The Apples in Stereo

by Ian Tullis and Stephen Peters
Answer: GINGER GOLD

The applet plays a game of the card game Apples to Apples, in which you must match one of your noun cards with the adjectival card that is played. Each of the nouns in this game is a type of apple, matching the following adjectives.

Akane causes error
Ambrosia celebratory, greek, rich
Ben Davis athletic, armored, violent
Beverly Hills rich, sprawling, tropical
Braeburn causes error
Edward VII historic, rich
Enterprise armored, automotive, free, futuristic
Fireside causes error
Fuji pretty, volcanic
Gala celebratory, musical, rich
Hawaii pretty, sprawling, tropical, volcanic
Liberty automotive, free, statuesque
Pippin armored, hairy, musical
Rambo armored, athletic, hairy, violent
Rome armored, historic, rich, statuesque
Spartan armored, athletic, greek, futuristic, violent
Sunset free, pretty, tropical

The goal is to get to 10 points before the cards run out. This is made more difficult by the fact that three cards just don't work. Clicking them gets error messages:

Braeburn: Error # PRINTER NOT FOUND OR CLOSED
Fireside: Error # CONNECTION JUST CLOSED
Akane: Error # WRITE REQUEST TOO BIG

Here you can compare apples to Apples. The messages are Apple error messages, which have crash error numbers (4101, 4100, and 4099, respectively); these error numbers match the respective PLU health codes that are stickered on apples.

When you score 10 points, you get a final error message: Error # NO FREE CONNECT CONTROL BLOCKS AVAILABLE. That's error message 4097, and PLU code 4097 is the apple variety GINGER GOLD.