Hacker

@paradox

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· 1 year ago

Hacker MS-DOS front cover

A near solution to Hacker by Activision:

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

 . +---------------------+ . . . . . . +-----------------------------+---+ . . 
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|. | . . . . . . . . . . +-------------N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . . 
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|. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +---+ . +-----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, chalet	cash
London	album, jewels	chronograph, camera	diamond, artifact, urn, star, lamp, jade, 49er, map, doubloons, scarab, pearls
Egypt	scarab, statue	chronograph, chalet	album, doubloons, jewels, diamond, 49er, nuggets
New York	stocks, diamond	chalet	artifact, urn, statue, album, lamp, chronograph, star
South America	map, doubloons	chronograph, jade	diamond, artifact, urn, nuggets, 49er
Greece	artefact, urn	scarab, statue	jewels, doubloons, map, diamond, star, lamp, nuggets, 49er
India	star, lamp	chronograph, scarab	artifact, urn, statue, diamond, map, doubloons, chalet
San Francisco	nuggets, 49er	camera, album	chronograph, chalet, artifact, urn, diamond, star, lamp
Japan	pearls, camera	stocks	star, chronograph, chalet, vase, jade, artifact, statue, urn, album, lamp, diamond
China	vase, jade	stocks, pearls	artifact, urn, statue, album, lamp, chronograph, diamond, star, chalet, 49er, nuggets

Path to follow

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Place                 Give              Get 
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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 
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this path got me all the way to Washington before the plug was pulled