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| − | |desc= | + | |desc= Your watch pops up some code you haven't seen for years, from a computer you barely remember. As you puzzle over it, it compiles into the ghost in the machine.<br><br> |
| + | Only it's not in the machine anymore because you recycled it years ago. Instead, it's in your face. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | * Only one item drops at a time. | + | * Only one item drops at a time, depending on the softwares that are running: |
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| + | ! '''Software''' !! '''Effect''' !! '''Drop''' | ||
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| + | | [[Astral Stock Exchange software]] || [[Betting on the Stars]] || [[Astral junk bonds]] | ||
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| + | | [[Destitute Dick's Penny-Pincher Program]] || [[Financial Prudence]] || [[pinched penny]] | ||
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| + | | [[Garcia's Traffic Avoider software]] || [[Seeking Solitude]] || [[unfinished road snacks]] | ||
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| + | | [[GigantoFirm LookOut Calendar]] || [[Prepunctuality]] || [[spilled tea]] | ||
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| + | | [[IMyself blog software]] || [[On Camera]] || [[scratched SQUID disk]] | ||
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| + | | [[MacRuff's Mercantile Monitor software]] ||| [[Targeting Trouble]] || [[yesterday's news]] | ||
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| + | | [[personal copy of the internet]] || [[Surfing for Lulz]] || [[forgotten meme]] | ||
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| + | | [[registry cleaner software]] || [[Cleaning Registry]] || [[data fragment]] | ||
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| + | | [[S.M.A.R.T. software]] || [[Got S.M.A.R.T.]] || [[half a clue]] | ||
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| + | | [[S.U.I.T. Software]] || [[T.a.I.L.o.R.]] || [[interstellar VCR instructions]] | ||
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| + | | [[TH Editor software]] || [[Cool Coding]] || ??? | ||
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| + | | [[Vlad's Decryptonomicon software]] || Enables decryption of some<br>[[:Category:Can Be Decrypted|items]] in your [[Computer Lab]]. || [[data fragment]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | * The image is based on a {{wikipedia|Ghosts (Pac-Man)|ghost}} in ''Pac-Man''. | ||
| + | * The first miss message refers to the {{wikipedia|Blue Screen of Death}}. | ||
| + | * Some {{wikipedia|Usenet}} newsgroups were infamous for their flamewars. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:16, 18 October 2015
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You are fighting a digital ghost.
Your watch pops up some code you haven't seen for years, from a computer you barely remember. As you puzzle over it, it compiles into the ghost in the machine.
Only it's not in the machine anymore because you recycled it years ago. Instead, it's in your face.
Your opponent attacks ...
Hit messages:
- The ghost crashes into you. It hurts like the dickens and you get a '1' stuck in your teeth.
- The ghost drops a floating point on your head.
- The ghost buffets you with a gust of wind from a particularly chilly corner of Usenet. What's a Usenet? (ice) damage
It hits you for X damage.
Critical hit message:
Your opponent has a critical hit! It hits you for X damage.
Miss messages:
- The ghost crashes. So now you know what happens when you get an afterlife in your screens of death.
- The ghost tries to drop a floating point on your head, but you dodge between the digits.
- The ghost opens a portal to Usenet, allowing you to relive the sci-fi flame wars of years past.
Fumble messages:
Your foe fumbles! It takes X damage.
Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!
You gain (?*Level, cap 250) experience.
You got an item: forgotten meme 
(See Notes)
You got an item: data fragment 
(See Notes)
You got an item: spilled tea 
(See Notes)
You got an item: yesterday's news 
(See Notes)
You got an item: pinched penny 
(See Notes)
You got an item: half a clue 
(See Notes)
You got an item: unfinished road snacks 
(See Notes)
You got an item: Astral junk bonds 
(See Notes)
You got an item: scratched SQUID disk 
(See Notes)
You got an item: interstellar VCR instructions 
(See Notes)
Known resistances/weaknesses
Verified to have no resistances or weaknesses.
Locations
Notes
- Only one item drops at a time, depending on the softwares that are running:
References
- The image is based on a ghost in Pac-Man.
- The first miss message refers to the Blue Screen of Death.
- Some Usenet newsgroups were infamous for their flamewars.
