Hacking with a Gameboy

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edro

edro

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So I saw this super low budget movie on Sci-Fi one time, where a guy hacked into an artificial intelligence computer system, that had taken control of the complex (like every other 80's Sci-Fi movie), using a Nintendo Gameboy, and when it flashed the code up, there were comments in his code. The timer was coutning down and the computer was about to take over control of some nuclear arms... or something.

The question I wanted to know was... When you are saving the world from a master mind computer, hacking with a Gameboy, using a directional pad and 4 buttons... do you REALLY have time to write
comments in your code?

Anyone have experience hacking with a Gameboy? Did you leave comments in your code under that type of time constraint?
 
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ShotgunSteven

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Originally posted by: edro13
So I saw this super low budget movie on Sci-Fi one time, where a guy hacked into an artificial intelligence computer system, that had taken control of the complex (like every other 80's Sci-Fi movie), using a Nintendo Gameboy, and when it flashed the code up, there were comments in his code. The timer was coutning down and the computer was about to take over control of some nuclear arms... or something.

The question I wanted to know was... When you are saving the world from a master mind computer, hacking with a Gameboy, using a directional pad and 4 buttons... do you REALLY have time to write
comments in your code?

Anyone have experience hacking with a Gameboy? Did you leave comments in your code under that type of time constraint?
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I was unsuccessful hacking into SAC-NORAD with the GB, GBC, and GBA (both regular and SP iterations). However, the new Nintendo DS has allowed be to gain entry, and I am currently mining profiles of members I dislike and targeting nuclear missiles accordingly.
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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What was the name of the movie? I sort of want to watch it. And watch him comment lines in his code.
 
DrPizza

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ShotgunSteven said:
I was unsuccessful hacking into SAC-NORAD with the GB, GBC, and GBA (both regular and SP iterations). However, the new Nintendo DS has allowed be to gain entry, and I am currently mining profiles of members I dislike and targeting nuclear missiles accordingly.
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pshhhhh
Big deal. I used a Commodore 64 to hack into one of the Department of Defense mainframes. Turns out, the Star Wars program to develop a way to shoot down missiles was an overwhelming success. They're just not foolish enough to let everyone else know. Sort of a "Launch Missiles!" "Ha ha! Suckers! I can shoot them down!" "You jerks! You told us it didn't work!"

I've now got automated control, and will destroy any nuclear missiles you send my way.

edit: oh yeah, and I put in lots of comments:

#this DoD mainframe hacked courtesy of ShotgunSteven
#all your base are belong to us
 
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blackdogdeek

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maybe he was commenting out existing lines of code? or were they actual comments like:

# there be dragons here
 
KaOTiK

KaOTiK

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You can use the new 3DS to hack into the grid and watch arena battles and light cycle battles
 
edro

edro

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How the hell can we find the name of the movie?
Searching for Gameboy movie, etc isn't working. :(
It was an original Gameboy.
 
Jeffg010

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I hacked into the defense nuclear computer system and all I got was tic-tac-toe.
 
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I found this thread because im specifically trying to find out what this movie is called and this is the only site that mentions it. so heres what I remember:

the movie had kids in it, one boy, maybe another girl, but i think they were the protagonists so its safe to assume its a kids film, probably PG.

The gameboy was the boy's, he gives it to the guy who can hack at the end of the film to use to do the hacking

This one may be a different movie but at the start of the film someone hides something in the gameboy which is eventually given to the boy as a birthday gift, unsure if this is the same movie.

The film is most likely ripping off the movie "wargames".

It may be a 90s made for tv movie
 
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Schfifty Five

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welshwuff said:
I found this thread because im specifically trying to find out what this movie is called and this is the only site that mentions it. so heres what I remember:

the movie had kids in it, one boy, maybe another girl, but i think they were the protagonists so its safe to assume its a kids film, probably PG.

The gameboy was the boy's, he gives it to the guy who can hack at the end of the film to use to do the hacking

This one may be a different movie but at the start of the film someone hides something in the gameboy which is eventually given to the boy as a birthday gift, unsure if this is the same movie.

The film is most likely ripping off the movie "wargames".

It may be a 90s made for tv movie
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I realize this is a necro thread, but the bolded part sounds a lot like that Will Smith movie, Enemy of the State, which probably is not the movie you are looking for.
 
ImpulsE69

ImpulsE69

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...and now you got me thinking about Cloak and Dagger...I loved that movie as a kid.
 
edro

edro

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Damnit... now that you brought this up again, I have to spend the rest of the evening investigating... again!!!

We must solve it!
 
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Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

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The game gear was better for hacking, at least until the game boy color came out.

Though real hackers just used a modified phone handset. You could hack anything with that if you knew what you were doing.
 
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