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Hey, i know everyone who played the game went to zozo, but not all people ot there and knew the mystery of the CLOCK. if u did find the exact hours, how did u find it? if not, what do u believe lies behind the mystery of the CLOCK. thx!!!!

Hmm, I solved it exactly how you're soposed to solve it:

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By talking to everybody in Zozo and eliminating their answers. After all they are all liars, one guy even tries to tell you his minute hand is wrong.

but it is time consuming with all of those random battles. It was hard to figure out too. I mean, I didn't solve it till I was late into the game. As for what's behind it, I know exactly what's there. I just won't say what it is in a topic where that would be a spoiler.

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thx for the reply, u wouldnt believe how i got the answer. i didnt even think abt asking anyone about anything, i was just trying my luck and there it was. But Does someone rely on what lies behind the Clock?????

when the prize is as good as it is, it is definately worth it. an ultracool relic would have been even better though...

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I found out the secret of the clock the old fashioned way..... I got online and found a cheats and tricks section on the game.

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I use it constantly after I get it. It's very worth while to open that clock.

much better than all those elixers...

Quote (Hamedo @ 13th January 2005 13:06)

I found out the secret of the clock the old fashioned way.....  I got online and found a cheats and tricks section on the game.

Isn't that the only way?
The user used it on an NPC in my very first sig. If you can remember that, though, then you need to get a life.

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The moral of this story is *Squirt* Ow! *Squirt* Okay, okay, no morals.

There are a good hundred or so possible combinations. Back then, I was young and patient enough to try them all out one by one. Brute force always does the job, if tediously and slowly. I did piece together enough clues through Zozo to narrow it down to a few possible combinations though.

Pretty good prize. Since he was in my first party, it was worthwhile. It's a shame there aren't many puzzles like this one in the game though; side quests that involve nothing more than equipping offering+genji glove on a character and tearing through some boss are no fun. :/

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the quality and quantity of liquor in his possession
and the likelyhood of him sharing."

lol i looked it up in a walkthrough.... but still i always use what's behind there.....

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I talked to everyone in Zozo but didn't know you were supposed to eliminate all their answers; I forgot 'em anyway. So, doing what a lot of people have probably done, I took out my pencil and paper and wrote out the permutations.

I got it eventually, 'though I can't remember what it is. I never finished FFVI. =/

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Quote (Hamedo @ 13th January 2005 13:06)

I found out the secret of the clock the old fashioned way..... I got online and found a cheats and tricks section on the game.

Indeed.

For so many years I had no idea the lying SOB's around the place could reveal the Secret o' the Clock. Didn't matter though, 'cause a cheats/code list did it for me.

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Once by using a strategy guide, once by figuring it out on my own... I forgot the combo a second time around and lost the strategy guide. -_^

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A friend of mine did the long boring talks on his, and I just asked him for it . But seriously, what the clock reveals is going to help quite alot.

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Could you repeat that?

I just guessed until I got it...

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It's 6:50:10 and behind the wall is Edgars tool Chain Saw.

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Did anybody else play thru the game more than once, and then subconsiously activate the clock? I played thru that game ten times(ten frickin' times, and it never gets old!) and every time I got to Zozo, I just got it right the first time. That's really weird... I'm freaking myself out!!!

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I didn't bother to do it the first time around, so I missed out. Then on a playthrough one of my friends saw me in zozo and gave me the answer. Also, it turns out you can get

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both of Edgar's hard-to-find Tools, the aforementioned Chainsaw and the Air Anchor (much later)

through colosseum fighting late in the game.

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IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE CORRECT TIME, DON'T READ THE FOLLOWING SPOILER. (Unless you're Zeil, as there's a message for you in it too.)

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Actually, Zeil, you got the minutes and seconds switched. The correct time is 6:10:50.

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I first played this back in 95, before I had internet or anything, so I had to figure it out myself. I just wrote down all the possible hours, minutes and seconds in columns, and then as I talked to the liars, I would cross off the ones that they said. You do end up with a couple of choices (the liars' clues don't completely give it to you) but you only have to try a few things to get it.

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god, all this talk of cheat lists. you guys make me feel old, and i'm really not old at all. i honestly don't remember how i figured out how to get behind that clock, i was like 10 when the game came out so i doubt i was clever enough to figure the real solution out, but i know i did it, so maybe... anyway, being 10 and not really playing the game with any "finesse" i was stoked...not to say it's not a FANTASTIC item, but there are so many more ways to have fun, now i know.

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Hey! isn't there another way to get the chainsaw? 'cuz i have it but i dont remember when, how and IF i solved the clock puzzle...i think i did but i'm not sure

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Hey! isn't there another way to get the chainsaw?

There isn't another way , the only way to get the chainsaw is to insert the right time in the clock

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hey, you can steal the chainsaw from an robot (don´t remember who) in the final dungeon, about the clues of the clock, you can be sure of the hours because is the only digit that is no mentioned by those 5 in a row thieves walking like zombies, minutes and second are discarded by logical rules,and the rest is up to you.

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"Its no cheating if you don't get caught"

Quote (Moglv99 @ 14th February 2005 20:33)

you can steal the chainsaw from an robot (don´t remember who) in the final dungeon,

His name was Dueller. =)

This post has been edited by NeoEx-Death on 21st February 2006 20:14

Oh, yes.

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6:10:50. You get a chainsaw. Oh, woot.

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Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall set me free.

I still have the 'Final Fantasy III' Nintendo strategy guide; that's what I used. I wouldn't be patient enought to go through everyone and get the right answer

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I talked to the people in town and then narrowed it down to a few different combinations. Then, I tried them one after the other 'til I got it right

Hehe, the real secret in Zozo isn't the clock. It's that bloody hidden passage in town which brings you to the west side, where a few treasures can be obtained.

God knows it took me years of playing and ROM hacking to eventually extract the map data and notice you could sneak behind a few buildings in the upper-left corner... o_x

And I'm probably the only idiot who never figured it out. XD

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"Judge not a man by his thoughts and words, but by
the quality and quantity of liquor in his possession
and the likelyhood of him sharing."

I read the answer online before I got to Zozo. But the second time I decided to use the people to figure it out. It's not that hard at all.

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..I did not know about that passage.
I'm going to try it now.

PS, if you can't find something, and have ZSNES as an emulator, try pressing buttons 1-5 above the keyboard.

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1 removes layer BG1, which is used for about half the map, and the entirety of the overworld map. 2 removes layer BG2, which is used for the background in most places. 3 removes what I like to call "clouds", which is basically any clouds, fog, rain, text, or some spells. The only place I found where BG4 was used is the X menu. It removes the right side with "Item, Skills," and so forth. 5 removes Sprites. Don't worry. Just press the button again to reverse it. Kthx!

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Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall set me free.

And since this discussion seems to have become a "how did you figure out the clock puzzle" discussion, I'll add that I did it the Hamedo way--went online and found the answer.

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