I've played this game three or four times over the last decade - and I have yet to grow tired of it. The game was released in 2001, so it might be on the fence to call it a retro game, but the interface, sound effects, music, and graphics are so basic and 1980s looking (think WarGames and you've got it) that you'll think the game is much older. I don't want to give away much more of the game, but there is a back story (two, actually, depending on whether you go the good hacker or bad hacker route) that you'll drop into at some point when you begin to make a name for yourself and get noticed.
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The riskier jobs pay bigger bucks, allowing you to upgrade your hardware and software - it's such fun to browse the software store on the Uplink Server to buy version 3.0 of a Password Cracker or version 4.0 of a piece of software that can rewrite logs and send trackers looking elsewhere. As you earn money and increase your rep, you get bigger, more dangerous jobs. You take jobs, get paid, and try to cover your tracks so the authorities don't hunt you down, arrest you, and destroy your Gateway (your super-computer that allows you to do all sorts of mischief). You assume the role of a newbie hacker hired by the Uplink Corporation. And you'll go nuts when you find yourself typing at certain points and making spelling errors as that Trace Tracker hits 75%.
You'll find yourself actually pounding the desk for the password cracker to finish up as the Trace Tracker hits 50%. Your heart rate will definitely increase as the beeping of the Trace Tracker gets close to 100% as you're finishing up a job and hurrying to log off and go delete log files to cover your tracks. But, if you're able to suspend reality for 20-30 hours, it's a fantastic game that will put a smile on your face as you perform some of the most devious (and fake) hacking of your life - changing grades, deleting files, copying files, stealing money, framing corporations, planting digital files, and more. unless you're not that familiar with computers, IP addresses, and the most basic understanding of how network connections are made.
(I had muted the laptop because I think the background music would have given it away.) I calmed her down and showed her what I was really doing.
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"NO! You stop that! I don't think you need to be using my Internet anymore!" (Most of this conversation is best of my memory, but I do remember her distinctly telling me I wasn't welcome to use the free WiFi anymore.)Īt this point, I had to come clean - some folks were getting nervous and I think Stacy was about to call the police on me. "Want to see me change some kid's college grades?"
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