Dismantlement: Alarm Clock
Mankind has created some wonderful things, from the pyramids to the Burj Al Arab. Creation and construction are things that we, as a species, are good at. However, once in a while, it is nice to give in to the flip-side of that nature, the one that finds great pleasure in deconstruction. The ability to take something completely apart, just to see what makes it tick. Yes, yes, that intro can mean only one thing. Dismantlement: Alarm Clock is here and it's dismantling time again!
Dismantlement: Alarm Clock is the fourth in the wildly popular Dismantlement series, created by gam.ebb.jp, amusing little point-and-click puzzlers about tearing common appliances down to their component parts. As with all the Dismantlement games, all you have is a trusty screwdriver and your wits when tackling this particular little problem. A button at the upper right allows you to move back and forth between front and back views, as well as other viewpoints as the game goes on. Click on screws to remove them, click on other things to open them, and click around everywhere to find clues to taking this darned thing apart before that alarm goes off yet again. There is no changing cursor to be found, so be warned there will be some pixel hunting.
Like Radio and Mouse before it, Dismantlement: Alarm Clock will require a lot of going back and forth as well as zooming in and out. Hopefully, you will know how the set controls work on a digital alarm clock, as they play a large role in many of the puzzles.
Analysis: It's always a joy when a new dismantlement game comes out, and Dismantlement: Alarm Clock is one of those great ways to kill a few minutes. Of course, it wouldn't be a Dismantlement without a bomb, would it? Who puts bombs in alarm clocks? Well, those who hate being woken up by one, yes, but still, there's something a little... odd about a game designer who keeps putting bombs in things. Just what do they have against household appliances anyway?
This particular game is especially appealing to all of those who live and die by the clock. After all, when that noisy thing goes off in the morning isn't the first impulse to slam it against the nearest hard surface until there is nothing left but bits? Or is that just me? Moving on...
The only complaint about any of the dismantlement series is that they are over too quickly. Maybe next time the developers should try for something larger. VCR anyone? Or maybe a television set? How about a Toyota? The sky's the limit! In the meantime, have fun dismantling that annoying clock. Just try not to blow up.
Walkthrough Guide
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Dismantlement: Alarm Clock Walkthrough:
Ah, a clock.... Well first things first. The clock is set to the time you're playing. There are six buttons underneath: set (which enters set mode), a left and right button (which let you choose what you're changing in set mode), an up and down button (which let you change whatever it is you've selected) and an alarm button.
On the display, there are the days of the week at the top, four circles (at least one of which will be filled in), the time, the alarm (which currently reads 0:00) and the alarm symbol. It's faded out so the alarm is off.
Turn the clock over. Undo the four screws.
OK, four sections. I'm feeling good about this. The top left one looks interesting.
Ah! There are screws at 3 and 9 o'clock.
Turn the clock over, enter set mode, and change the main time to 3:00. Don't exit set mode.
Turn the clock over. Ah! Success. Unscrew and repeat for 9:00.
Click the white thing to remove it and reveal a spade symbol with two screw holes. Click the upper left corner of the space to reveal a yellow screw. Unscrew and click out.
Click on the top of the clock. I know, right? We've not done this before...
A clue! Try setting the time to the clue (so flip the clock, you're still in set mode etc.).
Doesn't seemed to have worked. Try setting the alarm to the same time. Remember to turn the alarm on!
Did you hear that sound? Check up the top of the clock again.
Success. Unscrew.
Return to the back of the clock, zoom in on the speaker and remove.
Hmmm... some kind of clue? Or a logo from the company that made the clock. Don't ask me, I'm just writing the walkthr... oh, right. Sorry.
Let's look at the second quarter (top right). Open the heart panel. Ok, colours. Click through them
red, green, blue, white, yelllow black......
Return. Click to the left of the clock.
Flags? Abbreviations? Colours? If only we'd had some kind of clue!
Wait! Remember the time logo? Well jot down the colours for T, I, M and E and then replicate the shape of the logo on the heart panel.
If you want the solution: top row: white, white, white, yellow; second row: white, green, red, yellow; third row: white, green, red, yellow; fourth row: white, yellow, yellow, yellow
Hit the close button (same as the return one), remove the white frame, and click on the right to reveal another yellow screw to remove.
Woohoo! Halfway there! Now, try the fourth quarter (bottom right). It has a heart symbol as well. Guess we unlocked it when we solved the TIME-Colour puzzle.
Open it up. Four rows, seven columns. I'm stumped.
Wait, turn the clock over. Of course! There are the seven days at the top and the four circles. Hit set, and run through them in order and jot down how many circles are filled in.
Turn the clock over and put it into the grid.
Need the solution? Really?! OK...
It's 4,2,1,2,3,1,4
Unscrew the two screws that appear. Close the panel and remove. Unscrew the new screw.
Click to the right and remove the yellow screw.
Ok, one panel left. Same deal: I guess we unlocked the panel when we solved the others. Phew!
Open both panels. There's a letter code and a battery. Remove the battery.
Turn the clock over. Wow! A clue....
The bits that aren't filled in spell out the code! Brilliant!
EHLP - I assume it was meant to be HELP?
Remove the screw, close the panel, remove it, unscrew the screw, click to the left and remove the yellow screw.
Well we did it. Click the red arrow in the bottom right hand corner of the back of the clock.
Whoops! I forgot this was a Dismantlement game. There must be a bomb here somewhere.... Click on the white panel at the bottom of the clock. Open it.
Oh goody. Guess this person really isn't a morning kind of guy.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!
Well it's a clock right? So add them together and you've got two numbers right? Could they be represented any other way?
Try making them 12 hour time!
So that would be 3 and 6.
Turn the deactivate screw. Click on the orange panel under the timer and remove the screw.
Remove the bomb and bomb casing.
Ta da!
Posted by: mar480 | March 19, 2010 12:13 PM