Creative Software Applications
The Hacker Simulator
By Adam Barker
Jan/Feb 1991
The Hacker Simulator is a simple to use simulation of hacking money
and using the share markets to make money.
Please read the instructions, and if you have a printer, it's a must
to print it out for later reference.
Click the left mouse button on the title screen and press any key
after reading the first few credits.
You will be asked to type the password. Use 'system' to logon.
You are welcome to the main system computer. Here you are prompted
with the word Command ?
To use the system, there are four simple commands. However, deep
concentration is needed to outsmart the clients.
The basic idea of the simulator is hack money from 15 people's
accounts. They have a record of their name,address age and current
account figures.
To display this list, type list.
The screen also shows your total amount (that you've hacked away), the
average amount per client and the total amount of all clients.
As you can see, each client has £50000 to start. Every 'pass', the
clients have another transaction with the bank, and the figures change
according to what they put in or take out.
Type 'pass' to get the system going.
By typing pass, a number of statistical pages are shown:
1. Previous transactions. These are the amounts that each client
either put in or took out in the last transaction.
2. The next page shows the pass number you're on. It also shows the
total amount of money you can possibly hack in this pass.
3. Market Reports (See Shares)
By typing 'list' after each pass, you can see the changes to the list
of clients amount etc.
Now, (after typing 'list') the current account figures are all
different. Some are less than 50000, and some are more. This is
because that client has either taken an amount, or put in an amount.
This amount is the money you hack out.
e.g:
Client has £50,000
A pass is carried out.
They put in £4,500
The list shows the client has £54,500
In order to get that amount (£4,500 in the example), you use a command
called 'ded' or deduct.
This ask's for the client number. Type that in and the informations is
shown according to which client it is.
Then an amount is asked. Type in the amount (i.e £4,500) but make it
one pound less (£4,499). IF YOU TYPE THE SAME AMOUNT, OR OVER THE
AMOUNT, YOU WILL BE CAUGHT AND FINED £15,000
The computer reports whether you are successful or not, and shows you
total.
Do this procedure to hack money out of as many clients as possible.
Type 'pass' and more transactions will take place.
This time, a transaction has taken place, but is harder to notice.
e.g:
Client has £50,000
Pass 1
You hack £4,500
They're left with £45,500
Pass 2
You hack their transaction (which was £3,000)
They're left with £42,000
Repeat this process.. and your total will build up, providing you
don't get caught.
Shares
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You can invest your money in the share market providing you have a
substantial amount to work with.
To access the markets, use 'shares' at the command prompt.
A list of available companies appear, with their shares current price
and how many shares you have in their company.
You are asked whether you want to buy or sell any shares, or exit to
the Command ? prompt.
To buy or sell, use B and return.
Next, select your required company. Obviously, more shares come from
cheap ones and less shares from expensive ones.
On the next screen, a display shows the name of the company, the
number, the price of 1 share, and the amount of shares you have in the
company.
It also shows the limit of shares you can buy with your total. If you
have any shares in there already, it shows how much you will gain by
selling them all.
Tell the computer whether you're buying or selling. In each case, type
in the amount of shares involved. If you're buying more than you can
afford, a message saying 'Insufficient funds' will be displayed.
Always use 0 to exit either buying or selling amounts.
If you sell more than you have, a message saying 'Shares don't exist'
will be shown.
If you buy the right amount of shares, or sell the right amounts, your
dealings will be O.K and you will return to the start of the share
prompts.
Market Reports
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On a pass, the market share prices either go up or down. They is
however, some changes that are made and can affect your shares:
1. Market Crash. Everything is lost, money and shares.
2. Company Crash. The shares equivalent is deducted from your total,
if you have shares in the company that is shown.
3. Tax on Market (40%) 40% of your shares are deducted from your
total.
4. Tax on Market (100%) 100% of your share values are deducted from
total.
5. Tax on Market (50%) Half your share values deducted from your
total.
6. Bonus Market (50%) Half your share values added to your total
7. Bonus Market (100%) Your share values are added to your total.
8. Company Profits(50%) You gain 50% of the companies profits.
9. Company Profits(100%) You gain 100% of the companies profits
10. Company Tax (30%) 30% of a certain companies tax is deducted from
your total.
At the end of the six passes, you are faced with a large string. Somewhere
in there, is a word in small letters, with the first letter in capitals.
You have twenty seconds to find the word, and you have to type it in.
If you get it right- you've completed it!!