If the name sounds familiar, that is because Rick Nungester is the brother of Bob Nungester, author of the Windows Soma Solver elsewhere on my site. Currently, the Nungester brothers have donated about 2 meg of material to my site, and are welcome to occupy that section for as long as this site exists.
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| Puzzle | Strategy Tools |
Hint 1 | Hint 2 | Notes |
| 001 | 1 | stairs | go up | 12345 |
| 002 | 1 | stairs | go down | 54321 |
| 003 | 1 | top | repeat | 55555 |
| 004 | 1 | alternate | bottom then top | 15243 |
| 005 | 1 | go up | repetition | 1 22 333 4444 55555 |
| 006 | 1,2 | reshuffle | count up | 51234 |
| 007 | 1 | any switch | repeat | 1 11 111 1111 11111 |
| 008 | 1 | ten presses | two each | 11 22 33 44 55 |
| 009 | 1,2 | 1 color | mix | take middle of color pair; ... |
| 010 | 1,2 | choose 1 | center | pick middle color of each triple |
| 011 | 1,2 | follow | adjacent buttons | up or down from key pressed, with wrap; 132212 |
| 012 | 1,2 | twice | repeated color | press the repeated color in each set of 5 |
| 013 | 1,2 | sandwich | in between | press number between, with wrap from 5 to 1 |
| 014 | 1,2 | gold | rainbow | press spoken colors in rainbow order, ROYGB; 51342 |
| 015 | 1,2 | match | some numbers | hear "1" through "5" and press that key quick |
| 016 | 1 | choose 2 | alternate | 12121 (any 2 keys can be used to alternate) |
| 017 | 1,2 | incomplete | missing color | pick 5th (missing) color for each 4-set |
| 018 | 1,2 | new order | alphabetical | order colors alphabetically; 31452 |
| 019 | 1,2 | above | add 1 | 34512 |
| 020 | 1,2 | scale | low to high | 31452 |
| 021 | 1,2 | 1 to 5 | press after number | ..."1" 1 ..."2" 2 ..."3" 3 ... |
| 022 | 1,2 | 3 buttons | reverse order | reorder numbers large to small |
| 023 | 1,2 | 1 word | mysteriously | order syllables to say word; 31524 |
| 024 | 1,2 | target color | number equals presses | "G,3" = press G 3 times, ... |
| 025 | 1,2 | tree bottom | root | square root of spoken number; 51342 |
| 026 | 1,2 | stutter | repeated number | same number spoken twice, press it quick |
| 027 | 1,2 | match | note | 1-5 keys = low to high notes, match; ... (hard for me) |
| 028 | 1,2 | count | count up | color + number = next key (wrap 5 to 1) |
| 029 | 1 | up start(?) | cycle through | 12345 23451 34512 45123 51234 |
| 030 | 1,2 | follow leader | match each | press key after spoken color/number |
| 031 | 1 | palindrome | mirror image | 15 51 55 15 51 |
| 032 | 1,2 | wait | 1 before go | press color/digit before "go" just after "go" |
| 033 | 1,2 | cry uncle | hold down | 12345, hold down each until "uncle", release |
| 034 | 1,2 | in between | subtract | press abs("<a>" - "<b>") |
| 035 | 1,2 | patience | wait before pressing | 2,5,8,11,14 sec delay before press |
| 036 | 1,2 | list position | where in list | 1-5 list position of R,O,Y,G,B |
| 037 | 1,2 | match | follow leader | match 1,2,3,4,5 sequence of tones (hard for me), recorded 5 tones on computer and matched manually tone for tone, took ~1/2 hour |
| 038 | 1,2 | cards | blackjack | key 1-5 adds 1-5 to total, 55515 5 times (5 21's) |
| 039 | 1,2 | song | lamb | Mary Had A Little Lamb; 14253 |
| 040 | 1,2 | watch | time | press 1,2,3,4,5 after valid 12-hour (not 24-) times |
| 041 | 1,2 | move it | faster | press announced key color, fast |
| 042 | 1,2 | powers | of 2 | press "1" key (any key?) after hearing 2^n |
| 043 | 1,2 | planets | distance | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter; 31245 |
| 044 | 1,2 | growing | in size | Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter; 35142 |
| 045 | 3 | dark | then light | puzzle senses dark/light, alternate, cool... |
| 046 | 1,3 | dark | turn off lights | dark, light, 1, dark, light, 2, ... 5 |
| 047 | 1,2,3 | 2 steps | light then button | simple, follow what it says |
| 048 | 1,2 | follow | reverse | repeat notes in reverse; 5 15 415 2415 32415 |
| 049 | 1,3 | ?)button, then light | ?)light = button | 1 dark/light, 2 dark/light 2 times, 3 dark/light 3 times, ... |
| 050 | 1,2,3 | dark & light | white is light | press key by color or white=light, black=dark, quick (time matters) |
| 051 | 1,2,3 | light switch | press number again | press 1, make light "on" or "off", press 1 again; repeat for 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| 052 | 2,3 | think light | on and off | "switch" => toggle light/dark, ignore others |
| 053 | 1,2,3 | all choices | think light | no buttons, black=off=dark, white=on=light, switch = toggle light/dark, follow commands. (Strategy Tool "1" an error? No button pushing.) |
| 054 | 2,3 | dark to choose | alphabetical | dark-light after Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus |
| 055 | 2,3 | either or | odd is dark | light/dark after even/odd number |
| 056 | 1,2,3 | dark to choose | find the sum | push buttons to find a+b, then dark-light |
| 057 | 1,2 | smaller | word length | 1-leader 3-enter 4-each 2-add 5-of |
| 058 | 1,2 | first | color is target | <color x>...<color x>, then press x-colored button |
| 059 | 1,2,3 | song | (d)ark = high note | row your boat, 11123 32345 ddd555 333111 54321 |
| 060 | 1,2 | factor | all that divide | 1-5, 87:1,3 5:1,5 78:1,2,3 31:1 49:1 ... |
| 061 | 1,2,3 | button multiply | dark to subract 6 | 16=4*4 39=(5*5-6-6)*3 44=(2*4*5-6-6-6)*2 ... |
| 062 | 4 | tilt | roll it | roll puzzle slowly clockwise viewed from front-right |
| 063 | 4 | small circle | roll it | lay down bl, br, bot (5 times) |
| 064 | 4 | top side | all different | lay down all 4 sides, then top (upside down) |
| 065 | 4 | summersault | literal | rotate CW from front-right, 5 times |
| 066 | 4 | full or partial side | alternate bottom | lay down fr, bot; repeat... |
| 067 | 2,4 | side | on bottom | put named side down (special note: This puzzle doesn't time out -- keeps talking for > 10 minutes of inactivity. If trying for 10 points, get it right the first time...) |
| 068 | 3,4 | two flip | think switch and box | flip upside-down, dark-light, rpt |
| 069 | 1,2,4 | current side | top | 1 <named side up> 1, 2 <nsu> 2, 3 <nsu> 3, ... (and time matters, so don't slow down very much) |
| 070 | 1,2,3,4 | dark is hand | turn cover press | turn: "right" = fr down; "left" = fl down; "twister right" = br down; "twister left"=bl down cover: "hand" = dark; "foot" = light press: "<color>" = key. Examples: - right foot red = fr down, light, red key - twister right hand red = br down, dark, red key |
| 071 | 1,4 | match | match side and button | down-side fr=4 fl=3 br=1 bl=2 top=5 |
| 072 | 2,4 | 1 through 5 | put on top | fl=1 fr=2 br=3 bl=4 bot=5 (Time matters, so don't wait too long between moves.) |
| 073 | 2,4 | think dice | numbers up | 3=br 5=bot 1=fl 4=bl 2=fr - I added stickers labeling sides as per this puzzle -- same convention used later. - Time matters, so don't wait too long before moving. Doesn't time out? If trying for a 10, get it right the first time... |
| 074 | 1,2,4 | up | high to low | Soprano=br Alto=bl Tenor=fr Baritone=bot Bass=fl |
| 075 | 1,3,4 | press turn cover | 1 to 5 | (dl<n>=dark-light n times; listed side goes up; side numbers correspond to those in puzzle 073) 1-fl-dl1 2-fr-dl2 3-br-dl3 4-bl-dl4 5-bot-dl5 (Hint "cover" means maybe the focus should be on the DOWN side instead of the UP side -- keep in mind for future puzzles.) Score 463 through 075. |
| 076 | 1,2,4 | buttons choose | prime is right | for each not-top side up, a number is given. One number in each set of 5 is prime. When the prime-side is up, press 1. Repeat but press 2. Then ...3 ...4 ...5. |
| 077 | 2,4 | scale | ascending steps | make upside 4-bl 5-bot 1-fl 2-fr 3-br - Puzzle changes so this specific combination doesn't always work. I recorded the sound made by each of the 5 faces up, then identified each compared to a previous recorded ascending scale, then did the rotation steps in the correct order. |
| 078 | 1,2,4 | match | first note | Press any key and get the all-important target note. (I recorded it for easy playback and comparison in the future.) Key 1 lights. Press key 2 and get a start note. Go to the target note by stepping the start note up n times (fl face up) or down n times (fr face up). When the target note sounds, leave face fl or fr up, and press key 2 again (done with phase 2). This lights key 3. Continue... My winning round in detail: - press 1, get note 4 (target), key 1 lights - press 2, get note 5 - fr up, steps down 1 from note 5 to note 4 (target) - press 2 (done), key 2 lights (progress) - press 3, get note 2 (new starting note) - fl up 2x, get note 4 (target) - press 3 (done), key 3 lights (progress) - press 4, get note 3 (new starting note) - fl up, to step from note 3 to 4 (target) - press 4 (done), key 4 lights (progress) - press 5, get note 1 (new starting note) - fl up 3x, to move from note 1 to 4 (target) - press 5 (done), key 5 lights (WIN!) |
| 079 | 1,2,4 | missing | press missing color | Put each of the 4 sides and bot up. This names 5 colors, but one is duplicated and one is missing. Press the missing color. Repeat 4 more times. |
| 080 | 2,3,4 | each side is 1 to 5 | on-off count | Push any key, hear "shuffle". Try each side plus bot facing up. One will say a number from 1 to 5. Orient top up and in a dark room, shine a flashlight on (hear "whoop") then off (hear "umph") that number of times. Repeat whole process 4 more times. |
| 081 | 2,4 | shh | tilt to stop | top up, wait for all 5 tones, low to high; bot(5) up (KEY: highest tone is missing), wait for 4 low to high tones; bl(4) up, wait for 3 low to high tones; br(3) up, wait for 2 low to high tones; fr(2) up, hear lowest tone; fl(1) up, WIN. |
| 082 | 1,2,4 | rotate changes numbers | 1 through 5 with 1 button | Once the puzzle starts, press key 1. Record the spoken number. Rotate fl up. Rotate top up. (This returns to starting position and changes the key definitions.) Press key 1. Record the spoken number. Repeat until 5 numbers are recorded, for example 51432. Since "2" was last spoken, (let r = fl up, top up) do this: rr1rrr1rrrr1rrrr1rrr1 voiced number: 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 083 | 1,2,3 | light triples | count 1 to 5 | in dark room (L = light-dark), do 1 L 2 1 L 4 5. L triples the value voiced by each key, and redefines the key as the LS digit of the 3*n value: 14765 (pressing key 1 says "1") 32185 (pressing keys 2 1 say "2" "3") 96345 (pressing keys 4 5 say "4" "5") |
| 084 | 1,2 | not numerical | alphabetical | five four one three two = 54132 |
| 085 | 1,5 | 2 buttons | together | 1&2 together, 5 times |
| 086 | 1,5 | together | consecutive pairs | 1&2 2&3 3&4 4&5 5&1 |
| 087 | 1,4,5 | 1 to 5 | rotate up | press (hold) 1, fl up, release, press 2, bot up, release, press 3, br up, release, press 4, top up, release, press 5, fr up, release |
| 088 | 3,4,5 | while dark | rotate | make light-to-dark transition, then make upside = fl bot fr top br |
| 089 | 1,3,4,5 | 5 to 1 | rotate while dark | in a dark room (<p|r><n> = <press|release><key n>, found by trial and error -- pattern not apparent to me...): p5, fr up, fl up (key 1 lights), r5 p4, fr up, top up (key 2 lights), r4 p3, fl up, bot up (key 3 lights), r3 p2, br up, bl up (key 4 lights), r2 p1, top up, fr up (WIN) r1 |
| 090 | 1,5 | 4 buttons | all but mixed one | 4 per press, leaving out 1 2 3 4 5 |
| 091 | 1,3,4,5 | all choices | 2 or 3 together | pairs/triples of Strategy Tools: p1 p2 (key 1 lights) r1 r2; Stategies 1,5 dark-light, fl up (key 2 lights); Strategies 3,4 p5, top up (key 3 lights), r5; Strategies 4,5 p5, dark (key 4 lights), r5, light; Strategies 3,5 dark, p1, fl up (win); Strategies 3,5,4 |
| 092 | 1,2 | spell backward | alphabetical | cry, Jupiter, each, buttons, shuffle; ehrsy = 53241 (Words change from game to game; sort whatever is spoken in alphabetical order considering each word spelled backwards.) |
| 093 | 1,2,3,4,5 | match number | dark or rotate while pressing | light, top up, and the 5 keys add 1 2 3 4 5 to total; dark, they add 10 20 30 40 50; dark + rotate, and they add 100 200 300 400 500 to the total; start from light and top up before each term being added to the sum; 6 key presses max; add up to the target number, 5 times |
| 094 | 1,2,3,4,5 | 1 button triples plus 1 | 2 buttons divide if even | The first button pressed provides a starting value of 1 2 3 4 or 5, or 10 20 30 40 50 if dark, or 100 200 300 400 500 if dark-light + rotate. Then ANY button does 3*x+1 and (if total so far is even), ANY two buttons divide by 2. 25=3*8+1 8=(3*5+1)/2 (51 1&2 1, or 50/2 -> dark 5 1&2) 148=3*49+1 49=3*16+1, 16=3*5+1 (5111) 553=3*184+1 184=3*61+1 61=3*20+1 (dark 2111) 70=3*23+1 23=(3*61+1)/2/2/2 61=3*20+1 (dark 211 1&2 1&2 1&2 1) 226=(3*301+1)/2/2 301=3*100+1 (dark-light rotate 1 1 1 1&2 1&2) |
| 095 | 1,2,3,4,5 | multiply | enter product | use earlier methods to enter large numbers (return to light and top up after each entry): 6x4x3 = 72 (dark 5 dark 2 2) 1x6x1 = 6 (5 1) 8x6x4 = 192 (dark rotate 1 dark 5 dark 4 2) 3x4x7 = 84 ... 2x7x3 = 42 ... |
| 096 | 1 | answer changes | cycle through | start where previous set ends; 51234 45123 34512 23451 12345 |
| 097 | 1,2 | two meanings for buttons | alternate digit and operation | operations 1 through 5 are + * - / =, no precedence (i.e. 5*5+5*5 = 150, not 50). 53 = 5*5*2+3 (5 2 5 2 2 1 3) 67 = 4*4*4+3 (4 2 4 2 4 1 3) 59 = 4*4*4-5 (4 2 4 2 4 3 5) 15 = 3*5 (3 2 5) 62 = 4*4*4-2 (4 2 4 2 4 3 2) - Sometimes an "=" (key 5) is needed at the end and sometimes not, for reasons I don't understand. |
| 098 | 1,2,5 | chessboard | press together | x,y pairs, buttons do x- x+ y- y+ (key 5 clicks, does nothing?) 1,1 -> 7,2 (2&4 22222) 1,1 -> 8,4 (2&4 2&4 2&4 2222) 1,1 -> 4,3 (2&4 2&4 2) 1,1 -> 1,5 (4444) 1,1 -> 5,6 (2&4 2&4 2&4 2&4 4) - Software defect? 1,1 -> 2,8 was attempted on a re-trial of this puzzle, as the 5th and final target. Pressing 2&4 444444 resulted in key 5 lighting momentarily (puzzle done) followed by a "fail" sound and the need to start the puzzle over. There is no way I can see to accomplish this in fewer steps. |
| 099 | 1,2 | make map of board | grid with walls | Draw 5 8x8 grids, numbered left to right along the bottom 1 to 8, and bottom to top along the left 1 to 8. Coordinates are x,y = horizontal,vertical. Listen carefully to target position, since it doesn't seem to be repeatable. Buttons move until a wall is hit in directions 1)left 2)right 3)down 4)up 5)unused. Move around the grid keeping track of walls, and get to the destination. Do so 5 times (5 different "mazes".) 1,1 -> 5,2 via 42423 4,7 -> 3,1 via 423131423 1,8 -> 2,5 via 23131324 4,5 -> 2,7 via 3142414 2,2 -> 6,7 via 242413 |
| 100 | 1,2 | 1 to 4 on compass | distance based on starting square | Direction is the same as puzzle 99 -- 1)left 2)right 3)down 4)up 5)unused. Keep a grid like that below, with "-" meaning unexplored, "<n>" meaning a move from this cell in this direction results in a move of n cells, and "x" meaning "fail". I found this:
- - - - -
5 - - - - - - - - 2 -
- - - - 2
x x x x x
4 x 4 - 2 x*x 2 x 3 x
x 2 x 2 3
x - 1 x x
3 x*3 - 2 - 1 3*x 4*x
x - 1 x x
- 2 2 1 3
2 - 2 - 2 - 2 1 1 3 x
- x - 1 -
3 3 2 2 2
1 x 3 x 3 2 2 2 x 2 x
x x x x x
1 2 3 4 5
So the solution steps are:1,1 -> 1,3 via 241 1,1 -> 3,1 via 2121 1,1 -> 4,2 via 42132 1,1 -> 5,5 via 2143224 1,1 -> 3,5 via 21432241 * Notice 1,3 4,3 5,3 and 3,4 should be avoided unless they are target cells, since further progress from them is impossible. |