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 = 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
Paris Cash Chalet, Chronograph
Egypt Chronograph Scarab, Statue
Greece Statue
India Scarab
NY Chalet Stocks
Japan Stocks Camera, Pearls
China Pearls Jade
take the southern route, avoiding test site?
- S.American Jade
9) England Camera Beetles
SF Beetles
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:
- MAGMA, LTD
- AX-03100479
- HYDRAULIC
- AUSTRALIA
If you do solve this, please let me know:
Jon LaCure
Bitnet : lacurej@iubacs
Arpanet :
Written by Jon LaCure. Preserved here with the author credited. Original source: The Spoiler.