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Chris
Introversion Staff
Joined: 25 Nov 2000
Posts: 1094
Location: Cambridge, UK
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 Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject: Ten years of Uplink! |
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"Establishing connection to Uplink public access server..."
To anyone who's played Uplink, today's date might seem eerily familiar.
24th March 2010 - the date you see on your clock when you first log in to the game and create an Agent. A date I originally chose for two reasons : 24th March is my birthday (31 today, thanks), and 2010 was TEN YEARS into the future. It was so far into the distant future it didn't even seem like a real date. From today onwards, Uplink will in fact be set in the past.
Which of course means ten years of Introversion Software. In that time we've had Uplink, Darwinia, DEFCON, Multiwinia and now Darwinia+ for Xbox. We've seen the rise of Indie games from nothing to the major force they are in the games market today. We've seen the market change completely - and the rise of digital distribution systems on all platforms that have revolutionised game delivery. We've lived through an incredibly turbulent and exciting time in games.
Big thanks to everyone who's enjoyed our games over the past decade. |
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Phelanpt
Joined: 10 Aug 2006
Posts: 1839
Location: Portugal
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Happy birthday Chris!
And Uplink, and Introversion!
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NeatNit
Joined: 28 Jan 2008
Posts: 2464
Location: Israel
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Happy birthday, Christroverlink! |
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Mitheor
Joined: 28 Sep 2006
Posts: 10
Location: A Coruņa (Spain)
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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Congrats Chris
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Xocrates
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 5174
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Happy birthday Chris! 
Also, does this mean the internet is just a few weeks away of being taken down by a Virus?  |
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sfericz
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
Posts: 1314
Location: USA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:06 pm Post subject: |
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YAY! I remember back then. The community was incredible in supplying MODs, Icepick's MODs were genius. The community has only grown from there. So has IV! Inever thought I would follow a Indie company like I have you all.
I should repurchase the Dev CD so I can get back into playing Uplink. You all should cut the price now after so long. j/k
I would love to see some tenth anniversary Uplink stuff roll out.
Congrats to IV for ten years of Bedroom Programming! |
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KachoOji
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Happy birthday!!
Let's have Subversion start at 24th March 2020  |
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jelco
Joined: 18 Feb 2006
Posts: 5970
Location: Cygnus X-1
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Happy Uplink Day! And happy 31st birthday Chris! |
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Feud
Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 5110
Location: Blackacre, VA
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember when I first played the demo, sent out by either Computer Gaming World or Computer Games Magazine. Good times! |
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vanarbulax
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
Posts: 653
Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| Xocrates wrote: |
Also, does this mean the internet is just a few weeks away of being taken down by a Virus? |
OMG end is nigh. Youtube down. Clearly virus taking down internet. |
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Rkiver
Joined: 01 Oct 2002
Posts: 6380
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:54 am Post subject: |
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| Happy Birthday Chris, and congratulations on Introversion being around for a decade. |
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Cooper42
Joined: 13 Mar 2007
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I'm still waiting for November 2019; I'm gonna book myself a flight to LA; and if it's not a postmodern dystopia with flying cars and androids, I'm gonna be very disappointed.
Happy birthday & looking forward to the next 10 years from IV... |
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AgentX 24
Joined: 08 Jun 2002
Posts: 835
Location: New York
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| So who else is playing in real time? |
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phANT1m
Joined: 01 Mar 2010
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Location: South Africa
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| Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| LoL did not know who else shared a bday with me and now i hve found 2 things. Uplink which i love and Chris ( wont say anything else here). |
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dagon
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
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Location: France
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:30 am Post subject: |
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happy birthday.
still following introversion's website like no other indie company.
I have to say : Uplink was your best game.
still looking for another game like this one, found some, but none are as good.
subversion looks promising |
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