[b]Video Gadgeteer
Q4 Fall, 1990
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US)
$74,352,500[/b] (was $48,825,000)

((We've reached the time period I was born in! \(^_^)/ ))

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[b][i]EXECUTE[/i] announced![/b]

A strange new game for PC has been announced by Video Gadgeteer. You play as a hacker in the vein of certain movies over the past decade, breaking into banks, government databases and other computers connected to the ARPANET to steal money and information using dedicated programs and typing skills. Servers will attempt to back-trace you, so you have limited time to get in and get out. All the while, your internet connection is racking up bills which you have to pay with your ill-gotten gains. If you're successful enough, you can buy better components and programs or even a whole new computer to boost your capabilities.

[img]http://www.what-ho.co.uk/Uplink.jpg[/img]

(Like this but 8-bit)

Video Gadgeteer made a statement that the "hacking" in the game is merely a simulation of "movie hacking" and that players would not be able to learn how to commit real computer crime by playing. The game will be available on PC next summer.

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[b]Game Pocket devkits reduced in price![/b]

Video Gadgeteer has reduced the price of the Game Pocket devkit to $500,000 in the hopes of attracting more developers to the console.

"We are glad that our friendly rivals at Draconic Sudios are supporting our console, but we would like to attract a larger portion of the gaming industry to our platform." said Lead Developer Oliver Zehn.

Rumors are that the price drop was prompted by the impending release of the Game Machine and talk in the industry of a Goliath Entertainment console.

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[b]A package arrives for the gang of criminals...[/b]

(They open it up to find stacks of money and a note.)

[i]Here is your payment.[/i]

They look at the money and see the face of "The Father" from [i]Neopolis[/i] on the bills. A beeping sound is heard inside the box. They open it to find a military surplus tracking device.

Suddenly police and the national guard burst through the doors and surround them. "Hands up! You're under arrest!"

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[b]A letter arrives at Draconic Studios...[/b]

[i]To whom it may concern,

Video Gadgeteer feels it has sufficient legal right to order the cease-and-desist of [b]Ojada, the Monster Summoner[/b] immediately. You have 3 months to forward this letter to your legal counsel and comply.

~ Bright & Sunnay Law Offices[/i]