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Postby Tomus » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:30 pm

I know this is a game but does it require much knowledge of how hacking works? I've seen the TV/Hollywood versions of hacking and they look a laugh but I imagine the real thing is a tad boring. Is this the Hollywood version?
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Postby MarcusHess2 » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:32 pm

This is the Hollywood version. Uplink uses a GUI. This is what Windows would be if it was modified for hacking. If it was possible. No, the game is almost nothing like real hacking.
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Postby Ghostalker » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:37 pm

damn u MH, u sed what i was gonna say
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Postby MarcusHess2 » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:38 pm

What were you going to say? I'll edit and let you say it, if you like.
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Postby Ghostalker » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:40 pm

nah...i cant be arsed
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Postby Tomus » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:44 pm

Probably showing my age here but is like War Games style? Tracking down passwords and stuff.
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Postby Ghostalker » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:46 pm

in a word....no

what you do is get passwords and use them to do stuff on servers, and theree are missions where you have to trace hackers by looking @ the logs on the servers, but those are hard...
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Postby Code Black » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:50 pm

I think "having nothing to do with reality" would work.
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Postby Tomus » Tue Jun 18, 2002 1:59 pm

Great sounds absolutely brilliant. Less real the better I guess.

BTW I tried calling EB and they'd never heard of it. Is the game available by mail only?

Sorry for being a pain in the bum.
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Postby Astromarine » Tue Jun 18, 2002 4:24 pm

Amazon.co.uk has it

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