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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!agate!rsoft!mindlink!a3047
- From: Russell_Owsianski@mindlink.bc.ca (Russell Owsianski)
- Subject: Re: Steve Jackson's 'Hacker'
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 22:17:40 GMT
- Message-ID: <18370@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- > z_rasmusseam@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- >
- > Msg-ID: <1992Dec9.212435.2130@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- > Posted: 9 Dec 92 21:24:35 CST
- >
- > Org. : Stephen F. Austin State University
- >
- >
- > >>I've been trying to find a copy of 'Hacker' for the IBM PC,
- > >>but I haven't had much luck in town I live in.
- > > >
- > > Hmmm...there may be some confusion here. There is 2 games called
- > > 'Hacker'. One is a computer game and the other (I believe) is a
- > > card game. The latter is made by Steve Jackson Games. I don't
- > > know for sure if there is an IBM PC version of the computer game
- > > (which is NOT published by SJG).
- > >
- > >>Thanks for any replies.
- >
- > If you mean the game where you were a little SRU (I believe they called
- > it). I've got it somewhere.
- > To make sure we're talking about the same game, you went around and traded
- > (orginally) cash for
- > artifacts, then artifacts for document pieces or more artifacts. This the
- > one? Plays
- > REAL fast on 386-40 ;)
- > -- Adam
-
- I remember playing this one years ago on a mac (blech), it was an ok game for
- 1988-89 (?). Sort of slow going though...
-
- Steve Jackson's card game 'Hacker' on the other hand is a GREAT game. Anyone
- familiar with the net would find it VERY entertaining. In may ways, its a
- better multi-player game than Illuminati.
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