Hacker (1985)
- Download the game as TAP/TZX
- Play the tape for a real Spectrum
- Run the game in an online ZX Spectrum emulator
Hacker was released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum. Published by Activision Inc, the game was designed by the American developer Steve Cartwright.
The title is a graphic adventure game for a single player. It features multi-machine medium support and Flippy disk functionality. Users can control the game via cursor keys, a Kempston joystick, or an Interface 2 controller.
The original price for the cassette was £9.99. The game was also released on several other platforms, including Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, MSX, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, and Thomson MO/TO computers.
The game holds an average magazine score of 77.75%. It received 81% from Crash, 4/5 from Sinclair User and ZX Computing, and 7/10 from Your Sinclair.
In the USSR and Russia, the game gained recognition through a review in Spectrofon magazine and numerous TR-DOS versions released by Phantom Ltd and Alexander Maryshev. A cracked cassette version by Andy Tacker also circulated. The game's title was often confused with a well-known local electronic magazine of the same name.
Found 3 cracked versions (releases) of the game
