Nintendo tumbler puzzle Nintendo tumbler puzzle The Nintendo tumbler puzzle, also known as the "Ten Billion Barrel" in English and originally in Japanese, is a mathematical puzzle in the style of Rubik's Cube. It was invented by Gunpei Yokoi of Nintendo in 1980 and was covered by (until the patent expired in March 1995 due to non-payment of a maintenance fee). It consists of a "cylinder" of transparent plastic divided into six levels, together with a black plastic "frame". The frame consists of upper and lower discs that are joined together through the middle of the cylinder. The top and bottom levels of
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh Shannon's original script had to be cut due to budget constraints, including a lengthy series of puzzles in the mental hospital and some scenes on the alien world. For a while, Sierra was planning "Phantasmagoria 3", and had asked Roberta Williams to return as its lead designer. However, after the commercial disappointment of "A Puzzle of Flesh", along with the decline of the point-and-click adventure with interactive movie genres, the project never materialized. "A Puzzle of Flesh" was developed on a budget of $4.5 million. "A Puzzle of Flesh"'s live action sequences were written by Lorelei Shannon, directed by Andy