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There are many flash games like this on the internet - but real life sounds way cooler :)

I wonder now which came first, the computer games or the real life escape rooms...

I saw another comment mentioning 4-digit codes. For some reason, every single such computer game I played also involved a 4-digit code, as if that's some kind of obligatory thing to have. So the 4-digit thing kind of lost its originality, I wonder why it keeps being present in such games?



I think the puzzle style in real-life rooms came from Japanese Flash games, starting with Crimson Room, but I may be biased since the real-life rooms I've played are run by Japanese/Asians.

(Are you aardwolf on eg24?)


SOS Labyrinthe in Montreal's Old Port which has a similar concept has been around since 1991. http://en.soslabyrinthe.com




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