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- A near solution to Hacker by Activision:
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- There's a trick here somewhere. Everyone seems to agree that the
- answer has to do with the test site in Australia. I'm not sure if there's
- a secret path, or if you are supposed to take the document there
- rather that to Washington. The information below will get you to
- Washington but time runs out before you can hit the up button.
-
- map:
-
- . +---------------------+ . . . . . . +-----------------------------+---+ . .
- |. | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
- |. | . . . . . . . . . . +-------------N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
- |. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
- |. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +---+ . +-----E-----+ . | . | . .
- |. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . . . | . | . | . .
- |. +-C-+-----+ . . . . . . . +-S . . . W-----+ . | . +---+-- F . | G-+ . | . .
- |. . . | . . J . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . .
- |. . . | . . +---------------+-----+-------------+---+ . | . | . +-P-+ . +-I .
- |. . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . | . .
- +------+ . +-----+ . +-------+ . . | . . A---------------+ . | . | . +---+ . .
- |. . . | . | . . | . | . . . | . . | . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . .
- |. +---+---+-----+---+-------+-----+ . . | . +------------ . | . | . | . . . .
- |. | . | . | . . . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . .
- |. +---+ . . . . . . +---+ . . . . . . . | . +-- X-----------+ . | . | . . . .
- |. . . | . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . . . .
- +------+-------------+ . +---------------+-----------------------+ . +---- . .
-
- N = NEW YORK S = SAN FRANCISCO F = PARIS I = INDIA
- C = CHINA A = ? G = ATHENS W = WASHINGTON
- J = JAPAN E = LONDON P = EGYPT X = START
- note: this map is off a couple of squares in the center, so it can't
- be trusted after the lights go out. A full map won't fit in 80
- columns. You'll have to redraw on graph paper for the last
- few trades.
-
- CHART:
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- PLACE | OFFER | WILL TAKE | WON'T TAKE
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- Paris | chronograph | cash |
- | chalet | |
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- London | album | chronograph | diamond, artifact, urn, star, lamp, jade
- | jewels | camera | 49er, map, doubloons, scarab, pearls
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- Egypt | scarab | chronograph | album, doubloons, jewels, diamond,
- | statue | chalet | 49er, nuggets
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- New | stocks | chalet | artifact, urn, statue, album, lamp,
- York | diamond | | chronograph, star
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- South | map | chronograph | diamond, artifact, urn, nuggets, 49er
- America | doubloons | jade |
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- Greece | artifact | scarab | jewels, doubloons, map, diamond, star,
- | urn | statue | lamp, nuggets, 49er
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- India | star | chronograph | artifact, urn, statue, diamond, map,
- | lamp | scarab | doubloons, chalet
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- San | nuggets | camera | chronograph, chalet, artifact, urn,
- Fran | 49er | album | diamond, star, lamp
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- Japan | pearls | stocks | star, chronograph, chalet, vase, jade,
- | camera | | artifact, statue, urn, album, lamp,
- | | | diamond
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
- China | vase | stocks | artifact, urn, statue, album, lamp,
- | jade | pearls | chronograph, diamond, star, chalet,
- | | | 49er, nuggets
- --------+--------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
-
-
- Path to follow:
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Place Give Get
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- 1) Paris Cash Chalet, Chronograph
- 2) Egypt Chronograph Scarab, Statue
- 3) Greece Statue
- 4) India Scarab
- 5) NY Chalet Stocks
- 6) Japan Stocks Camera, Pearls
- 7) China Pearls Jade
- take the southern route, avoiding test site?
- 8) S.American Jade
- 9) England Camera Beetles
- 10) SF Beetles
- 11) Washington
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- this path got me all the way to Washington before the plug was pulled
-
- Passwords:
-
- To get into the game:
- AUSTRALIA
-
- To get past the satellites:
- 1) MAGMA, LTD
- 2) AX-03100479
- 3) HYDRAULIC
- 4) AUSTRALIA