The Wicked

The Wicked - Think Without The Box is another really good online riddle game. Loved reading detective novels? Now you get to do the detective work yourself!. You start at the beginning with only your own fragmented understanding of what is going on, and you have to trudge your way through the levels until you finally complete it or give up. Every level comes with hint that will point you to the next level. It is up to you to interpret those hints. All which is needed are your wits and keen eye sight. Good luck, and have fun!

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The Wicked Walkthrough by Amir:

Level 1: All's White

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/2level.html
Explanation: Select all the text on the page and you'll see the answer.
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Level 2: Look inside me.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/stage3.html
Explanation: View source.
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Level 3: Look there...

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/4window.html
Explanation: Look at the title of the window.
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Level 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, High X?

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/high5.html
Explanation: High 5
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Level 5: The answer is obvious.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/obvious.html
Explanation: "Obvious" is literally the answer.
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Level 6: Name of the first style

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/grey.html
Explanation: The source references the stylesheet main.css. The first style named in there is "grey"
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Level 7: forget the last Losers!

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/grey.htm
Explanation: Drop the last "l" in the filename.
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Level 8: Use your first knowledge.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/smartguy.html
Explanation: Solve it the same way you did Level 1.
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Level 9: Dotz

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/notfound.html
Explanation: Click on the colon ("dots")
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Level 10: Find it.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/found.html
Explanation: The filename is "notfound", so you "find" it.
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Level 11: Come again another day

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/yougothint.html
Explanation: Set your system clock one day forward and enter the site from the front page again ("resume").
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Level 12: Web + Woods

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/blogs.html
Explanation: Web + logs - you cut logs from the woods.
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Level 13: $number

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/4.html
Explanation: What number has an "$" above it on the keyboard?? :)
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Level 14: From Z to M.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/zxcvbnm.html
Explanation: The letters on the keyboard from Z to M run: "zxcvbnm"
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Level 15: The # without #
*image of a cyan-ish square*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/7dc0eb.html
Explanation: The hex code for that colour is "#7dc0eb", so remove the hex.
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Level 16: Name it in ABC
*picture of Hualalalala T-shirt*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/hci.html
Explanation: Hwa Chong Institution = HCI
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Level 17: All's Almost White
*picture of white box*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/jumpinghappily.html
Explanation: I'm told that if you tweak your display's contrast, you will see "jumping happily"
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Level 18: Look inside
*picture of cookes*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/1level9.html
Explanation: Check the cookies directory/file in your browser's temporary files folder. One cookie will be named as being the hint for level 19.
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Level 19: Its time to gif.
*picture of wrapped gift box*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/lala.html
Explanation: The picture is named "gift.jpg". Loading "gift.gif" delivers one the answer.
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Level 20: Time at 3.30 is not negative.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/tehran.html
Explanation: Tehran has time offset GMT+3:30
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Level 21: Who's that?
*picture of skeleton*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/robert.html
Explanation: The picture of the skeleton is named "robert.jpg"

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Level 22: The answer.
*3 random pictures*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/42.html
Explanation: The 3 pictures are named "life", "universe" and "everything". The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is 42 (according to Douglas Adams).

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Level 23: Go beyond the answer.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/43.html
Explanation: 42 + 1 = 43


Level 24: Hear it.
*picture of waves*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/justanother.html
Explanation: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/images/waves.wav has someone (presumably the author of the site) saying "juss an'udder" (sic)

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Level 25: The second
*picture of a hand pointing*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/index2.html
Explanation: The picture is of an index finger, so the second index (index2) is the answer.

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Level 26: Good but obsolete
*picture of Sony MD player*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/fly.html
Explanation: The morse code in the top left hand corner reads "F L Y"

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Level 27: Search first.
*picture of key*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/puzzle.html
Explanation: You have to search index.html for the first "key"word - "puzzle".

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Level 28: Representation transports
*picture of transport vehicles*

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/hjftuop.html
Explanation: Typing "hjftuop" in the Webdings font gives one that series of vehicles.

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Level 29: Say thy name
A tiny little fish,
slithers into your year.
It can never be made a dish,
but can translate for you to hear.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/babelfish.html
Explanation: The poem is a reference to Douglas Adams's Babelfish.

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Level 30: In darkness only blind can see.

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/potato.html
Explanation: The word "potato" is spelt in Braille (which the blind "read").

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Level 31: Wicked College

Solution: http://weikiat.ikueb.com/thewicked/potato/college.html
Explanation: Click on the phrase "Wicked College"

Then some multiple choices appear...
Solution:
- Run Home
- Pet Kitten
- Run Home
- Do It
- Run Home
- Approach Car
- Yes

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Level 32: Your first lesson is Computing in the computer lab.
You sighed...............

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/pig.html
[REDIRECT]
http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/email.html
REASON: "pig" is not initialized in the piece of software code.

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Level 33: Yes you finally solved the problem. You printed the code out and.........

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/openemail.html
REASON: Literally, open up the e-mail.

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Level 34: "You fiddled around and finally opened the mail.
What you see inside is nothing but nonsense.
What should you do next? This is puzzling."

CONTENT IN TEXTBOX:


// // //
__
_//_//_//_
\/ t
\________/ i
______
|____| r
\\ \\ \\ h
_ _ _
\\ \\ \\ s

Sings


SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/twinkletwinklelittlestar.html
REASON: Re-arrange the rows in the textbox to get:


_ _ _
\\ \\ \\ s
// // //
\\ \\ \\ h
_//_//_//_
\________/ i
______
|____| r
__
\/ t

Sings


The logo should be familiar - it was encountered in Level 16. It's the
logo of Hwa Chong Institute.

The HCI shirt can sing a song. Open the picture file you last saw in level 16 in Winamp.

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Level 35: Message "HEllo you Little freak..............

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/lockerfortyone.html
REASON: This is a call for help disguised as a malicious message. Get
all the caps in the e-mail and you get HELPMELOCKERFORTYONE. Go to locker forty-one.

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Level 36: "Your razor sharp eyes saw the hidden message ..............

[PICTURE OF LOCK]

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/8907245613.html
REASON: The solution lies in level 34. Rows are numbered from row "0" as the first row to row "9" as the tenth.


0 // // //
1 __
2 _//_//_//_
3 \/ t
4 \________/ i
5 ______
6 |____| r
7 \\ \\ \\ h
8 _ _ _
9 \\ \\ \\ s

Sings

When unscrambled, you get:


8 _ _ _
9 \\ \\ \\ s
0 // // //
7 \\ \\ \\ h
2 _//_//_//_
4 \________/ i
5 ______
6 |____| r
1 __
3 \/ t



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Level 37: The locker door swung open unwillingly. There was only one item in the locker,
and it was this: [Picture of Hi-MD]

"What crap can a piece of Hi-MD store, other than songs?" you asked yourself. You felt as if you had been going round in circles and some higher being up there was making life difficult for you.

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/data.html
REASON: Self-explanatory. Hi-MD can store data. Actually, songs can also be classified as data...oh well.

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Level 38: Now that you realise there are some value to.............

[picture of Hi-MD recorder]

[PICTURE OF A SCREENSHOT OF A FILE "RanCase.exe". IT LINKS TO A FILE CALLED "rancase.exe".]

SOLUTION: http://thewicked.sgblogging.com/wicked/durian/thinkingman.html

REASON: Open up the piece of software referenced by the picture. The Hi-MD contains a quote by Rene Descartes: "I think, therefore I am.". Type in the entire thing
verbatim including caps and punctuation, click on "Randomize Case" and you get "thinkingman".

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