The Nightfall Incident is a SpyboticsOnline 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 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
Description
Hack
2
4
500
Basic attack program
Bug
5
1
750
Fast, cheap, and out of control
Slingshot
2
2
750
Basic ranged attack program
Data Doctor
4
5
500
Helps your programs grow
Bit Man
3
3
250
Makes sectors of the grid appear or disappear
Clog*
2
4
N/A
Slows down hostile programs
*Clog is a mission reward.
Level 2 Warez Node: Tsumara285
Name
Move
Max Size
Cost
Description
Hack 2.0
3
4
1500
Improved Hack: larger size and better attacks
Golem Mud
1
5
1200
Slow and steady attack program
Wolf Spider
3
3
750
Speedy and creepy little program
Seeker
3
3
1000
Solid distance attack program
Tower
0
1
1000
Immobile long-range program
Medic
3
3
1000
Grows your programs from a distance
Turbo
3
3
1000
Speeds up your programs
Level 3 Warez Node: Kimoni Ameotung
Name
Move
Max Size
Cost
Description
Hack 3.0
4
4
3500
The top of the Hack series
Golem Clay
2
6
3000
Clay is stronger than mud
Black Widow
4
3
2000
Speedier and creepier
Mandelbug
5
1
3000
It's not a bug, it's a feature
Buzzbomb
8
2
3500
Fast and annoying
Fiddle
3
3
2400
Twiddle and tweak the power of your programs
Seeker 2.0
3
4
2500
Bigger and better than Seeker
Mobile Tower
1
1
1800
Slow-moving long-range program
Satellite
1
1
3500
Sort-range hard-hitting program
Ballista
1
2
3000
Extreme-range attack program
Data Doctor Pro
5
8
1500
Twice the expansion power of Data Doctor
Clog.02
2
4
2000
Twice as effective as version.01
Turbo Deluxe
4
4
1750
Slow and steady is for losers
Memory Hog*
5
30
N/A
Massive memory-filling bloatware
*Memory Hog is a mission reward.
Level 4 Warez Node: Minerva
Name
Move
Max Size
Cost
Description
Golem Stone
3
7
5000
Nothing can stand in its way
Tarantula
5
3
3500
Fast, with a venemous bite
Heisenbug
5
1
4000
They can't kill what they can't catch
Logic Bomb
3
6
3500
Self-destructing attack program
Sumo
2
12
4500
A massive and slow-moving powerhouse
Seeker 3.0
4
5
4500
Seeker with extra deletion power
Laser Satellite
2
1
5000
Long-range hard-hitting program
Catapult
2
3
4000
Extreme-range mobile attacker
Clog.03
2
4
3500
Brings hostile programs to a halt
Guru
2
3
4500
Multipurpose software for the 133tist of the 133t
Wizard*
3
4
N/A
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.