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Blast from the Past

· By Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword · Published 2021-11-21T13:12:41.808Z

Meta Prompt
The answer to this week's meta is a game that you might have played before.
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is now LIVE! Head on over to www.CrosswordsForCancer.com to get all 16 meta puzzles!
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Hey there Crosshare solvers!
If you're enjoying these puzzles, head on over to www.PandorasBlocks.org to join our mailing list, get entered to win a Pandora's Blocks mug, get hints on tough puzzles and read detailed answer explanations (great for people just starting to solve metas).
Happy Solving! -Will
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • LesY solved 2021-11-21T13:50:04.546Z
  • RPardoe solved 2021-11-21T14:04:57.175Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2021-11-21T14:13:29.887Z
  • JBT solved 2021-11-21T14:36:42.087Z
  • Gabby solved 2021-11-21T14:37:18.585Z
  • Meg solved 2021-11-21T14:42:55.500Z
  • THC solved 2021-11-21T14:48:52.280Z
  • schmidzy solved 2021-11-21T14:53:14.827Z
  • Sfull411 solved 2021-11-21T14:54:07.231Z
  • Qmark solved 2021-11-21T15:03:06.060Z
  • Shmuel Schmell solved 2021-11-21T15:04:56.828Z
  • Abide solved 2021-11-21T15:09:00.566Z
  • boharr solved 2021-11-21T15:28:32.418Z
  • LuckyGuest solved 2021-11-21T15:37:19.948Z
  • Bob Hetrick solved 2021-11-21T15:38:25.289Z
  • rickybillingsgate solved 2021-11-21T15:43:10.332Z
  • I K Snamhcok solved 2021-11-21T15:49:52.782Z
  • hbxwords solved 2021-11-21T16:16:06.659Z
  • Mike D solved 2021-11-21T16:16:59.357Z
  • Carolyn solved 2021-11-21T17:30:02.778Z
  • JeffPrug solved 2021-11-21T18:20:19.435Z
  • Ryley solved 2021-11-21T18:21:44.259Z
  • Laura M solved 2021-11-21T18:56:10.621Z
  • Golem solved 2021-11-21T19:07:46.328Z
  • dannyvee solved 2021-11-21T19:25:02.475Z
  • CalRy solved 2021-11-21T19:53:56.212Z
  • JM solved 2021-11-21T20:18:43.920Z
  • oldjudge solved 2021-11-21T20:23:42.050Z
  • DJB solved 2021-11-21T20:38:32.300Z
  • K7 solved 2021-11-21T22:03:54.788Z
  • C64 solved 2021-11-21T22:16:37.042Z
  • Susanna solved 2021-11-21T22:57:35.245Z
  • Jasonbr solved 2021-11-21T23:31:17.972Z
  • Matt A solved 2021-11-22T00:00:37.352Z
  • DIS solved 2021-11-22T00:32:59.540Z
  • Judy solved 2021-11-22T00:46:17.080Z
  • markhr solved 2021-11-22T01:34:19.648Z
  • wendy walker solved 2021-11-22T01:41:34.959Z
  • William D solved 2021-11-22T02:37:37.866Z
  • Terpagator solved 2021-11-22T03:44:04.272Z
  • whimsy solved 2021-11-22T04:18:29.107Z
  • RebrccaQ solved 2021-11-22T05:56:42.921Z
  • hazmat solved 2021-11-22T10:51:24.770Z
  • Bbaack solved 2021-11-22T17:12:28.440Z
  • DrTom solved 2021-11-22T17:47:41.670Z
  • MajordomoTom solved 2021-11-22T19:24:36.419Z
  • okjb solved 2021-11-22T20:39:25.721Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2021-11-22T20:45:53.982Z
  • Tyrpmom solved 2021-11-22T21:54:33.427Z
  • Becky solved 2021-11-22T22:12:23.857Z
  • Capn Rick solved 2021-11-23T00:51:13.884Z
  • BrennerTJ solved 2021-11-23T01:59:05.581Z
  • hashbrown solved 2021-11-23T10:57:43.447Z
  • KathleenTM solved 2021-11-23T16:15:14.723Z
  • spotter solved 2021-11-23T21:40:47.192Z
  • lbray53 solved 2021-11-23T21:52:45.564Z
  • heidi solved 2021-11-24T01:35:53.656Z
  • BarbaraK solved 2021-11-24T01:57:16.088Z
  • Meta World Peace solved 2021-11-24T03:30:50.632Z
  • Rand solved 2021-11-24T05:01:36.560Z
  • KayW solved 2021-11-24T16:43:30.693Z
  • Hector solved 2021-11-26T04:43:11.114Z

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  • RPardoe 🤓1:05 · 2021-11-21T14:10:38.594Z
    Your year-long plan for a mega-meta has finally come to fruition. Nicely done!
    • Abide 🤓8:02 · 2021-11-21T15:10:44.525Z
      You mean three year plan right? :)
      • RPardoe 🤓1:05 · 2021-11-21T16:37:08.825Z
        I had three plan originally - but the dates of the puzzles only go back about a year so I modified it. LOL
      • Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword constructor · 2021-11-21T14:49:42.893Z
        Thanks Rich!
      • FrankieHeck 🤓15:05 · 2021-11-21T14:18:12.402Z
        This game was sitting about 20 feet from me as I solved :-) I must confess I only got 5/6 of the answer. Cannot for the life of me find where/if I solved Bottom Line, and couldn't find the posted solution. But I felt confident enough.
      • Shmuel Schmell 4s · 2021-11-21T15:06:03.877Z
        Fun puzzle! Indeed a 'blast from the past'. It took me a few minutes to see that all the puzzle title entries were based on games!
        • THC 🤓3:09 · 2021-11-21T14:51:33.968Z
          Well done!
          • schmidzy 🤓14:04 · 2021-11-21T14:56:58.270Z
            What a lovely celebration of PBWMC thus far! Congrats on the new website, too, it looks really sharp!
            • Meg 3s · 2021-11-21T14:45:13.535Z
              Love a little research on a Sunday morning. Initially, I'd never heard of a game called Bopit (pronounced beau pit).
              • Sfull411 🤓5:04 · 2021-11-21T14:55:45.164Z
                Great puzzle and a fun game! Thank you
                • Qmark 3:54 · 2021-11-21T15:04:20.286Z
                  Great puzzle Will! (That game has always been popular in the Q household over the years).
                  • boharr 4s · 2021-11-21T15:29:47.748Z
                    Cool web site. IMHO, though, enough with games I've never played! LOL
                    • Abide 🤓8:02 · 2021-11-21T15:11:22.747Z
                      Perfect time to roll out the new archive feature. This was a lot of fun!
                      • LuckyGuest 4s · 2021-11-21T15:37:56.028Z
                        You've come a long way, brother!
                        • I K Snamhcok 22s · 2021-11-21T15:50:32.159Z
                          Fun way to introduce your website, Will! I love it! Congrats!
                          • rickybillingsgate 🤓5:02 · 2021-11-21T15:45:30.872Z
                            Awesome mini-walk down memory lane. New site looks great! I think having the solutions posted with graphics is going to help a lot of new meta solvers.
                            • hbxwords 🤓4:40 · 2021-11-21T16:16:51.387Z
                              Congrats on the site, and this is a very special metametametameta.....
                              • Mike D 🤓6:49 · 2021-11-21T16:17:46.614Z
                                Great puzzle! A walk down memory lane
                                • Carolyn 3s · 2021-11-21T17:31:12.879Z
                                  I've never played it, but sure do enjoy your puzzles! Thanks
                                  • JeffPrug 🤓9:26 · 2021-11-21T18:21:23.338Z
                                    Cool puzzle and smart way to show off the new website! I didn't join until after Bottom Line, but after looking at the solution I'm really impressed by that construction and mechanism!
                                    • Golem 2s · 2021-11-21T19:10:25.274Z
                                      I had the advantage of having discovered Pandora puzzles relatively recently and "bingeing" all previous puzzles over the past few months, so they're still very fresh for me. Coming in late for the win!
                                      • DIS 🤓12:38 · 2021-11-22T00:33:21.524Z
                                        Very meta!
                                        • wendy walker 4s · 2021-11-22T01:43:57.232Z
                                          Thanks, Will! I had to go back and re-solve the Pac Man one and laughed again at Sam I Am "forcing people to try his nasty, off-colored breakfast foods"!
                                          • William D 12:16 · 2021-11-22T02:38:53.374Z
                                            Didn't know this game so did have to use bing after all, but still a fun puzzle. Thanks!
                                            • Bbaack 14:48 · 2021-11-22T17:20:35.557Z
                                              I'm relatively new to the site, but am enjoying it immensely! It was interesting rummaging through the archives, and I see there are a lot of Time Killers waiting for me!
                                              • MajordomoTom 🤓9:20 · 2021-11-22T19:25:32.529Z
                                                Never played this one before, with a nice path confirmation from Will, backsolved it.
                                                • Cindy Heisler 11s · 2021-11-22T20:49:56.019Z
                                                  Great website! I've never done a mega meta -- good practice for the MMMM. Thanks!
                                                  • BrennerTJ 🤓1:33 · 2021-11-23T02:03:56.587Z
                                                    Congratulations on launch of the website!
                                                    • KathleenTM 🤓29:50 · 2021-11-23T16:16:45.903Z
                                                      Very fun theme & website tie-in!
                                                      • Meta World Peace 4s · 2021-11-24T03:38:35.942Z
                                                        I have played it before, really fun. And I also recommend the Studio C Bop It Extreme video skit!
                                                        • Hector 🤓3:39 · 2021-11-26T04:45:37.534Z
                                                          Nice head fakes with the May Day Operation bugs (mosquitos, look it up), and license plate of the Ghostbusters (ECTO-1).
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                                                            Stayed close behind
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                                                            ___ no good
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                                                            Channel owned by Discovery
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                                                            One with a checkered past?
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                                                            Green character created by the company that made 65-Across65AConsole before the Wii, for short[---]
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                                                            ___ beyond one's years
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                                                            NFL subdivision for Baltimore and Denver
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                                                            "Who ___ to judge?"
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                                                            "Actually, you can leave this bit in"
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