#Spybotics the nightfall incident netmap upgrade#
#Spybotics the nightfall incident netmap software#

I know that’s rather vague, and yet it is most appropriate. The Atmosphere: Somehow, despite its (even by the standards of 10 years ago) basic graphics and music capabilities, the game creates a really great atmosphere between the story, the music, and the gameplay – it just feels right. Again, there’s a tutorial to take you through the actual gameplay and there is other helpful information along the way.

#Spybotics the nightfall incident netmap upgrade#

As is usual in most games, you start off with limited resources – in this case the two programs Hack and Slingshot – and can upgrade along the way by winning battles and receiving a credit reward.

#Spybotics the nightfall incident netmap software#

You do this by engaging in databattles where you pit your programs (with names such as Hack, Slingshot, and Bug) against rogue software (Watchman, Sentinel, Sensor, etc.). In a nutshell, S:TNI is a turn-based Shockwave game where you play a SMART (Secret Mission Agents Robotics Team) agent whose job it is to track down crime on the internet. Still, I feel compelled to share something about the actual game. Also the game has a tutorial right at the start that helps you understand what is going on.

Note that there are, of course, websites that will break the game down in its entirety, but I really encourage you to spoil as little of it as possible, especially the story, because it is just that much fun. So what is S:TNI all about? I don’t want to reveal too much because when I first played it I had no real idea what it was and as a result the game was that much more fun. Fortunately, at least in this case, once something is on the internet it never dies and today several archive-type websites host the game I’ve included the link for the first site that pops up through a Google search. Don’t know if Spybot just wasn’t successful or what, but they killed the entire thing including the game.

Sometime later when I went back to play it again, it was no longer on the Lego website. In any case, along with the sets Lego released the titular game, which is where I first played it. How this is done I have no idea – I never owned the sets and it’s not at all important for the game itself. Spybot was a set of four Lego robot sets released in 2002 that, with the aid of a CD-Rom, could be programmed to accomplish various missions. So I thought I’d share it with you in case you missed this gem.Ī little background is in order. Specifically, it was while looking at various angles for a hacker story that I recalled I had (many years ago) stumbled upon a surprisingly excellent hacker game called Spybot: The Nightfall Incident. Just this morning while working on a current cyberpunk project – FlashCity Stories – something dredged itself up from the depths of my memory banks.