I just finished playing Riddle of the Sphinx, and I am delighted to tell you just how much I enjoyed the game. What I loved most was the intelligence behind the puzzles; set in one of the greatest mysteries, each puzzle was logical and correlated intelligently to each quest at hand. At a few points in the game, I actually felt like I was there. When I stumbled into the Lost City of Ra – my goodness – what a sight! The four huge statues, the oasis; I almost wished I was really there. I loved exploring the secret chambers and I loved walking into the rooms of gold and black onyx. It made me want to redecorate my living room. I especially loved the music and am looking forward to the release of the soundtrack which I intend to purchase. Collecting game soundtracks is a big hobby of mine, because I can play the music and remember the game without having to reload a saved game. The five statues in the Harp Room were fascinating; eerie. I liked staring at each room, especially the last rooms in the Sacred Pool; just stunning. I almost felt bad thinking that the people that designed the Pyramid were no longer alive; really weird response to have but I felt so close to ‘them’ even though this was just a game. Suffice it to say that you accomplished what I want all adventure games to accomplish; to take me out of my current state of mind and place me in a world I can only visit in my imagination.
One last thing; my husband has a fascination for the Pyramid as well. Being a Christian, he has listened to Dr. Gene Scott, a Christian minister out of Los Angeles. Dr. Scott did a series on the Pyramid and, based on some facts revealed in the book, The Great Pyramid Decoded by Peter Lemesurier, we learned the following that allures us to this day:
>From The Great Pyramid Decoded by Peter Lemesurier pp 187-188:
“One of the more obvious places to search for clues [to the possibility that there is a link between the Bible and the Pyramid] might therefore be the Book of Isaiah, a book riddled from beginning to end with Messianic symbolism and with prophecies relating to the end of the age. One of the book’s significant Messianic passages is to be found in chapter 19, where the future Messianic advent is described in terms which might even be taken to refer to a visitation from outer space: ‘See how the Lord comes riding swiftly upon a cloud, he shall descend upon Egypt…’ And then, later in the same chapter there comes the following extraordinary passage: ‘When that day comes there shall be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a sacred pillar set up for the Lord upon her frontier. It shall stand as a token and a reminder to the Lord of Hosts in Egypt, so that when they appeal to him against their oppressors, he may send a deliverer to champion their cause, and he shall rescue them (19:16-17).”
And finally, our favorite clue from the same book pp 190:
“Yet the author of Isaiah has yet another cryptic clue up his copious sleeve – this time an apparent reference to the building’s actual dimensions. It is well known that the characters of written Hebrew serve a double function in that they represent both letter and numbers. It has long been realized that the passage quoted above [Isaiah 19:16-17] seems to have been intentionally cast in such a way as to ensure that the total numerical value of the Hebrew characters is exactly 5449. That, at all events, IS their value. It is astonishing, therefore, to discover that this figure is within .27 of the number of Primitive Inches in the Great Pyramid’s height from base to summit-platform (5448.736P”) – the latter feature (still hidden in Isaiah’s day) apparently being designed specifically to refer in symbol to the imperfect world’s need of some kind of Messianic deliverer.”
Thank you for a great game and I look forward to playing more of your adventures.Regards,
– Pam Greenberg
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