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The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft Hints
What should I be doing on the upper floor?
1 of 18: The first thing to do up here is explore, as there's no indication of the puzzle just yet.
2 of 18: First, pull away those three purple curtains on the walls. One's blank, one contains some kind of machine with lots of dots on it, and one reveals a message on the wall.
3 of 18: Did you also notice the shelves at the back of the room? You can read one of the books there -- it's an astrological book, and it talks about eight different constellations.
4 of 18: Those constellations are the key to getting into the next room.
5 of 18: Read the four lines of verse on the wall and work out which constellation each line refers to.
6 of 18: There is a small amount of text by each constellation in the book and you can decide from those which you are going to need.
7 of 18: The "scuttling" line refers to the crab, Cancer.
8 of 18: The line about a queen refers to Cassiopeia.
9 of 18: Orion's nemesis was the evil Scorpius.
10 of 18: And finally, Andromeda was sacrificed to the sea.
11 of 18: You now need to find a way to recreate those four constellations on the machine behind the left curtain.
12 of 18: It is possible to simply go and draw them on there by connecting the dots, but there is a MUCH simpler way.
13 of 18: Did you ever trace pictures when you were very young?
14 of 18: You need to trace the constellations out of the book, then place them over the machine. This will show you exactly which lines to join to create them.
15 of 18: Use a sheet of paper on each of the four necessary constellations, then use the crayon on them to get a tracing.
16 of 18: Now take these tracings one at a time and use them with the machine. Once it's displayed on the grid, simply click and drag between each of the points to recreate the pattern.
17 of 18: Once it's done, each constellation will be displayed on the roof of the observatory.
18 of 18: Once all four are finished, the blank wall you saw earlier will slide away, revealing a hidden door!
