7th Guest Microscope puzzle
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> Help. I'm at the microscope playing the "Ataxx" type game. I can't beat
> the computer no matter what. It plays way too well...is there any way to
> beat this game?
I'm stuck on this one too; I was wondering if the fact that the computer always
goes second will mean that it's unlikely for anyone to win?
Does anyone have any clues on how to beat the thing?
Also, in the same room as the Microscope puzzle is a large door with a wheel on
it, the hand beckons and when you click the wheel spins and what look like
metal bars move, but the door won't open...
...anyone managed to get in here?
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Here are some things that worked for me:
First, lead the play into the center. Left to itself, the computer
will buid up around the edges. Don't let it. Start by making a
diagonal line from one corner. Stop when the computer actually attacks
you.
Secondly, don't let the board fill in too fast. When all else is equal,
choose to move two spaces.
Finally, never let the computer have the last move in any area. If there
is a two-space hole, don't play in it, or the computer will fill in the
one space remaining, taking most of the pieces you just took, without
any chance of your getting them back. By extension, you should be wary
of reducing any hole to an odd size, but you can be more flexible about
that.
Carl Muckenhoupt
CSOTU | >----> |
solve. However, there is a way around it.
If you go to the library after working on a puzzle, it will give you a
hint. Do this two (2) more times, and the book will say that the puzzle
is solved. You can then go into the next room.
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** I'm sorry for all of my ** C.S.O.T.U. | >----> | **
** faults, but I'm only human. ** **
** This, however, is not an ** morr...@rintintin.colorado.edu **
** excuse. It's reality. ** **
RJ Hopwood
> In article <1994Feb7.1...@dmu.ac.uk> c2...@dmu.ac.uk (RJ Hopwood) writes:
> >From: c2...@dmu.ac.uk (RJ Hopwood)
> >Subject: Re: 7th Guest Microscope puzzle
> >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 14:22:06 GMT
>
> >In article <CKL3s...@cnsnews.Colorado.EDU>, morr...@benji.Colorado.EDU (CSOTU | >----> |) writes:
> >> From my experience with it, the microscope puzzle is impossible to
> >> solve. However, there is a way around it.
> >>
>
> >THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY
>
> Sure, if you want to GIVE UP! While laid up with the flu, I spent about
> six hours trying to beat the damn computer at this game. I did it, but
> if I were to try again I likely couldn't repeat the task the first time.
> Two things that I realized, and have been mentioned here before:
>
> Squares of 4 and 9 are stable and much easier to defend.
>
> Don't make it easy for the computer by leaving one hole in a closed
> area. Try to think ahead a few moves and force the program into a
> lose/lose choice.
>
> At least T7G allows you to continue the game if this puzzle proves too
> much. Myself, I *had* to beat the &^%$#$ thing!
>
> Good Luck!
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What are you talking about?????
The answer to the actual puzzle is "ther is no possible way"
Oh dear!!!!!
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RJ Hopwood
> c2...@dmu.ac.uk (RJ Hopwood) writes:
>
> >In article <CKL3s...@cnsnews.Colorado.EDU>, morr...@benji.Colorado.EDU (CSOTU | >----> |) writes:
> >> solve. However, there is a way around it.
> >>
>
> >THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY
>
> Point of Clarification:
>
> This is the solution (oops, sorry) to the telecope puzzle in the Library,
> NOT the miscroscope puzzle in the Laboratory.
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OOOPS wrong puzzle