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Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by bfgFlounder on Nov 6, 07 9:51 AM
Totally stumped by the Tattooed Man's tough brain-teaser? Post your questions here!

 
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Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by JOYAMES on Nov 8, 07 9:13 PM
Am I supposed to match the picture on the bottom or the one the hint gives me. Didn't seem to help once I had it. Do I have to push a button or something else?? Please help. Thank you.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by BeachChick894 on Nov 9, 07 4:58 AM
I matched the photos and now I have no idea what to do, is it something with the doors on the side? any help?

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by BeachChick894 on Nov 9, 07 5:18 AM
BeachChick894 wrote:I matched the photos and now I have no idea what to do, is it something with the doors on the side? any help?

NM figured it out....finally!

 

Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by theonedano on Nov 9, 07 8:42 AM
OK...somebody PLEASE help before my time runs out. Ive gotten ETERNAL and ARK on the sides of the puzzle. There is a slot machine on the left with some fruits, veggies soccer balls and some six pointed stars that Im sure has something to do with finishing this puzzle. TY

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by Mikey0314 on Nov 10, 07 12:29 AM
Well that was a difficult one for sure to sort out! In the end one of them is used more then once which was the tricky part...I suggest using light in "dark places" to get through and from there you should be good to go ;O)

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by theonedano on Nov 10, 07 11:45 AM
sorry....i guess im too obtuse here to pick up on your clue....again...please just TELL me how to finish it...ty

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by democratdarling on Nov 10, 07 12:44 PM
OK. Totally skipped this puzzle after 25 minutes of torture. HOW do you figure out how to do the pictures? I got the three doors on the left open, and one on the right; three letters, but I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do with the rotating picture/puzzle in the middle. Can you let me know so I can get through it that next time around? I kept trying to click on the pieces of the picture to match it, but it never stopped moving. HELP!

Thanks!

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by agentjen4 on Nov 10, 07 4:19 PM
Ok, ok. Once you miraculously take your mouse and swipe over each square to get the picture that's shown down below (start with the middle and work outside) in a matter of 60 seconds, you will then find 3 pics on each side. Unlock the ones that wont open.
Each pic will have some reason to unlock the other. ie: The dragon will breath fire on the torch. The razor shaves the hairy man showing the symbols to the slot machine and so on. These pics aren't always on the same page.. hope this helps.. & good luck!

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by Mikey0314 on Nov 10, 07 4:27 PM
From where you left off...after you light the torch with the dragon (like the person above said) you need to pick up the lit torch and place it in the door that was all dark that's up at the top right of one of the pages (sorry can't remember which one). Once you do, that you'll get the razor to shave the hairy guy and from there everything should make more sense. Hope that helps more :O)

 
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Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by lordkalvan on Nov 10, 07 4:36 PM
Don't forget to also use the dragon to burn the hula dancer's skirt. That lets you open a door that has a guy with a broom that will bang on the ceiling to shut the loud guitar player off.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by GoneFishing on Nov 10, 07 9:57 PM
I managed to get all the way to having ETERNAL to the left and MARK N to the right. I guess it should end up saying MARKING but no matter what I do I cannot proceed. I have some doors that won't open at all, like the frog at the 4th set, and the tatooed man at the 1st set. I have a door that has a goat in it but nothing happens after I open it. I have another door with a loving couple but that also seems to be no good. I have a door with a clue as if for the door with the $, @ boot etc puzzle but once I used the clue from another door the puzzle is gone. I also have a door that opens and has some gears in it that I can also cannot use. Please give me some specific hint or even explicit solution so that I don't remain stuck on it. Thanks. (I hope it's not a bug, like there was with the Contortionist.)

BTW, for those asking about the picture in the middle, don't click it, just mouse over it to change its tiles to the picture below. Do that within the time limit of the clock above to be rewarded with a gem that opens up a new door-set

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by unmuse on Nov 12, 07 10:15 AM
don't forget to feed the kitties and open the door to the outhouse so you can electrocute the fish below.

I'm stuck on the screen with the tattooed face on the bottom right and the tattoo design 2 cards/boxes above. I'm so confused.


OK.. edit..

you don't have to open everything to get all of the letters. Also, there are 2 pieces of paper for the 3x3 olive/mouth/boot puzzle thing.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by beepsZ on Nov 12, 07 3:22 PM
I can't even get one of the puzzles completed. As soon as I'm one square away, it scrambles the entire thing again. I will have 15-30 seconds left, and all of the sudden I have no time and the puzzle is being scrambled again. What am I doing wrong? I actually went to wordpress and watched the video, and I can't see what she did that I'm not doing. Have wasted tons of time on this. Will clearly have to play this round again, but would at least like to get some of the puzzles solved before I start over so that next time I will have a clue what to do. Anyone else have this problem? Help?! Thx.

 
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Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by oreo3030 on Nov 12, 07 4:40 PM
beepsZ wrote:I can't even get one of the puzzles completed. As soon as I'm one square away, it scrambles the entire thing again. I will have 15-30 seconds left, and all of the sudden I have no time and the puzzle is being scrambled again. What am I doing wrong? I actually went to wordpress and watched the video, and I can't see what she did that I'm not doing. Have wasted tons of time on this. Will clearly have to play this round again, but would at least like to get some of the puzzles solved before I start over so that next time I will have a clue what to do. Anyone else have this problem? Help?! Thx.


The squares cycle through the corresponding squares of several pictures. When the cursor is moved from one square to another or off the picture the last square changes.

Look at the picture on the bottom and when you get a correct square, DON'T move your cursor over it or it will change. Starting at the middle is suggested so that once the middle is correct, you should not sweep your cursor over a correct square. If you do, you must cycle through the pictures again to get to the right square.

Control is critical to completing w/in the time limits.

Good luck!

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by bobbiberta on Nov 12, 07 5:12 PM
A couple of hints here: If you have your cursor on a square and it IS the right picture, and you don't want that to change when you move off of it, hold down the left mouse button before you move off the square -- that should leave that square on the picture it was on.

Also -- you might have completed it within the time, but you have to complete 3 or 4 of them. When you finish one successfully within the time period, one of the "eyes" at the top of the page will turn to a colored button or "gem." When all 4 eyes have turned, then it is time to begin the mini door puzzles to finish out the entire puzzle.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by beepsZ on Nov 12, 07 10:35 PM
bobbiberta wrote:A couple of hints here: If you have your cursor on a square and it IS the right picture, and you don't want that to change when you move off of it, hold down the left mouse button before you move off the square -- that should leave that square on the picture it was on.


VERY useful hint!

I am embarrassed to admit, it was giving me credit for completing the puzzles. I just didn't see the eyeballs turn to gems. Then the pic on the bottom would keep spinning and I thought the program glitched so I would pause (or exit?) and come back in, and then I had to solve the puzzles again. {rolling my eyes} Silly me!

Thx for the help.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by bodenbadger on Nov 13, 07 8:54 AM
This is the ONLY puzzle that I had to skip throughout the entire game (second time playing it). I got everything but the I and G in MARKING. I figured out everything else. I totally give up on this puzzle.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by curvfem on Nov 13, 07 6:49 PM
bodenbadger wrote:This is the ONLY puzzle that I had to skip throughout the entire game (second time playing it). I got everything but the I and G in MARKING. I figured out everything else. I totally give up on this puzzle.


I got stuck at this point first. Take the moon from the wolf and put it in the outhouse door.

 

Re: Dante the Tattooed Man - Crystal Ball Puzzle

[Post New]by BethWi1946 on Nov 13, 07 11:56 PM
I am in the same shape as gone fishing!! Can't get the doors open, the tattoed guy, the couple, what do they do? Also the frog, and can't get the boot in the hole, the spaces don't get up even/
Please help.
Thanks

 
 
 
 
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