in the end. But once we got the cadence right, a few of the key moments had people shouting in excitement. In the end we felt like hackers, truly solving a puzzle.
One clue m ight be useful for USA folks - dates have two formats between US and Europe. So 02-05-2020 might be Feb Fifth or March Second. ;D
Kudos, this was awesome!
Hi, I'm trying to play this, but for some reason, a lot of the links that are available take me to an error. Am I just being dumb and they are supposed to be errors, or no? And I mean, like, the sponsors page, the CD-i 2 page, things that seem like they would be available to unrestricted users.
EDIT: Never mind, it was the computer that I was using. My bad.
Hi, I know this is a long shot but I am totally stuck at a certain point! Without spoiling anything: I don't think I understand the wording in one particular clue "...put together one after the other..." "...and multiply the result by the number of the..." I know which numbers I need to use, but the wording is throwing me off. Really want to keep going but I've tried every configuration I can think of with it.
Hi, sorry for the delayed answer.
Ok let's say the number are 12 and 15. You need to put them together like this : 1215. Then you can multiply this.
I know the wording is a bit weird, I didn't knew how to express this concept clearly. English is not my main language.
Anyway, thanks for the interest in the game ! Good luck !
Thank you very much!