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Hacker

DOS - 1986
Also available on: Amiga - Amstrad CPC - Apple II - Atari 8-bit - Atari ST - Commodore 64 - Mac - MSX - PC-88

Even today, Activision's Hacker games remain two of the best espionage games ever made. The premise of Hacker 1 is novel: you accidentally stumble upon someone else's computer system and can't resist the temptation to hack it (the game even justifies its lack of instructions this way-- after all, no one will be there to help you if this actually happens).

In Hacker 2, you are employed by the government after impressing them with your hacking skills earlier. Gameplay involves... nah, you're on your own, remember? Rest assured these are great games though.

Review By HOTUD

Comments and reviews

4488954792 20 May. 2022

Akun saya di bajak oleh orang tidak di kenal tolong bantuan untuk mengembalikan akun saya id 4488954792
Saya sangat ingin akun saya kembali

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MarkTheMorose 05 Nov. 2021

Update to my previous comment: I found a fixed version of Hacker for the Amiga, and the admins have replaced the broken version.

The fix was done by demo group Scoopex.

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MarkTheMorose 27 Oct. 2021

'Lazy Eight' is correct: the Amiga version will not load. I have not been able to find any other image of the Amiga version than a 'bad' dump, so far. Other images attempt to load, the one from this site does not.

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Ricky Brodewick 27 Jan. 2021

the best game of 1985 in my words.

1
Lazy Eight 14 Apr. 2020

This game will NOT load in a read Amiga 500 or an emulator.

1
Mr Vampire 08 Feb. 2019

Interesting game but extremely difficult because of the timer. The rumor back when I played this in the 80's was that when you beat this game it prints you either the document you have been collecting or maybe some sort of certificate of achievement. This is hinted at in the manual where it says to connect the printer as an optional part of the setup and installation. The manual also encouraged you to send the creators feedback and ask for hints for the game. (Don't know anyone that did).

2
Astcell 13 Nov. 2018

I’ve played this game and got about 90% done when time always ran out on me. I collected all the paper strips except one. At that point I upgraded my PC from a 4.77 MHz to and 8 MHz and the game the never played properly after that.

0
D. Norton 86 16 Sep. 2016

THIS GAME CAN BE WON ONLY BY REAL HACKERS...! ;)

1
Zack 19 Nov. 2015

This game was impossible to win. Even with help, the best was some near solution.

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gio 04 Sep. 2015

i try dos attack

0
Hulsie 02 May. 2015

I always like the concept of this but found the game far too difficult and not very enjoyable. I liked the sequel slightly better.

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damaderu 02 Dec. 2012

amazing

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
72 KB
Mac version
Game file
United Kingdom English
188 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
34 KB
Amiga version
Fixed by Scoopex
United Kingdom English
231 KB
MSX version
Game file
Japan Japanese
63 KB
Amstrad CPC version
Game file
United Kingdom English
21 KB
Atari 8-bit version
Game file
United Kingdom English
88 KB
Atari ST version
Game file
United Kingdom English
206 KB
Apple II version
Game file
United Kingdom English
55 KB
PC-88 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
222 KB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
DOS 372 KB English English
Misc Misc 1
Technical Addendum
DOS 71 KB English English

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