NationStates Jolt Archive

Who has heard of these guys. They call themselves "the last of the bedroom programmers" and they have certianly shown that in the first two games they have produced.

http://www.uplink.co.uk/

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/

And now

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/index.html

Defcon, which is the game which will interest most of the people on here. The tagline is

"Its Global Thermonuclear war, and no one wins. But maybe, you can lose the least"

Sounds like I'd enjoy that game.

Uplink is the best game in the world. I want it's babies. I got addicted for about a year, and it keeps cropping up evry few months :D

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/screenshots/screenshot01.jpg

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/screenshots/screenshot60.jpg

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/screenshots/screenshot54.jpg

http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/screenshots/screenshot21.jpg

Some Defcon screenshots

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/screenshots/image16.jpg

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/screenshots/image11.jpg

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/screenshots/image17.jpg

http://www.darwinia.co.uk/screenshots/image21.jpg

Some Darwinia screenshots

Sounds good. Uplink was great fun, don't know how many nights were thrown away at that..

Bump

Hmmm might have to get this uplink game for my security nights, could deffinatly waste some time on that

Uplink is twenty pounds?! That's something like... 40 dollars-ish?

Why don't you just download Decker, it's free and addictive.

Uplink is amazing. Well worth it.

Uplink is amazing. Well worth it.
Yeah... I doubt it. What's so great about it?

Yeah... I doubt it. What's so great about it?

Ther's so much to do... About a million billion gazillion missions, a storyline that isn't great but isn't shite, a lot of hardware and software upgrades, and lots of computers and networks to hack. >: )

EDIT: and built-in IRC :D

Ther's so much to do... About a million billion gazillion missions, a storyline that isn't great but isn't shite, a lot of hardware and software upgrades, and lots of computers and networks to hack. >: )
Hehe, sounds like Decker, with better graphics and a 40-dollar price tag.

Does Decker have built-in IRC? Didn't think so :p

EDIT: Having just checked out Decker I can tell you it's nothing like it. Decker is a joke by comparison. It looks like a barely-themed RPG...

Does Decker have built-in IRC? Didn't think so :p
Huh, it's funny, they made this thing called "IRC, outside of the game". It's scary new technology. :eek: :eek: :eek:

It looks like a barely-themed RPG...
Is that like "barely-legal" RPG. Oh, yeah ;) (Porn groove plays)

Hah. You can chat to people whilst playing the game. Fun. Helpful.
Decker may be a good example of an RPG, but it can't hold a candle, never mind a torch, to Uplink.

http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/february02/uplink/

http://www.allaboutgames.co.uk/gamereviews.php?8

http://www.gamerstemple.com/games/000229/000229r01.asp

http://www.uplink.co.uk/othersites_printmagreviews.html

A few reviews of uplink

Uplink is teh secksay. Getting people arrested is fun. :D

Hehe, it's funny, all the reviews make it sound just like decker, minus 40 dollars.

Bah. Uplink has more to offer. There's a reason you have to pay.

EDIT: The-underdogs agrees with me! I must be right!

The game is quite interesting in principle, but gets more and more repetitive as you go along, because most of the action is presented via static screens, and new jobs sound too similar to one another after a while. A fun game overall, but unfortunately not as good as Neuromancer and the more recent Uplink, two classics in the genre.

Bah. Uplink has more to offer. There's a reason you have to pay.

EDIT: The-underdogs agrees with me! I must be right!
Meh, I still think the cost difference pushes Uplink out of favor.

It used to be less than $25, but then it got popular. Heh.

It used to be less than $25, but then it got popular. Heh.
25 dollars is still a lot of money (Generally, I only buy software from the "old games" section in Target. Bargain bin, w00t w00t!!!)

25 dollars is still a lot of money (Generally, I only buy software from the "old games" section in Target. Bargain bin, w00t w00t!!!)

Old games rawk. Star Control! My obsession, 1996-forever.

Decker isnt a marketable-quality game though. Where-as Uplink is :P

Not to mention you can get uplink for free via their official forums....

But aye.. many an hour spent to Uplink :D have been playing on and off since the demo came out

Decker isnt a marketable-quality game though. Where-as Uplink is :P

Not to mention you can get uplink for free via their official forums....

But aye.. many an hour spent to Uplink :D have been playing on and off since the demo came out

You can get it for free? Eh?

I played Uplink. It Pwned.
I beta tested Darwina (linux version). It Pwned.
I played Darwinia. It Pwned.
I'm alpha testing defcon. I cant tell you wether it pwns or not as it's a non playable alpha. But the appearence is of pwnage,