Hackers Version 1.1

Hackers of 2073, Version 1.1, for both Windows and Mac, is available for purchase and download!

The Windows demo is still available for download.

Check the forums for information on the changes.

Game Features

Hackers of 2073 is a game that simulates the skills of hacker using casual puzzles that involve logic, language, and a little dexterity.  The easy difficulty is simple enough for a 10-year-old child, while the Insane difficulty will challenge even the most cunning player!

• A tutorial to teach you the game while you play.  Plus, detailed help available inside the game!
• Play as the Hacker or Technomage, each with its own abilities!
• Navigate a series of networks using "Minesweeper"-like logic.
• Avoid objects trying to stop you!
  • Daemon
  • Proximity Intrusion Countermeasures (ProxIC)
  • Black Intrusion Countermeasures (BlackIC)
• Use a variety of programs to assist in navigation including:
  • Area Bombs which reveal an area around you,
  • Runs which reveal long paths and nearby Proximity IC,
  • Sprites which help you solve the network, and
  • IC Break which kills IC.
• Solve 20 puzzles in 6 categories to access the final challenge
  • Image Pass: a rebus puzzle,
  • Pattern: a unique pattern-recoginition game,
  • Network Link: find a wire loop using logic,
  • Dual Snakes: determine a path of numbers and letters,
  • Phrase Pass: a classic hangman game, and
  • Final Key: collect all the data to get 1 of 4 keys.
• Custom difficulties allow you to tailor the game to your skills and likes.
• Complete the final challenge to destroy the 4 of the greatest threats to 2073!
  • Run around a unique circular grid to avoid Black and Proximity IC.
  • Collect keys and try them at various critical portions to deactive them
  • Deliver a virus to the final area in the Data Stream controller and win the game!

Introduction to the World of 2073

The future is now.

Failed utopias litter a dark world stage. War and corruption are the hallmarks of the 21st century. The manipulations of the Elite have soured the Masses till hate and distrust destroyed all that was good in the world. The corporate combines and political machinery were relentless in their campaigns against humanity. With blank faces the powerful fell upon their weakened prey. No honor, no mercy, no rationale could explain their assault save that a madness had gripped the Elite. Extermination by all means possible seemed their plan, as though a clean slate were all that mattered to them.

Then something happened. From out of the forgotten places of the earth an awakening unfolded. One by one the Elder Races crept back into the bright lights of the modern world. So consumed were the Masses with surviving the attacks of the Elite that no one noticed the first of the Elder colonies. But when waves of the Silent Resistance spread out against the Elite cowering men knew the Elder Races had sided with them.

Did they come to save humanity? Would the Elder Races turn on lowly man once the Elite had been swept aside? No one knew. But they welcomed ‘Those of Olde’ whatever their plans may be.

Story Added

"Inside the Dweller's Sanctum" was added to the Media section of the website.  This short story describes events before and after those contained within "Hackers of 2073".