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SYSTEM: GIBSON MAINFRAME V9.01
ESTABLISHING SECURE DECENTRALIZED PROXY TUNNEL... ONLINE
WARNING: FEDERAL SEIZURE RISK IN 360 SECONDS.

SELECT HACKER HANDLE

Dade

ZERO COOL

In 1988, crashed 1,507 systems in one day, causing a 7-point drop in the NYSE. Banned from computers until 18.

SPECIAL: SYSTEM CRASH

Freezes mainframe counters & security tracing for 10 seconds. (Trace risk rises slightly upon activation).

Kate

ACID BURN

Runs a high-performance custom rig. Noted for hacking the Ellingson administrative system logs.

SPECIAL: KERNEL BYPASS

Instantly bypasses the firewall lock of your currently selected tower. (35s cooldown).

Goldstein

CEREAL KILLER

Taps telephones and eats garbage. Finds security patterns where others see random junk data.

SPECIAL: NODE SPOOF

Pauses the Secret Service trace for 15s. Starts game with one free quadrant ping.

Ramon

PHANTOM PHREAK

The King of NYNEX. Notorious for phone phreaking and routing decentralized proxy connections.

SPECIAL: NYNEX TAP

Dumps phone trace loops, instantly reducing Secret Service Trace by -20%. (40s cooldown).

Laurence

LORD NIKON

Has photographic memory. Can read complex binary kernel files and network directories at a glance.

SPECIAL: PHOTO BUFFER

Scans and de-crypts files in all towers adjacent to your coordinates. (50s cooldown).

ENTER YOUR HACKER ALIAS / HANDLE:

ENABLE ELITE DIFFICULTY (CONSOLE ONLY)

This game is an unofficial fan tribute. It is not affiliated with, authorized, or endorsed by United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), or any copyright holders of the movie HACKERS.

RUN ID: RUN-0000

TARGET: GARBAGE.TXT

COMPASS: HEADING: N [ ⬈ ]

TIME LIMIT: 06:00

SECRET SERVICE TRACE:

SCORE: 0

CYBER_ABILITIES.SYS

WASD: Fly | Q/E: Altitude | Click+Drag: Look Around | Double-Click Node: Auto-Travel Drag: Look Around | Tap Node: Auto-Travel

SYSTEM_STREAM.LOG

[INIT] Connecting to Ellingson network...

[OK] Secure proxy tunnel established.

NODE INSPECTOR: NONE SELECTED

Double-click a tower in the 3D Gibson view to travel to it and analyze its files.

HACKER_TERMINAL.EXE

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THE GIBSON ADMIN CONSOLE V1.95 - CRT ACTIVE

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Type 'help' to see list of valid commands.

Type 'skills' to learn what your elite hacker skills are capable of.

Type messages to query the Gibson Decrypter Daemon.

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HACKER_STATUS.SYS

HACKER: ZERO COOL

EXPLOITS DOWNED:

None

SYSTEM STATUS SUMMARY

NODES BYPASSED: 0 / 64
FILES SECURED: 0 / 128

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SYSTEM TRACED

You exceeded the 6-minute link time limit. The Secret Service has traced your node.

FINAL SCORE: 0

GIBSON SPEED RUN RECORDS

RANK	HANDLE	CHARACTER	RUN ID	SCORE	TIME REMAINING

CYBER_DECK.DEC

LOAD_TRACKING...

DAEMON_READY

SELECT HACKER HANDLE

SYSTEM TRACED

GIBSON SPEED RUN RECORDS

I am the Da Vinci Virus...

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