The Nightfall Incident

The Nightfall Incident
Theme:	TECHNIC
Released:	2002
Play the game:	[ Here]

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.

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	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.

	Name	Move	Max Size	Cost	Description
	Sentinel	1	3	N/A	Corporate data defender
	Watchman	1	2	N/A	Corporate ranged attack program
	Guard Pup	3	2	N/A	A speedy little corporate cur
	Warden	1	5	N/A	Slow and steady corporate attack program
	Sentinel 2.0	2	4	N/A	Improved corporate data defender
	Watchman X	1	4	N/A	Improved version of Watchman
	Guard Dog	3	3	N/A	Who let this dog out?
	Warden+	2	6	N/A	Get out of its way
	Sensor	0	1	N/A	Immobile program eradicator
	Sentinel 3.0	2	4	N/A	Sentinel that attacks several programs at once
	Watchman SP	1	4	N/A	Qui Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
	Attack Dog	4	7	N/A	Ravenous and bloodthirsty corporate canine
	Warden++	3	7	N/A	The last word in corporate security
	Sonar	0	1	N/A	Long-range program eradicator
	Fire Wall	2	20	N/A	Keeps unwanted programs out of corporate sectors
	Radar	0	1	N/A	Deadly program eradicator
	Boss	6	25	N/A	Prepare to be 0wned