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Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
edited May 2003 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">a little gift from The Matrix</div> Are you an obsessed fanboy of The Matrix movies <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'> *cough* like me *cough* </span>? Do you want something free for your computer that requires a decent speed CPU and video card, but don't want to spend money on the official game that got released? If you answered yes to either of the above, do the following.

Go to the official Matrix website at www.thematrix.com ; use the High Bandwidth version.
Read the breaking news. Plenty was posted on May 15th.
Towards the end of this news post they mention a hex. You can see four numbers.
On the top menu bar of the website, there is a little border on the right with an unlit yellow LED.
Bring up the options menu with it.
There are two unmarked "panels." Unmarked doesn't mean un-usable. Click the resulting green LED.

For those who've never been here before, congrats. You just found binary access. Open the access panel.
01101111. It was part of a news post many moons ago.
At the time, some didn't even know it was a number meant to be used. Now you know.

Congrats, you've just found Hex access. Fiddle with the panel and enter in the example if you want.
To my knowledge only 4 correct keys exist. One is the example. The other three were part of news posts.
You just read the most recent one given. You saw only 4 numbers/letters; Hex access looks for 8.
The other half is so nearby I'll let you look for it yourself. (Note: for hexadecimal notation, the "0x" is usually not part of the number; rather it is an indicator that the following number is hexidecimal rather than binary, base10, etc.)


Have fun with the result. It's an approx 46 meg download.

Comments

  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    oooh is it a trailer for the next one?


    I would go but me no have high speed, and it's brobably blocked at school, I could get around the filter but if I get caught I get expelled...


    I will check
  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--th@ annoying kid+May 16 2003, 04:53 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (th@ annoying kid @ May 16 2003, 04:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> oooh is it a trailer for the next one? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It is quite unlike anything I have seen them release since I started visiting the site regularly.
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    Neat! I figured out how to get the last 4 numbers in like a microsecond... it's downloading now...
  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    They hide things that way on a regular basis. First case I can remember is the news that's now at the very bottom, posted January 22nd, regarding the Super Bowl trailer.
  • TenSixTenSix Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7932Members
    Coolies <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    Great to see a film maker doing something different for once.
  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    First person to complete = Me!

    /me feels so honoured.
  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    Hmm...I would've liked to see more customization options at the end. Painting myself would've been pretty cool, though perhaps a bit difficult to make an interface for.
    I had to restart twice from Win2k bluescreen Stop errors when waiting for the last segment (Paint and Detail) to finish loading. I found out it was because I had anti-aliasing enabled. Anyone else having this problem with their GeForce2?
  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    ^Bump^

    As this is fun to actually find the download.

    And the thing you get takes about 1hour to complete.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    edited May 2003
    *Is working on it* Thanks for ruining it SBV, ~_^.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    SBV you forgot the Lights! HA! I win.
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