Question about Hacker, the video game.

Factual Questions
1

Has anyone ever beaten that game?

It used to drive me nuts. I figured out all the parts for the robot. I figured out the logon at the beginning. I even figured out all the test questions that they ask you to make sure you’re not a hacker. (Anyone who played the game knows what I mean.)

I could never get the whole document, though. I’d always run out of time, and the spies wouldn’t take any of what I had left.

Can anyone clue me in on how to beat that infernal game?

And Hacker 2, man. That was even harder, but I’ll save that for another time.

Thanks. [sub]I’ll be back to read this, but I still had to put that in for Anthracite’s benefit…[/sub]:slight_smile:

2

There’s a walkthrought here which tells you how to get the whole document, but not what to do at the very end.

There also used to be a code that you can type for the login and password that gives you the winning screen. it was something like “banner,banner” or “frontpage, frontpage” or “headline,headline.” Damned if I can remember. Last time I played that was on the c-64. And no, I never actually won it.

3

oh, wait…here is the full solution.
If you’re stuck on any game, go to altavista and type “+gamename +walkthrough” and you should get a bunch of sites with solutions.

4

Not a clue-but I did hack the game once on my C-64 (in about 1988, IIRC). I got it to print out the newspaper article that documents your victory, then left it on the printer all day. Everyone would come by and say, “You actually won that game?! How?” And I’d say, “Oh, I’d hate to ruin your fun by telling you.” Bwah-hah-hah.

5

I have nothing constructive to add to this. I just wanted to vent.

I PLAYED THAT FRIGGIN’ GAME FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS BACK IN THE 80S AND NEVER GOT ANYWHERE! ARGH! THE CREATORS SHOULD BE DRAWN AND QUARTERED AND THEN PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AND THEN DRAWN AND QUARTERED THE OTHER WAY THEY DRAW AND QUARTER PEOPLE!

Okay, I feel better now.

6

Could the point be that you were supposed to hack the game itself to beat it? :smiley:

7

I’m sure it was. I spent 36 straight hours trying once and I still couldn’t do it. Call me uncoordinated, call me foolish, whatever.

After that little debacle I filed this question away for posterity, in the hopes that someone, anyone could help me out with the answer.

Which leads me to pulykamell. Thanks for the links. Now I know where I was going wrong. I’d always start at London and work around, and that always put me behind the eight-ball, so to speak.

Now I know. So now I can pull out the good ol’ Commodore 64 and finally beat the damn thing.

It may be cheating, but it’ll be satisfying. :slight_smile: