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Life in 8 bits Mystery Cache

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Uilebheist: Fed up.
I may publish some of my puzzles on a site like Opencaching or somewhere the main emphasis is not stopping people caching.

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Hidden : 6/4/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the above coordinates, and there's no need to go to that location. However, the location does provide a virtual hint! See below for more information.


This puzzle is inspired by another one by the same name, however the details are completely different and being able to solve either puzzle does not imply being able to solve the other one.

To find the cache, all you have to do is to figure out what the following code means:

0000: 80 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 66 00 72 AD
0030: 7B CD 79 B5 B1 F7 3F 84 A7 A7 31 87 EB F4 5D C9
0040: 58 91 A6 C3 DC E9 AA EA 96 CB AC EB D6 98 B7 8B
0050: D4 9B D6 90 FD AB 1A F5 58 AB 82 E1 1D C8 A4 BB
0060: 06 F8 06 E7 00 00 21 2E 00 F9 2E 00 44 D1 7A A7
0070: F2 9E 00 7B E6 1F C6 A0 4F 0A 77 23 7B 07 07 07
0080: E6 07 5F 7A 07 07 07 E6 18 83 C6 A0 4F 0A 77 23
0090: 7A 0F 0F E6 1F C6 A0 4F 0A 77 23 C3 6D 00 74 76
00A0: 41 30 43 31 44 32 45 33 48 34 49 35 4B 36 4C 37
00B0: 4D 38 4E 39 4F 2D 52 2C 53 2E 54 20 55 20 56 57

A clue to the code is provided in the code itself; otherwise, there is a virtual clue on the map at the above coordinates, but note that there is no physical clue on the ground, so no need to go there!

Once you have found the correct method, the above code will automagically become an ASCII string containing the coordinates and a hint to find the container.

There is no need for any form of checker link: if you have the solution, it'll be obvious.

Real difficulty of finding the box after solving the puzzle is 1 star.

Good luck!

Cache is hidden in compliance with the GAGB urban placement guidelines and is accessible at all times on foot or bicycle, although a day visit would be more enjoyable than a night visit.

Congratulations to Claxons on being first to find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Pnpur anzr, naq gur znc (be gur pbqr!) [cache] Fbyir gur chmmyr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)