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[Sebatianos]

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[Casublett]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sebatianos @ Jul 25 2007, 02:06 AM) [snapback]301233[/snapback]</div>

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

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I too played and was overwhelmed by this game (loosly based on this book that started the whole cyberpunk genre) the 64 as a child... I played it years later on the Amiga and mildly enjoyed it, but found later types of this game (Shadowrun on the Snes and Genesis) to be much more satisfying.

[lgonggr]

This a true classic and I enjoyed it immensely as I had already read the book. I just loved to play Case himself. Note that the game is quite hard, especially towards the end. I can't recall how many times I got wasted in the matrix, but it was a lot ! Your biggest problem is money, but there is a cheat (can't recall) that allows you to make a million bucks or so the first day.

Highly recommended for Gibson fans !

[The Fifth Horseman]

The book was great, though I never really got much into the game.

Bit of trivia: The theme playing on the title screen is "Nothing ever changes" by Devo.

Also: the money can be easily hacked using any hex editor of your choice.

PS: Reminds me we've got several approved requests for System Shock in the forum...

This (along with Wasteland) is probably my all time favorite game! I too got it on the C64 to start, and went to buy it with a friend. When we got home, we went to 7-11 for provisions, and ended up playing for 16 hours straight! It was the kind of game that made you want to try just one site, or make it to the next zone, and then of course you found some new warez, and needed to try them out!

Completely agree that this one would be a great remake -- I bought Uplink (by Introversion), but it is a bit too repetitive.

[Blood-Pigggy]

Wtf, how long have I requested to have this game on here, every time I've been told it's ESA, now someone posts it on the site.

You're all hypocrites.

[Sebatianos]

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Wtf, how long have I requested to have this game on here, every time I've been told it's ESA, now someone posts it on the site.
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The company is still a part of ESA protected group, but this game is abandonware. Something that has been happening quite a lot. The changes happened in winter if I'm not mistaking. You may look at threads about it (don't know where they are - haven't been to the forum at the time). I bet this was all anounced.

[Homsar]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Blood-Pigggy @ Jul 25 2007, 05:35 PM) [snapback]301350[/snapback]</div>

You're all hypocrites.
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Seriously: chill.

This was one of the best RPG/Adventure games of its kind, back when it came out.

The graphics aren't amazing, but if you had a C-64 when this game came out, they certainly were at least on par with other games that came out for that system at that time. They may be kind of dissapointing on an Amiga, but again---look at other games out in the late 1980s and their graphics.

The sounds on the other hand---well, until you actually get to go into the Matrix, they're kind of boring.
Case stomps around as he walks (I remember a friend watching me play the game saying something like, "MAN what kind of shoes is he wearing?!?!") and the bleeping MIDI version of the Devo song gets annoying after a while. So turn the sound down and put on a Front 242 CD (or your favorite 80s synth or industrial stuff) until you get to the Matrix part and you'll have a fine time. Maybe the Amiga version has better sound---I don't know, I never played it.

There are a lot of puzzles to solve until you can get a deck that can go into the Matrix---that's the Adventure part of the game---but once you do get in there, that's where the fun begins! (the RPG part of the game)

Some tips:

DON'T SELL YOUR ORGANS. The money is tempting but it's not worth it, and it will make the Matrix parts of the game a lot harder because you won't have as much health to spare (you will NEED IT when you start fignting ICE) and you can't buy the organs back later---once you sell them they're gone.

It's possible to get as much money as you need in the game without cheating.
That's what the banking nodes are for. Be clever and you'll figure out how to get as much money as you could ever need.

For the puzzles to get you to the Matrix part: that Panther Moderns/warez store guy sure is a jerk. I'm sure the law might be interested in his activities...and that's all I'm gonna say

Hope you have as much fun with this game as I did back in the day!

I think the graphics are very good for 1989 game.

[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Blood-Pigggy @ Jul 25 2007, 07:35 PM) [snapback]301350[/snapback]</div>

Wtf, how long have I requested to have this game on here, every time I've been told it's ESA, now someone posts it on the site.
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You requested it once, two years ago.

At the time the entire situation with ESA was not very clear and we were avoiding ESA games like leprosis. It was way before the 10/15 year rule.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Blood-Pigggy @ Jul 25 2007, 07:35 PM) [snapback]301350[/snapback]</div>

You're all hypocrites.[/b]

You should calm down, Piggy.