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>>16605440

I bet

>>16605420

I didn't do nuffin

A nuke simulator or anything with more indepth missile mechanics would be cool.

For hacking TIS-100 and hacknet are supposed to be alright, then again you can just as well actually fire up ghidra or radare2 and get yourself a crackme

>>16605846

TIS-100 has nothing to do with "hacking"

If any Zachtronics game would apply it'd be Exapunks.

>>16605873

Didn't play it so I wouldn't know, only heard that it covers its topic decently but fair enough OP wanted a hacker sim

>>16606116

TIS-100 is just about a guy in his garage fixing his dead uncle's weird computer using multithreaded 16-core ASM.

Exapunks is about a hacker in the future infected with a degenerative disease, hacking shit for an AI to get anti-cyberAIDS meds.

They're both more about writing code to transform data into other data, but Exapunks at least themes it as hacking and infiltration.

Hacknet is more about actual simulated hacking of other computer systems, and Uplink is what it's inspired by although Uplink is superior if you ask me.

>>16606155

>although Uplink is superior if you ask me

Uplink is superior to all other hacking games, which is a shame considering how outdated and limited it is. Dunno why nobody has ever expanded on the concept.

There was once a public browser game where you could launch a nuke from any(your) location on the world map and see what other people were launching nukes at. Does anyone know the name of it? I vaguely remember Israel getting turned into a red dot

>>16605420

Defcon i guess.

>>16605428

requesting sauce

>>16606582

Shadow President

>>16606155

Uplink is great I own it. Hard to learn. What's this Exapunks thing?

>>16607041

As I said, it's a Zachtronics game. This particular one has you writing code for nanobots that can replicate and move through networks, usually to find and/or change particular data on said network. It's very much not a terminal based H4X73HPL4N37 simulator, more a programming problem solving game with hacking flavor.

It's good though, I'd at least give it "a try"

>>16605428

I would say getting impeached for saving the world is worth it.

>>16607093

>saving the world

Anon, that was merely 4141000 deaths. The jews have survived 6 billion of them being killed, this is nothing compared to those 6 trillion lives lost in the holocaust.

>>16605846

>For hacking TIS-100 and hacknet are supposed to be alright

Hacknet is neat, but far more simplistic than the reigning champion of the genre, namely Uplink.

As for TIS-100, pretty much every other Zachtronics game is about building machines (or code) to solve a particular problem, but Shenzen I/0 and Exapunks are the two other games with a focus on coding and electronics.

>>16605846

>>16606155

>>16607061

>>16607195

Zachtronics games are always puzzle games rather than sandboxes/simulations like Uplink. You have lots of freedom, but only to solve one crafted problem.

As for hacking themes, TIS-100 is hacking by definition. Modifying a computer to dig into it, is the essence of hacking. Bypassing security and entering other systems is also part of hacking, but more specifically "cracking".

Anyways, the best Zachtronics games capture the feeling of working as a hacker (or a creative programmer type) for some corporation who doesn't understand your work. It's a more humorous approach which works better in a game, since you get more guided level/puzzle design and difficulty curve. Being left on your own, like in Uplink, can get old, or leave you overwhelmed when shit hits the fan (not necessarily a bad thing)

>>16607158

Always playing the victim card, fucking kikes

There's a very old (DOS age, about same time as Shadow President) and realistic nuclear war game called "Bravo Romeo Delta". It goes into detail regarding nuclear war I have never seen another game go into. Goal is to knock out the enemies (USA or USSR, can choose both sides) nuclear capabilities while getting yourself as little damage as possible. You wanna do what Wargames claimed was not possible, namely win a nuclear war while avoiding nuclear armageddon.

It's realistic in the way that you can only see what your systems and military bases reporting etc. give you as feedback and that there's also sometimes wrong feedback by your early warning systems or military bases. The more the situation deteriorates, the blinder you go and the more unreliable reports get. It also goes into detail about different nuke launch platforms (from bomber to icbm to sub to mobile) and defensive systems and satellite systems and such. Highly interesting game but difficult and very outdated interface. Don't even try to play it without manual. Would love to see that one remade but it won't happen. Defcon is a child's toy in comparison. I never won BRD, it might actually not be possible and that might be the message. It's interesting and in-depth nonetheless.

The only good hacking game is uplink. Loved how that actually had kind of a breathing world and you could do shit like get people arrested. The hacking games that are just about solving set problems don't compare.

http://mudstats.com/World/Telehack

multi user dungeon arpanet hacking simulator

This one is rather bland in design but seems cool

>In this simulation it's all about global conflicts. Try to stay alive and play enemy countries against each other. Decide the right politics at the right time and your country will prevail.

>"The world descends into World War III. This is your time to lead the Illuminati lodge to world domination. Select a country and influence its politics. Make it the only survivor and your lodge will prevail!"

>Select one of more than 50 actual countries with different attributes like infrastructure, population, military force or stability and make it the dominant force in the world. Improve relations, blackmail other leaders, nuke enemy countries or try to fight terrorism.

>Five different scenarios:

>-World War Zombie: Survive the war AND the zombies. Stop them from spreading or infect other countries to ensure their downfall!

>-Kim Jong's Nuclear Mayhem: North Korea actually IS the superpower it always claimed. Find allies in the world and prepare for the ultimate battle!

>-Conquer the World: Demonstrate your military superiority by conquering every country of the world. But beware - the enemy empire has plans of its own.

>-My Own Country: Create your own country from scratch and show the World that you still dominate!

>-The Almighty Sandbox: Play with unlimited resources and change your country while playing to experiment with the simulation.

>Sounds pretty fucked up, huh?

>

>>16607061

I'll go and check it out right now

Holy shit Exapunks is some hardass shit. I'll come back to it

>>16607700

Sounds cool but I'll stick to Defcon.

>>16614239

Exapunks is one of the easiest Zachtronics games if you ask me, though I think I may have played it before it got patched to remove something I used a bunch.

Opus Magnum is the easiest, Exapunks second, then Infinifactory (the most subjective one because it requires 3D spatial thinking, easier for some than others), then TIS-100 and Shenzhen I/O, then finally Spacechem

In my opinion at least. I hae experience with Assembly, whereas spacechem's 2D grid grabbing and rotating stuff is foreign to me and doesn't compute as well. I also like his older games, like KOHCTPYLTOP and Ruckenginur, but they're a lot jankier.

>>16614257

I need to finish this one sometime but doesn't the SJW problem hair actually turn out to be the terrorist?

God those first five notes bring me back.

>>16614409

I dunno I haven't played it all the way through

>>16605420

NITE Team 4 is the best hacking sim there is.

>>16605428

Sim City 4

>>16607158

Hopefully nothing happens to that dude. He gave all the right answers, in my view.

>>16615255

I'm getting it today

>>16607697

I do not, sorry anon

>>16607158

Didn't Primus used to live in El Sobrante?

You guys should First Strike Final Hour, its Defcon with skill trees and a more 3D interactive console.

>>16605846

see my post above this one

>>16606242

the cries in the soundtrack used to hit me in the feels.

>>16606188

>Dunno why nobody has ever expanded on the concept.

Probably too niche to convince anyone that it's profitable.

>>16628196

But there are other hacking games, they just follow a more shitty linear format rather than the open ended format of Uplink.

>>16617159

>I guess niggers need to stop wearing dreadlocks

huh? I always thought dredlocks was jamaican, ie: nigger culture

>>16631481

I played Nite 4 for five or so hours and there is one part I can't past for the end of training and that's finding the hidden server. this is pissing me off and to think my zoomer younger brother bought this for me for my 37th birthday (yea go ahead and laugh) I don't want him to feel like he wasted 35 bucks on his own steam for me.

>>16633618

is that the one made by the Black Watchmen guys? because if so don't feel too bad, they expect you get pretty fucking autistic to solve some of the cases. i think the difficulty is that it's really hard to find hints that will actually show you how to reach the solution for yourself and will instead just give it away

>>16606130

wait isn't this Super Power 2? I have this.

the actual music/score is very creepy and it feels like an actual end of the world scenario. and this is OP. didn't click the embed last time.

I turned Ireland into Ireland ruled by an Authoritarian Communist dictatorship with Catholic Sharia level laws and every country began to hate me. its close my views (except not as commie, just like natsyn maybe) and maybe that's why people here in the US can't stand me. a man without a nation indeed.

>>16633635

>Communist Catholic

>Catholic Sharia

>Communist Catholic Sharia

That's so contradictory I can't

>>16607697

https://archive.org/details/OyVeyPart2CantMossadTheAssad

DL'ing it now to webm it later, but my VPN is slow as fuck

>>16605428

>they are particularly upset that you would attack a country with no global nuclear strike capability

I'm amazed that people would believe such blatant lies.

>>16633846

It's an old game though.

>>16631585

They got it from native americans. However celts also had dreads.

>>16605428

Shadow President is such a fucking great game, you just made me load up my old save.

>>16633698

It's actually possible it's just never been attempted

>>16633627

I would likely assume so. This is Beyond Dark Souls level shit.

>>16634701

So blacks culturally appropriated us?

>>16635448

No, communism isn't compatible with Catholicism. It's one of the few political/economic systems that the Church has outright denounced.

>>16634701

>>16635540

I think dreadlocks are what happens to many kinds of hair naturally if you don't wash it ever. Cavemen had dreadlocks.

>>16635907

Never heard of Christcomm have you?

>>16636693

No, and searching the term brings up different institutions with similar names. Regardless, Catholicism and communism aren't compatible. Aren't you confusing the Church with some protestant sect?

This one weird froggie global politics game which had the weirdest anti-pirate system. You could not plant anything on a global map that required manual clicking. Everything else worked just fine. It was released around '08 for french army or something.

The game was a bloody fire! You could control almost every internal political thing from lowering taxes on pesticides (and getting farmers road block you for a whole month) to building extra supply of tanks (and getting war protestors road block you). Road block and protesting is an integral part of french culture and this game shows it very well.

Map overview only allowed global map with little to no zooming to experience soldier icons moving over tiles.

External politics was pure and unadulturated shit. It was probably meant as a multiplayer game, but presidental 'meetings' are a joke (just like real life) and serves no purpose except make those saudis buy your fucking oil.

For some reason the default american force is a joke bent on bending over, i could easily steal few of their north productive states when they declared a war on my ass. In contrast: united european forces kicked ass quite strongly. Would not protect Iran again.

>>16635540

we wuz celts n shieet