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The Nightfall Incident is a Spybotics Online game developed by Gamelab in 2002, formerly hosted by the LEGO official website. Currently, the game can only be found on various archive sites.
The game featured the four signature spybots from the Spybotics theme, Gigamesh G60, Snaptrax S45, Shadowstrike S70 and Technojaw T55.
Contents
Gameplay
The player character assumes the role of a "SMART" agent, whose job is to police crime on the net, using his or her personal spybot as a hacking tool. Most of the game consists of logging onto hacked corporate servers, restoring the company's access by destroying their corrupted security programs or retrieving locked files from the company's archives. In order to fight and move around within the corporate server grids, the player can purchase SMART designed hacking programs, each containing a different set of strategic abilities with which to combat rogue security software.
The player can also accept missions from various contacts on the net. Successfully restoring a corporate computer or completing a mission gains the player credits and sometimes unique or experimental programs.
Programs
In order to fight computer crime, both SMART agents and corporations use special programs that can fight against hostile software within a server. When hacking into a hostile node, the player is able to upload a certain number of programs onto the server grid, which will usually contain a number of hostile programs in waiting. Upon uploading his or her programs, the player can then control and use them to fight corrupted software and/or gather important data packages.
Most programs are acquired through Warez nodes. In exchange for credits, Warez nodes will supply agents with what software they have available.
Level 1 Warez Node: Leo Leontis
| Name | Move | Max Size | Cost | Commands | Description | |
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Hack | 2 | 4 | 500 | Slice: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Basic attack program |
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Bug | 5 | 1 | 750 | Glitch: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Fast, cheap, and out of control |
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Slingshot | 2 | 2 | 750 | Stone: Range:3 Deletes 1 sector from target | Basic ranged attack program |
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Data Doctor | 4 | 5 | 500 | Grow: Adds 2 sectors to target | Helps your programs grow |
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Bit Man | 3 | 3 | 250 | Zero: Deletes one grid square
One: Repairs one grid space |
Makes sectors of the grid appear or disappear |
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Clog* | 2 | 4 | N/A | Lag: Range:3 Decreases move rate of target by 1 | Slows down hostile programs |
*Clog is a mission reward.
Level 2 Warez Node: Tsumara285
| Name | Move | Max Size | Cost | Commands | Description | |
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Hack 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 1500 | Slice: Deletes 2 sectors from target
Dice: Size Req:3 Deletes 3 sectors from target |
Improved Hack: larger size and better attacks |
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Golem Mud | 1 | 5 | 1200 | Thump: Deletes 3 sectors from target | Slow and steady attack program |
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Wolf Spider | 3 | 3 | 750 | Byte: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Speedy and creepy little program |
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Seeker | 3 | 3 | 1000 | Peek: Range:2 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Solid distance attack program |
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Tower | 0 | 1 | 1000 | Spot: Range:3 Deletes 3 sectors from target | Immobile long-range program |
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Medic | 3 | 3 | 1000 | Hypo: Range:3 Adds 2 sectors to target | Grows your programs from a distance |
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Turbo | 3 | 3 | 1000 | Boost: Increases move rate of target by 1 and deletes 1 sector from Turbo | Speeds up your programs |
Level 3 Warez Node: Kimoni Ameotung
| Name | Move | Max Size | Cost | Commands | Description | |
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Hack 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 3500 | Slice: Deletes 2 sectors from target
Mutilate: Size Req:4 Deletes 4 sectors from target |
The top of the Hack series |
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Golem Clay | 2 | 6 | 3000 | Bash: Deletes 5 sectors from target | Clay is stronger than mud |
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Black Widow | 4 | 3 | 2000 | Byte: Deletes 2 sectors from target
Paralyze: Decreases move rate of target program by 3 |
Speedier and creepier |
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Mandelbug | 5 | 1 | 3000 | Fractal Glitch: Deletes 4 sectors from target | It's not a bug, it's a feature |
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Buzzbomb | 8 | 2 | 3500 | Sting: Deletes 1 sector from target
Kamikaze: Deletes 5 sectors from target and erases Buzzbomb |
Fast and annoying |
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Fiddle | 3 | 3 | 2400 | Tweak: Increases move rate of target by 1 and deletes 1 sector from Fiddle
Twiddle: Increases maximum size of target by 1 and deletes 1 sector from Fiddle |
Twiddle and tweak the power of your programs |
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Seeker 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 2500 | Poke: Range:3 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Bigger and better than Seeker |
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Mobile Tower | 1 | 1 | 1800 | Spot: Range:3 Deletes 3 sectors from target | Slow-moving long-range program |
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Satellite | 1 | 1 | 3500 | Scramble: Range:2 Deletes 4 sectors from target | Sort-range hard-hitting program |
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Ballista | 1 | 2 | 3000 | Fling: Range:4 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Extreme-range attack program |
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Data Doctor Pro | 5 | 8 | 1500 | Megagrow: Adds up to 4 sectors to target
Surgery: Increases maximum size of target program by 1 |
Twice the expansion power of Data Doctor |
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Clog.02 | 2 | 4 | 2000 | Chug: Range:3 Decreases move rate of target by 2 | Twice as effective as version.01 |
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Turbo Deluxe | 4 | 4 | 1750 | Megaboost: Size Req:3 Range:2 Adds 2 to move rate of target and deletes 2 sectors from Turbo Deluxe | Slow and steady is for losers |
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Memory Hog* | 5 | 30 | N/A | N/A | Massive memory-filling bloatware |
*Memory Hog is a mission reward.
Level 4 Warez Node: Minerva
| Name | Move | Max Size | Cost | Commands | Description | |
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Golem Stone | 3 | 7 | 5000 | Crash: Deletes 7 sectors from target | Nothing can stand in its way |
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Tarantula | 5 | 3 | 3500 | Megabyte: Deletes 3 sectors from target
Paralyze: Decreases move rate of program by 3 |
Fast, with a venemous bite |
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Heisenbug | 5 | 1 | 4000 | Quantum Glitch: Deletes 6 sectors from target | They can't kill what they can't catch |
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Logic Bomb | 3 | 6 | 3500 | Selfdestruct: Deletes 10 sectors from target and erases Logicbomb | Self-destructing attack program |
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Sumo | 2 | 12 | 4500 | Dataslam: Size Req:6 Deletes 8 sectors from target | A massive and slow-moving powerhouse |
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Seeker 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 4500 | Poke: Range:3 Deletes 2 sectors from target
Seek and Destroy: Size Req:5 Range:2 Deletes 5 sectors from target and 2 from Seeker |
Seeker with extra deletion power |
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Laser Satellite | 2 | 1 | 5000 | Megascramble: Range:3 Deletes 4 sectors from target | Long-range hard-hitting program |
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Catapult | 2 | 3 | 4000 | Fling: Range:4 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Extreme-range mobile attacker |
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Clog.03 | 2 | 4 | 3500 | Chug: Range:3 Decreases move rate of target by 2
Hang: Size Req:4 Range:3 Decreases move rate of target to 0 |
Brings hostile programs to a halt |
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Guru | 2 | 3 | 4500 | Fire: Range:2 Deletes 4 sectors from target
Ice: Range:2 Decreases move rate of target by 3 |
Multipurpose software for the 133tist of the 133t |
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Wizard* | 3 | 4 | N/A | Scorch: Range:3 Deletes 2 sectors from target
Stretch: Increases max size of target by 1 |
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain |
*Wizard is a mission reward.
Corporate Programs
Corporate programs are unobtainable, and can only be encountered as enemies. While most of the hostile programs the player will encounter are rogue corporate programs, there are a few instances in the game where the player will also come across rogue SMART programs.
| Name | Move | Max Size | Range | Damage | Commands | Description | |
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Sentinel | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Cut: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Corporate data defender |
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Sentinel 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Cut: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Improved corporate data defender |
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Sentinel 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Taser: Deletes 4 sectors from target | Sentinel that attacks several programs at once |
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Watchman | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Phaser: Range:2 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Corporate ranged attack program |
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Watchman X | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Phaser: Range:2 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Improved version of Watchman |
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Watchman SP | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | Photon: Range:3 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Watching from an even greater distance |
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Guard Pup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Byte: Deletes 2 sectors from target | A speedy little corporate cur |
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Guard Dog | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Byte: Deletes 2 sectors from target | Who let this dog out? |
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Attack Dog | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | Megabyte: Deletes 3 sectors from target | Ravenous and bloodthirsty corporate canine |
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Warden | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | Thump: Deletes 3 sectors from target | Slow and steady corporate attack program |
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Warden+ | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | Bash: Deletes 5 sectors from target | Get out of its way |
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Warden++ | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Crash: Deletes 7 sectors from target | The last word in corporate security |
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Sensor | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | Blip: Range:5 Deletes 1 sector from target | Immobile program eradicator |
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Sonar | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Ping: Range:8 Deletes 1 sector from target | Long-range program eradicator |
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Radar | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Pong: Range:5 Deletes 2 sectors from target | Deadly program eradicator |
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Fire Wall | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | Burn: Deletes 1 sector from target | Keeps unwanted programs out of corporate sectors |
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Boss | 6 | 25 | 5 | 5 | Shutdown: Range:5 Deletes 5 sectors from target | Prepare to be 0wned |
