Genre: | Platform Game |
Publisher: | Firebird |
Cover Art Language: | English |
Machine Compatibility: | BBC Model B, BBC Model B+, BBC Master 128, Acorn Electron |
Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
Available For: | Acorn Electron & BBC Model B |
Compatible Emulators: | BeebEm (PC (Windows)) PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)) Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)) Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
Original Release Date: | 1st January 1986 |
Original Release Price: | £1.99 |
Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
Item Weight: | 64g |
Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
Author(s): | Tim J. Wilkinson & John R. Day |
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Nothing outstanding here but a welcome re-release on a budget label and it should please platform fans who haven't seen it before. Read Review
A challenging game with a long lasting appeal. Read Review
Graphics and sound are basic, although the animation is not bad. Unfortunately, key response is not exactly instantaneous and it's easy to make mistakes. Read Review
The graphics are quite nice but the movement of the characters is fairly slow and they aren't very smooth. Read Review
One interesting feature allows a player to preview and try each of the 12 screens. Read Review
My overall verdict: Dull and uninspiring. Read Review
Reviewed in the annual Models Games Guides: Acorn Electron.
"The Hacker is the ultimate technological voyager, capable of travelling from terminal to mainframe via the telephone network. There are 12 treacherous stages to overcome before The Hacker reaches the access code at the heart of the system. Grit your teeth and hold on to your floppies!"
Intent on gaining access to the central computer games library, Hank has developed The Hacker - a controllable sprite capable of travelling through microscopic circuits. The Hacker must pass through Hank's terminal and modem, into the telephone network and out through a second modem, access the mainframe, its buffer and data bus, enter the CPU and reach the main file store. At each stage of the journey, The Hacker appears at the bottom right of the screen and must overcome the obstacles in his path to reach the top left corner. Five white floppy discs appear in each screen and must be collected before moving on. The Hacker has only limited time before his power expires - any power remaining after the completion of a screen is added to your score.
There are 12 stages in this game, each of which can be practised independently by typing HELP when the High Score Table is displayed.
You can control The Hacker with the following keys:
Z - Left, X - Right, RETURN - Jump, H - Halt, C - Continue
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A digital version of The Hacker suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) | |
A digital version of The Hacker suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) | |
A digital version of The Hacker suitable for BeebEm (PC (Windows)), PcBBC (PC (MS-DOS)), Model B Emulator (PC (Windows)), Elkulator 1.0 (PC (Windows)) |
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