Let's Play
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Once inside Applied Primate: Let's Play, scientists were greeted by Doc at the entrance to a game room.
There are 9 mini games or items to find in the room, which upon completion, each gives a crossword style clue to solve.
-------- Getting the Quarters 3 Quarters can be picked up, which are required ot play the arcade machines.
This gives the clue Abase oneself; beg abjectly (6)
-------- Pong To win, you just need to score twice
This gives the clue Pad Thai pasta strand (4 6)
-------- Pac Man To win, you must collect 114 pellets in a real version of Pac Man where you are Pac Man
This gives the clue Element 44 (9)
-------- Space Invaders To win, you must destroy the 7 ships
This gives the clue Head of a university system (10)
-------- Bowling To win, you must knock down all 12 pins
This gives the clue "Halfway to Silence" poet (3 6)
-------- Bullseye To win, you must hit the target 3 times
This gives the clue One-named British street artist (6)
-------- Jigsaw To win, you must find the 3 missing pieces and complete the puzzle
This gives the clue Capital of the Dominican Republic (5 7)
-------- Uno To win, you must successfully beat the remaining player in Uno
This gives the clue Assessing the performance of (a computer) (12) you are also awarded a music token to be able to use the jukebox as thanks.
-------- Jukebox Use the coin from the Uno game to play the Jukebox
This gives the clue The Bluegrass State (8)
-------- This brings you back to Doc to finish who says you should be able to work out the password.
The last piece of information to be found in the game room is a sign with 9 numbers on it to match the 9 clues.
Each crossword clue can be resolved to a word/phrase that matches the enumeration given in parenthesis.
"Halfway to silence" poet (3 6)
May Sarton
Abase oneself; beg abjectly (6)
Grovel
Assessing the performance (of a computer) (12)
Benchmarking
Capital of the Dominican Republic (5 7)
Santo Domingo
Element 44 (9)
Ruthenium
Head of a university system (10)
Chancellor
One named British Street artist (6)
Banksy
Pad Thai pasta strand (4 6)
Rice Noodle
The Bluegrass state (8)
Kentucky
Each answer contained the last name of a famous baseball player as hinted by "Let's Play" for "Let's Play Ball" commonly announced by the umpire before the start of a baseball game. Identifying the baseball player and the position they played per the position numbering leads to the proper ordering of the clues.
Grovel
Lefty Grove
Pitcher
1
G
Benchmarking
Johnny Bench
Catcher
8
R
Chancellor
Frank Chance
First Base
3
A
Kentucky
Jeff Kent
Second Base
3
N
Santo Domingo
Ron Santo
Third Base
6
D
Banksy
Ernie Banks
Short Stop
5
S
Rice Noodle
Jim Rice
Left Field
9
L
May Sarton
Willie Mays
Center Field
2
A
Ruthenium
Babe Ruth
Right Field
9
M
Pairing up each clue and extracting the indicated letter from the original answer gives the final output of GRAND SLAM
Doc left a message on his computer, indicating we needed to meet him in the metaverse, specifically in Sandbox, using the Game Maker Beta Build ()
