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King's Quest I Hints
I'm playing the ORIGINAL version.
1 of 7: Think Rumplestiltskin backwards.
2 of 7: But the gnome's name isn't merely Rumplestiltskin spelled backwards.
3 of 7: This puzzle is pretty hard, not nearly as easy as ABC...
4 of 7: Or as ZYX.
5 of 7: Replace A with Z, B with Y, C with X, and so on.
6 of 7: Spell Rumplestiltskin in this new alphabet.
