General Question

erichw1504's avatar

Can somebody help me find these puzzle websites?

Asked by erichw1504 (26448points) March 18th, 2011

A couple years ago I used to do these “puzzle websites” all the time. They aren’t fancy flash games or anything. Basically it’s a site with web pages that give you clues via an image, text, or maybe a hidden link and you have to figure out the answer. Once you think you have the answer, you usually type it at the end of the URL and it will take you to the next page, if you got it right.

Example:

http://www.jeiogfw.com/begin <~ this is the start of the game.

This page will have some clues and stuff on it. If I think the answer is “banana”, I’ll type it in like so:

http://www.jeiogfw.com/banana

And so on…

What are these games called? Where can I find them? Have you played them before? What are some good ones?

Observing members: 0 Composing members: 0

5 Answers

theninth's avatar

From what I can find out, there’s overture facile which I cannot provide a link to, because it’s blacklisted at work (and the site where I found it doesn’t provide a link), and http://www.deathball.net/notpron/

erichw1504's avatar

Finally found out what they’re usually called: URL riddles or web-hopper riddles.

sarahsugs's avatar

Are you thinking of the Tim Tang Test? http://www.timtang.com/ttt/ Drove me crazy for a while…in a good way!

stormking21's avatar

I’m a big fan of online puzzles myself.This is the website that I use.It’s got plenty of different kinds of puzzles.http://thinks.com/webguide/index.htm

Answer this question

Login

or

Join

to answer.

This question is in the General Section. Responses must be helpful and on-topic.

Your answer will be saved while you login or join.

Have a question? Ask Fluther!

What do you know more about?
or
Knowledge Networking @ Fluther