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I did very very very brief review in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=51&t=32751&hilit=+safecracker

Safecracker is much more than opening safes, though, yes, it is a multi-level mansion with a great number of safes to crack. But honestly, you don't necessarily consider them safes as your opening them, but rather a coded puzzle.

There are circuit breakers, water fountains, staircases, etc that all need to have something figured out (often a visual puzzle / maze, or a math equation) and it certainly has the aspects of Myst et al. Where you must remember something you read in a letter, as it will come into play later on. And then there are spotting things in the background that are amiss, so you'll have the kids spotting things that your missing, it took about 8-10 hours over 3 days for us to beat it and it was fun the whole way. Nothing is super simple, but nothing gets you to the point where you get frustratingly stuck and decide to quit.

We did do a youtube cheat on one of the middle puzzles, which I don't recall what it was right now...

I do have LodeRunner, though the JP cube is downstairs, but yes, that is an option too.

We have Elebits, which the kids enjoy a lot, me moderately, but my wife gets no "thinking" done in that game, more just quickly waving a wiimote, which is not her bag.

mjmjr25 wrote:I've seen the Secret Files Tunguska game, missed out on an auction a few months back and it fell off my radar. Good reminder.

Is Back to the Future WiiWare / Virtual Console only?

I never new what Harvey Birdman was, it's always in bargain bins at local stores for like $3 or something, figured it was a terrible platformer or something. I'll have to grab that one.

EDIT: Anyone played Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident. ?

Back to the Future was also released on disc. Secret Files Tunguska is only $9 at gamestop.

pepharytheworm wrote:

mjmjr25 wrote:I've seen the Secret Files Tunguska game, missed out on an auction a few months back and it fell off my radar. Good reminder.

Is Back to the Future WiiWare / Virtual Console only?

I never new what Harvey Birdman was, it's always in bargain bins at local stores for like $3 or something, figured it was a terrible platformer or something. I'll have to grab that one.

EDIT: Anyone played Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident. ?

Back to the Future was also released on disc. Secret Files Tunguska is only $9 at gamestop.

Grabbed Back to the Future on Amazon private seller.

No Gamestop w/in 100 miles has Tunguska new ($10) or used ($9). If anyone is going to a GS for something else and they have it, please PM me and i'll grab it off you (CIB only though, please and i'll cover shipping costs of course). Otherwise i'll just buy it off ebay or amazon for $17-ish.

mjmjr25 wrote:Safecracker is much more than opening safes, though, yes, it is a multi-level mansion with a great number of safes to crack. But honestly, you don't necessarily consider them safes as your opening them, but rather a coded puzzle

I think I saw a PC version of this at Frys, but the Wii version probably more intuitive with the point and hold the dial aspect. Okay you hooked me with the Myst similarity, I spotted a few local Gamestops online that sell it for five bucks, bound to be one locally CIB. THANKS!

Max & the Magic Marker is a really fun, albiet short puzzle/platformer WiiWare game.

LIT also looks like a fun WiiWare game. I haven't played it yet but the video makes it look kinda like Adventures of Lolo which is awesome.


...on second thought just go play Adventures of Lolo

mjmjr25 wrote:Safecracker is much more than opening safes, though, yes, it is a multi-level mansion with a great number of safes to crack. But honestly, you don't necessarily consider them safes as your opening them, but rather a coded puzzle

I picked up Safecracker, thanks for the recommendation. Looks interesting, once I change the Laser Assembly in my Wii, I'll be able to give it a go. Hopefully the Amazon order will arrive in a couple more days.

Maybe Lost in the Shadow, it seems to be inspired by Ico. Not quite a point and Myst Puzzler, but there are a lot of puzzles to open the path in this platformer.