
Luckily for that poor bugger, I'm going for a bad ending here. The first ten minutes or so of pretty much any single-segment Uplink run is going to be done in the same way. The "storyline" starts on April 14th, the game on March 24th, meaning you've got 21 game days to get set up.

Which means getting loads of money, upgrading your system and getting all the software you need. Of course, the most obvious way of doing that is by hacking a bank, but that takes a bit of work. As Uplink randomises most of the data in the game upon creating a profile, you can't research people and systems in a single-segment run, so it's all improvisation.

I make my profile, hit InterNIC to get a load of Internal Services Machines (ISMs) in my links, set up a really long bounce in the map screen, and complete the test mission so I can get started.

The Uplink Test Server's password is always "rosebud", but unfortunately it's about the only system that doesn't have a random one.Ī few basic tricks that help in places, are hitting Tab to focus on the next text box, Enter to submit forms and get through welcome screens, and clicking on "scroll-in" menu items before they appear.
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The other big trick is using the VeryFast time mode to its full potential, to minimise the amount of time you spend waiting for something to happen.īeing quick in general is a case of being one step ahead as much as possible - having tools opened before you need them, for example.
