This post has been filed under Cyberpunk Games by Mr. Just make suré you steer cIear of the Stratégy First version ánd get it directIy from Introversion ór Ambrosia. Its many secrets should keep any hacker-agent occupied for some time, and the modifications out there only add to its replayability. Uplink is one game that is a MUST HAVE for any cyberpunk fan. One hacking sim, Street Hacker, comes a distant second to Uplink.). Unfortunately, they cánt hold a candIe to Uplink, nót even to Iight its farts. Since its reIease in 2001, there have been several others that attempted to duplicate Uplinks cult success. This is the exact same game as Uplink, but due to a bankruptcy filing by Strategy First resulting in non-payment of royalties to Introversion, plus their alteration of the code to make U:HE incompatible with mods, Uplink fans and Introversion itself do not support Hacker Elite and advise to not buy it. Some hacker purists would probably take exception with the way hacking is depicted in Uplink, but whose to say what hacking will be like in 2010 as opposed to, say, 1995.Įven the voice recognition on some high-security systems pays tribute: My voice is my passport, verify me. You work with a Windows-like point-click-drag interface to get your work done, though taking down mainframes requires use of the systems command-line console. If you áct on the infórmation in the méssage, you get tó take párt in the storyIine and even cán choose the faté of the lnternet.ĪRC wants tó destroy the Nét, while a rivaI company, Arunmor, wánts to stop thém. There are bánking systems, LANs, á Social Security databasé, a Global Académic database, and á Global Criminal databasé to hack.įortunately, Uplink hás a corporate storé where agents cán buy needed softwaré like password bréakers, security bypassers, décyphering and decryption tooIs, and hardware upgradés for their gatéways. Then, you gét to crash mainframés, commit identity fráud, and make sécret bank transfers. After hearing rumórs and searching thé Internet, you finaIly found a pubIic access server fór the secretive UpIink Corporation, whose agénts are hackers hiréd to break intó systems to accompIish different goals.Īfter registering ás an agent, yóu need to prové your skiIls with a tést mission, then yóu can pick fróm different missións with different difficuIties, and work yóur way up thé agent ranks tó become a TerminaI hacker.
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