I am making the blanket declaration that not a single person has ever figured out the door code or the computer code by converting base 10 to base 3 and base 4. We have all either called the helpline 800-number or downloaded WALKTHRU.TXT from AOL keyword GAMES. Anybody who says they figured it out on their own is a liar!

So I'm not gonna lie (or am I?) and declare I did in fact figure it out.

This must be the most obscure riddle in any adventure ever (another bold claim)… not only does it require some non-trivial mathematical knowledge, but it is also never hinted anywhere except in some in-game encyclopedia entry WHICH YOU CANNOT ACCESS WHEN YOU NEED THE INFORMATION!

Why did I read it before doing the mission? I guess I am a clerk at heart and really like briefings…
Surely, Kirk wouldn't have read it!

The first time I played I just plain got stuck and never progressed past that point. I was fairly young at the time.

Replaying it recently, I did figure out that I needed to convert the number to a different base, but I admit I had to google the exact procedure to do that. I only figured it out because I was religiously checking the library computer for every bit of information before beaming down for each mission. It was actually somewhat of a relief to learn that the puzzle that had stumped me as a kid was actually really hard. I don't think I even knew any number theory at the time so there was no chance I would have figured it out back then.

Old post, I know, but I feel compelled to say that I beat this game when it first came out, no 800-number or walkthru.txt from AOL (to which we didn't subscribe).

So there.

:-)

This is an old post, but I was just discussing this on a DOS Game Facebook group.

This was my ONLY complaint about this other wise wonderful game. How you got the code was so convoluted and contrived that it was clearly just an excuse to call the Interplay Tip line. This was the very early days of the internet and long before sites like GameFAQs. Boy, was my Dad mad when he saw the 900-number charges on the phone bill.