PentaStar Super Pocket Prism
This is the Super version of the PentaStar Pocket Prism
(a.k.a. Star Puck). At first glance it seems more difficult
than that prism, but that may not necessarily be so, since the
additional colour information circumvents several pitfalls
inherent in the regular PentaStar design. Try it yourself!
And please tell me about your findings!
Java Applet Instructions
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The Green Flag resets the puzzle.
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Pressing the Spacebar scrambles the puzzle.
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If you click on any of the five central triangles pointing
outward from the central pentagon, this cubelet and the two adjacent ones
are turned over by 180 degrees.
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Pressing a turns the upper layer of the prism by 72 degrees
clockwise (as seen from above). The same can be achieved by clicking on the
leftmost face of the layer.
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Pressing y or z turns the upper layer of the prism by
72 degrees counterclockwise (as seen from above).
The same can be achieved by clicking on the
rightmost face of the layer.
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Pressing s turns the lower layer of the prism by 72 degrees
clockwise (as seen from above). The same can be achieved by clicking on the
leftmost face of the layer.
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Pressing x turns the lower layer of the prism by
72 degrees counterclockwise (as seen from above).
The same can be achieved by clicking on the
rightmost face of the layer.
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Pressing q flips the entire prism over by 180 degrees
in the direction left --> right. The same can be achieved by
clicking on the top of the central pentagon.
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To solve the prism, you have to get the pentagram on the
top side yellow, the rest of the top side white,
the left edge green, the front left edge blue, the front right edge red, and the right edge purple.
(The orange back edge and the white pentagram
with yellow rim on the bottom are invisible.)
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When you have solved the prism, your time taken is displayed
for some seconds.