Most of you that are old hard core gamers probably remember Uplink, a simple but addictive game where you are a hacker fighting for his place among the best. The game required you to clear the logs, cover your tracks etc. That's exactly what Slave Hack is about, and it's a free browser-based game!
The game started 06/06/2006, and the admin had posted a small ad here at Astahost (http://www.astahost.com/new-online-hacking...ame-t12407.html). The number of players slowly grew until it was posted on www.digg.com. During a small period of time the number of players jumper from 500 to 5000. And it's not for nothing - the game really is good - and I know a lot of people from Astahost will agree with me on this one.
In this game, you start as an ordinary Internet user, with no programs whatsoever and an awful computer. That start would be very hard to cope with if there weren't some tutorials to get you going. On the game forums there are multiple manuals created to help new players get started. Also, you can't get hacked in the first 60 minutes of the game, because you are in the "newbie protection". But after that, be prepared to have all your files deleted.
Most players don't delete logs in the beginning, and that's the biggest mistake. Everything you do is logged - one wrong step and all your files are deleted. After that happens for a few times, everyone will learn their lesson, reset their IP and start over.
There are two things you should worry about all the time - money and hacking. Money is gathered by installing spam and warez virii on other computers (NPCs and real players) and sending "advertising" mail or warez files. As long as the slave, how the computer you are using is called in the game, doesn't change its IP address, you are accumulating profit. In order to really earn that money, you need to collect profit. Again, it the slave restarts its IP, you lose all you have earned. The money you collect is kept in banks, and that's another weak point. Banks have their logs where everything is recorded. If someone finds out your bank account number, say goodbye to all the cash.
Another thing you can do is DDoSing. Basically, it's making a target computer "overheat". You do not gain any money, but the target becomes crippled and open for any attacks. Therefore, you get a hacking chance, reputation and pleasure.
As I already said, the computer you start with as absolutely awful, so you must upgrade it as soon as possible. You can do so for you CPU, modem and hard drive. All the upgrades are very expensive, so you must save a lot of money, but the improvements are vast.
There is so much more that can be said about this game, but it would take a lot of time to write it. The right thing to do now is go to www.slavehack.com, register and play! However, if you need more information, feel free to visit my blog dedicated to Slave Hack. There you will find various explanations and it can be very useful. It is located here.
Since I am addicted to this game, I'll give it 11/10 on the mark sheet
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. This is what I wrote on the other topic for SlaveHack: