This week on Weekday Escape is Retro Edition time and that means three wonderful games from past!!
At the beginning Esklavos takes you to the North Pole to see Santa and to give some discipline to his little helpers. After you finish your task, it's time for short relax in pleasant Hottategoya's room and solving few puzzles there. And then comes Gatamari's game. It's something special. It's hidden gem. It's Mother of Ecape Games, maybe the longest escape game ever. Loads of puzzles, hours of gameplay, tough, but not discouraging. It's perfect!
Have a good time and enjoy!

Christmas is coming. Elves are busily making presents in this time of year and you can return with Esklavos to 2012 and see Santa's helpers in full work. Meet Gogor, Gofin, Pumpus and Lumiena!
Elves are supposed to make six toys (Santa hidden in lower right corner gives you a hint about them) and you are their supervisor. But Gofin and Pumpus are hot-tempered, Gogor seems to have problems with his digestion, judging by his green color, pretty Lumiena is a bit foxy, and all together, things may get out of control quite quickly. Angry elves produce something completely different than they should...if your Christmas presents were disappointing back in 2012, now you know why...
The cursor is changing, no save button, one ending.

Welcome in Hottategoya's purist room. It's almost empty, seems warm, has private courtyard - would be a really nice study room, just move in a writing desk, a chair, maybe PC, a bookcase...no, that's not why you are here. You are here to escape! Both doors are locked, but if you look closely around you find some puzzles and clues. Will they let you examine the courtyard? Is it dusk or dawn? Or is it just countyard's wall casting a shadow? Go and find by yourself.
The cursor is not changing, no save button, one ending.

Your journey with Gatamari is almost at the end...you passed six trials and obtained six treasures...but there is still much to do! The last step is the hardest and this game is enormous - the lenght can be compared to Elements by Neutral. Notice, that it will take you a few hours to complete it - but of course, this is the quest for the Holy Grail and it's bound to be a challenge!
You find yourself trapped in empty corridor with six locked doors and exit gate locked with padlock. In your inventory are some items already (six treasures) from previous games (WE - Retro Editions N°3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and many empty spaces for new items. Behind each door is a room equiped with various strange devices and locked safes. Devices are not so complicated as they may seem at first sight and the same can be said about puzzles. What you need is good observation and concetration, and also save button and breaks, because puzzles are intuitive and hints are clear, only brain gets tired sometimes. Can you get the seventh treasure, an unlocker, and open the last gate? Wishing you happy playing!
The cursor is not changing, save button.
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nortonsetupnorton, don't be posting this kind of garbage on here. Anyway I can't wait for the walkthroughs. Help us out KK. :)
Paul, that's probably a bot or a someone's got a virus. I'd bet on the former.
Escape from a Room with a Courtyard tripped me up until I realized I'd read a clue wrong. Playing this made me realize I miss classic Hottategoya. I'll have to go back and play some more.
It was more fun creating horrific Christmas gifts than good Christmas gifts. ^_^
Duendes in Christmas 2
I had no clue what I was doing and ended up with three good and three bad
can't wait for the other 2 walkthroughs :)
Escape from the Room with a Courtyard
Thanks again KK. Kinda short this time on the Hottegoya game but it was still cool.
can't wait til the last one. I know it might take a while since the description says it'll take a long time to play but I hope it won't take long regardless.
still waiting :)
That last game is EPIC.
I'm too lazy to write a proper hint-through right now.
That game IS epic though. It deserves its own page and upvotes. Quite possibly the best Gatamari game I've ever played. You don't have to know Japanese for most of it except for one section where:
When that happens:
Had no idea what to do in Duendes in Christmas 2, so began with
Multiple endings make this simple game much more fun.
without playing the game, I can tell it jumps around too much on that walkthrough. Perhaps I should find one that does it from beginning to end or else I'll be confused.
Maybe it'll be easier if you start with half a walkthrough :)
Gate Escape 7 (part 1 of 2)
i can't solve the
I end up at a dead end every time. can someone help?
sorry I figyred that out but now I canlt solve the
I hope you can help.
The top row and left column show the colors, so the pattern to form is actually
Paul,
Regarding the ring puzzle:
And before it gets lost in the comments, here's the other half!
Gate Escape 7 (part 2 of 2)
i'm now stuck on the
what's the deal?
Your walkthrough is fantastic! Thank you so much for doing it! This game really needs it.
This step is described in kktkkr's walkthrough in detail, try it again and concetrate on correct lamp. It's easy to miss the right one, they are very close to each other.
There's only one
please help.
Yes, I described that as
i'm now stuck on the
Please help.
i'm stuck on the
ok finally finished it. some of the things were hard to figure out. One thin for those that are interested
this is why I was having trouble. anyway great walkthrough as usual kk.
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