Player

Answer

GORF

Solution

Part 1: Pinball

Playing the pinball game results in messages appearing in the game that assign letters to numbers. There are nineteen assignments in all: 


ONE IS C (IN THE PAINT)
TWO IS D (GET BACK in the game)
  (lost million dollar basket)
THREE IS B (POWER POINTS)
FOUR IS E (SLAM DUNK)
  (10 POINTS trivia)
  (YOU ARE AN NBA TEAM)
FIVE IS H (20 POINTS complete)
  (MAKE SHOT TO) (during hot dog mania)
SIX IS I (PIZZA POWER)
SEVEN IS N (fastbreak SHOOT LEFT)
  *(MULTIBALLS complete)
EIGHT IS D (TIME IS UP)
  *(EXTRA BALL)
NINE IS M (FASTBREAK shoot left)
  (WATCH FOR BALL)
TEN IS A (TIME IS UP)
  (WATCH FOR BALL)
ELEVEN IS M (get back IN THE GAME)
  (FIELD GOALS complete)
TWELVE IS E (CENTER RAMP for alley oop)
  (POWER HOOPS complete)
  *(SHOOT AGAIN)
THIRTEEN IS C (IN-BOUND PASS IS LIT)
  *(EGYPTIAN SODA)
  *(RUN+SHOOT hoops)
FOURTEEN IS A (shoot center RAMP FOR TIP-OFF)
FIFTEEN IS B (SHOOT CENTER ramp for tip-off)
   (SHOOT AROUND multiball)
SIXTEEN IS I (HOT DOG MANIA)
  *(COMBINATIONS complete)
  *(ENTER INITIALS)
SEVENTEEN IS N (SHOOT CRAZY BOB'S)
  *(STADIUM GOODIES complete)
  (HALF COURT hoops)
EIGHTEEN IS E (center ramp FOR ALLEY OOP)
  *(MULTIBALL hoops)
NINETEEN IS T
  (HOOK SHOT hoops)

Writing these down in order creates a message: 

1234567890123456789
CDBEHINDMAMECABINET

An audio CD is hidden behind the MAME cabinet, which is in the same room.

Part 2: Video Game Music

The help files split the list up into six categories, each with its own candidate list that can be found by going to the named conference room. Each room will have at least 21 sheets for teams to take one each. The unnumbered games in the list are the incorrect ones.

To solve the puzzle, the player must figure out which generation that game is from, index the generation into the full game name, and extract a message. The blank tracks are spaces. The full list by track is below:

  1. S 2 Asteroids (VCS)
  2. O 6 Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
  3. M 3 Dr. Mario (NES)
  4. E 4 Super Mario World (SNES)
  5. (blank track)
  6. G 3 Mega Man 2 (NES)
  7. A 6 Katamari Damacy (PS2)
  8. L 5 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Saturn)
  9. A 2 Pacman (VCS)
  10. C 6 Space Channel 5 (Dreamcast)
  11. T 3 Tetris (NES)
  12. I 4 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
  13. C 3 Duck Hunt (NES)
  14. (blank track)
  15. D 5 Grand Theft Auto (PS)
  16. E 5 GoldenEye 007 (N64)
  17. F 6 Final Fantasy X (PS2)
  18. E 4 Super Mario Kart (SNES)
  19. N 6 Pikmin (Gamecube)
  20. D 3 Kid Icarus (NES)
  21. E 4 Street Fighter II (SNES)
  22. R 4 Tetris Attack (SNES)
  23. (blank track)
  24. Y 6 Guilty Gear X (PS2)
  25. O 3 Ghosts n' Goblins (NES)
  26. U 6 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec (PS2)
  27. (blank track)
  28. A 2 Yars' Revenge (VCS)
  29. R 5 Super Mario 64 (N64)
  30. E 3 Ice Climber (NES)
  31. (blank track)
  32. S 3 Castlevania (NES)
  33. P 3 Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)
  34. A 6 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (XBOX)
  35. C 5 Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn)
  36. E 5 The Legend of Zelda: OoT (N64)
  37. (blank track)
  38. C 3 Excitebike (NES)
  39. A 4 Mega Man X (SNES)
  40. D 7 Call of Duty 2 (XBOX 360)
  41. E 4 Super Metroid (SNES)
  42. T 6 Grand Theft Auto 3 (PS2)

The message is "SOME GALACTIC DEFENDER YOU ARE SPACE CADET", which is a famous line from the video game GORF (ironically, not in any of the console adaptations).

Other Notes

Wei-Hwa's revenge for all those puzzle hunts that force him to identify pop music songs that he's never heard of. ;-)