Looking back, I found the game hints from 2004, 2005, and 2006. The email blast from 2004, seems to indicate that hints were given in years prior to that, but I could find no reference to them on CD. Were there game hints prior to 2004?
Certainly
2007
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...t.aspx?id=3720
2006
five 'bots tangling with pasta
a game piece obsessed with a shovel's show
and seeing Montana's green heights
2005
While wearing Amethyst colored glasses, John Neun gave George Burns the following riddle: "Look closely and you will see something between Pi, You and Me."
2004
Vmax = 10 ft/sec
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on