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Set a phone number range and start a scan. Your modem dials each number, listening for a carrier tone. Scans run on real-world timers — a 100-number scan takes about 20 minutes, while a 10,000-number scan takes a full day. You'll get a push notification when carriers are found. Come back and connect to explore what your modem discovered.
You can choose a Commodore 64 (40-column display, cheapest, most starting money), an Apple IIe (80-column, green phosphor, balanced), or an IBM PC/AT clone (80-column, most versatile, least starting money). Each affects your terminal display and available software. You can upgrade later in the game.
No. The game provides contextual hints and a command palette with quick-access buttons. But if you learn the real VMS and UNIX commands, the game rewards you with faster exploration and higher skill gains. The in-game zines and text files teach you everything you need.
Wardialer is designed for 5–10 minute sessions, played 10+ times a day, over about 30 days. The narrative arc spans five acts with four branching paths and 12+ endings. There's also a New Game+ mode with harder systems and a faster adversary.
No. Wardialer is a premium game with no ads, no pay-to-skip-timers, and no predatory in-app purchases. The timers are the gameplay — they create authentic anticipation. Optional cosmetic DLC (room themes, music packs, CRT shader modes) is available but entirely optional.
The technology, systems, exploits, and culture are meticulously researched. Terminal prompts match real 1986 operating systems (VAX/VMS, SunOS, 4.3BSD). Modem speeds, phone phreaking techniques, BBS culture, and hacker zines are authentic to the era. The narrative is inspired by real events — particularly Cliff Stoll's The Cuckoo's Egg and the Hannover hackers — but tells an original story.
Yes. Enable iCloud sync in the game settings to keep your save data synchronized across your iPhone and iPad.
Yes. Go to your in-game settings to disable the CRT shader entirely, or adjust the scanline intensity. You can also enable a baud rate override to display text instantly instead of at authentic modem speed.