Hacker FAQ Game Walkthrough

Hacker FAQ

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:

. +---------------------+ . . . . . . +-----------------------------+---+ . .
|. | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
|. | . . . . . . . . . . +-------------N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
|. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . .
|. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +---+ . +-----E-----+ . | . | . .
|. | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . . . | . | . | . .
|. +-C-+-----+ . . . . . . . +-S . . . W-----+ . | . +---+-- F . | G-+ . | . .
|. . . | . . J . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . .
|. . . | . . +---------------+-----+-------------+---+ . | . | . +-P-+ . +-I .
|. . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . | . .
+------+ . +-----+ . +-------+ . . | . . A---------------+ . | . | . +---+ . .
|. . . | . | . . | . | . . . | . . | . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . .
|. +---+---+-----+---+-------+-----+ . . | . +------------ . | . | . | . . . .
|. | . | . | . . . . | . . . . . . . . . | . | . . . . . . . | . | . | . . . .
|. +---+ . . . . . . +---+ . . . . . . . | . +-- X-----------+ . | . | . . . .
|. . . | . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . | . | . . . .
+------+-------------+ . +---------------+-----------------------+ . +---- . .

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
-----------------------------------------------------------
1) Paris Cash Chalet, Chronograph
2) Egypt Chronograph Scarab, Statue
3) Greece Statue
4) India Scarab
5) NY Chalet Stocks
6) Japan Stocks Camera, Pearls
7) China Pearls Jade
take the southern route, avoiding test site?
8) S.American Jade
9) England Camera Beetles
10) SF Beetles
11) 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:
1) MAGMA, LTD
2) AX-03100479
3) HYDRAULIC
4) AUSTRALIA

If you do solve this, please let me know:
Jon LaCure
Bitnet : lacurej@iubacs
Arpanet : lacurej@gold.bacs.indiana.edu