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War Games
1 of 15: This special mission is a tribute to the legendary hacker movie 'War Games'. If you've seen the movie, something in the game is bound to register.
2 of 15: This is very much an exploring mission.
3 of 15: The InterNIC is an excellent place for exploring.
4 of 15: There are several systems listed for every company.
5 of 15: You'll find that they all match into one category or another.
6 of 15: The listed systems for every company (including the Government ;) are X Public Access Server and X Internal Services Machine. There are some banks and Access Terminals listed as well.
7 of 15: You'll find that there are ten systems that do not fit any of the above categories.
8 of 15: Five of these are government systems and five are not.
9 of 15: You should focus your attention on these systems.
10 of 15: There are two special systems that carry the same identification.
11 of 15: These are the two Games servers. One of them is an easter egg.
12 of 15: Within the Protovision Games Server there is an interesting game, called "War Games". Have you seen the movie?
13 of 15: You _will_ get the mission mark even if you don't have the password.
14 of 15: The password to PGS is the same as in the movie.
