Ready to get on-line?

THE YEAR IS 1991. YOU ARE A SOFTWARE TECHNICIAN AT TELEXSOFT THAT REPAIRS PERSONAL COMPUTERS. YOUR FIRST JOB IS FIXING A RECENTLY RELEASED TXOS COMPUTER THAT IS LURKING WITH VIRUSES. HOWEVER, SOME VIRUSES ARE HARDER TO FIND THAN OTHERS …

ISSUES

• Try holding or pressing the ESC key or ~ multiple times if the expected behaviour doesn’t work.

UNLOCKING THE PASSWORD

• One of the bulletin messages suggests a name is a common password source.
• How could you infer the correct name from the files on the computer? Are there any first names that stand out as a little different?

FINDING THE VIRUSES:

• HELL: You’ll find this one if you solve another of the game’s puzzles.
• OUROBOROS: What is an ouroboros? How would you recreate it?
• REDLETTER: Do you like to write? Like a lot?
• TIEBREAKER: Not all games have win or lose conditions.
• THEJIGGLER: Do you like to draw? What happens when the virus keeps reappearing?
• TICKTOCK: Some times make sense and others don’t.
• ZEROZERO: What can’t you do with zero?

ENDING THE GAME

• Are there any new messages you should check now all the viruses are gone?
• What happens when you try to exit the bulletin after reading them?