Escape The 90s

This page contains hints for the puzzles contained in the game Escape The 90s.

Cefax/TV

Need a hint?

You need to decipher the message on the TV screen first.

There is a hint in the bottom right hand corner of the TV screen.

The +8 in the bottom right hand corner of the TV screen gives you the key to decoding the cipher. It has been shifted by 8, the CD cipher wheel will be usefull here. If you have the message, use it with the Ceefax page.

Decoding the message give "chess minus music". Looking on the Cefax page, chess is 568 and music is 530. Taking these away from each other gives thirty eight.

Computer

Need a hint?

There is a clue at the bottom of the Sweets article in The Before Times. The solitare game will tell you the answer.

The playing cards in the game are the key.

Each card in the game of solitaire tells you a letter to spell out the name of the sweets.

The first card is the ace of spades so take the first letter of the word spade (s). The second is the ace of hearts so take the first letter of the word heart (h). The third is the two of hearts so take the second letter of the word heart (e). Collecting all the letters in this way gives the word "Sherbet". As directed to at the bottom of the sweet article, take the price for sherbet which is 49 pence.

Films Of The 90s

Need a hint?

Complete the crossword using the clues.

Pick out the letters highlighted.

Rearrange the letters to spell a number.

The number is twenty four.

Just 17

Need a hint?

Look carefully at the magazine cover.

The phrase "how to achieve tiny twists in reverse" holds a vital clue.

Focus on the light blue box, bottom right.

The phrase reffered to in clue 2 suggests something in reverse. Looking at the name NEVES YTROF and reversing it gives forty seven.

Floppy Disks

Need a hint?

Some letters on each disk stand out. This is a good place to start.

There is a clue to the order of the letters picked out on each disk.

The dates on the disk give the order, pick out all the letters the same colour as the disk.

Picking out the letters as described in the hints (and adding punctution) gives "I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?" The answer is seven.

Mobile

Need a hint?

The puzzle is in the image of the article.

Each number translates to a letters.

The phone uses predictive text so 8 can mean t, u or v, 4 can be g, h or i and so on.

Knowing you are looking for a number helps. It may also help to write out each letter the numbers can stand for. The message reads thirty five.

The Before Times

Need a hint?

Notice some letters have symbols above.

There are arrows and dots.

Look where the arrows point. Take the dots as is.

Where there is a dot, take that letter. Where there is an arrow, take the letter it points towards. This gives twenty nine.

Tape

Need a hint?

The play list shows songs from the 90s but they are all mixed up.

The numbers are the key.

Once you unjumble each song, pick the word and letter out.

The first song "she wants all that" unscrambled is "all that she wants". 2.4 tells us to go to the second word and take the fourth letter (t). Doing this for each song gives twenty.

Toys

Need a hint?

Read through the catalogue page carefully.

Focus on the product details.

There are mistakes to pick out.

The first mistake is freels should be reels, giving you an F. The second mistake is oover should be over, giving you an o. Picking out all the mistakes spells forty eight.