IN Uplink you can feel like a real hacker. He starts working for a huge corporation that purposefully recruits specialists of this type. The player will have to earn money, update his hardware and software, earning a reputation as a good professional. You need to hack the servers of global organizations for others. The plot begins to unfold when one company hires the main character to create a virus for computers using artificial intelligence as a basis. The action is aimed at simply destroying the Internet. This cannot be allowed, and preventing a disaster is the main task of the character.

For successfully completing missions in Uplink, the player receives rewards, including in monetary terms. These funds can be spent on upgrading various components in order to more easily complete fairly complex tasks in the future. Here you need to send copies of important documents to your main office, install tracking programs, infect software with viruses, download databases and much more. The hero will also have to play games within the company, accusing the technical director of hacking, download lists of enemy agents and much more, becoming more and more immersed in the plot. You must prevent the destruction of the World Wide Web and everything is in your hands. Apply all your skills and knowledge to achieve your goal.