LOJIX was an early (1983) release from Virgin Games that was a simple Pentominoes-type puzzle. Virgin - according to the inlay- were placing 50p from each copy sold into a Bank Account, the entire contents of which would be paid out to the first person to solve the puzzle. It really was pretty easy so when I managed to solve it I though I'd get in touch with Virgin to stake my claim. Unfortunately according to the person at the other end of the phone I was the second person to have solved it so, sorry, no payout.
Unfortunately, having had dealings with Virgin Games later on, I am more than ready to believe that this was something told to every person who said they had solved the puzzle. Cynical old me.
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Juan F. Ramirez
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Re: Prize games
I'm sure they made the JSW bug on purpose!MatGubbins wrote: ↑Sun Mar 18, 2018 12:33 pm Jet Set Willy had a nice reward for getting the correct number of objects....
"In exchange for this information we will present the winner
with six champagne glasses and a case of Don Perignon
champagne. In addition to this a Jet Ranger helicopter will
pick you up for a flight above your town when you will get
the chance to meet Mathew Smith the author of Jet Set Willy
and the other No. 1 selling Spectrum game from Software"
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godeater85
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Hareraiser is completely solvable.
The first part of the game is a map of the Harrods department store, a hint about this was given in one of the game magazines, when the TV presenter went there from the program about this kind of games and treasure hunt.
But the second part could be "passed" only for the BBC micro platform - it was there that there were "rooms" with the name of the owner of Haresoft (before that he was anonymous) and the digital code that was needed to receive the prize.
the hare was in Harrods Bank, used as collateral for opening Haresoft.
if someone knows how to look at game resources, he will also find this code in all versions of the game. but the ad and articles were hinted at "for the whole family" and it was emphasized that "can be used on the school computer" and "we did two parts so that people of any age could win".
The first part of the game is a map of the Harrods department store, a hint about this was given in one of the game magazines, when the TV presenter went there from the program about this kind of games and treasure hunt.
But the second part could be "passed" only for the BBC micro platform - it was there that there were "rooms" with the name of the owner of Haresoft (before that he was anonymous) and the digital code that was needed to receive the prize.
the hare was in Harrods Bank, used as collateral for opening Haresoft.
if someone knows how to look at game resources, he will also find this code in all versions of the game. but the ad and articles were hinted at "for the whole family" and it was emphasized that "can be used on the school computer" and "we did two parts so that people of any age could win".