You've just become the operator of workstation NX-4417 in the archive systems department. The machine has been idle since March, and the previous operator didn't tidy up before leaving.
First up is the "Negatives" training module: a set of family photos scanned from old prints. Some frames contain anomalies not present in the originals — a shadowy figure in the room, a hand on an empty shoulder, a distorted face, a silhouette in the window. Your task is to identify the defects before the medium decays. Each print must be redrawn from scratch.
The desktop is fully equipped: windows, taskbar, Start menu, screen saver, accounts. There are 27 programs available: files, command line with 35 commands, task manager, registry editor, event log, mail, internal network, and two editors.
There are 15 training modules with 12 levels each. Completing quotas earns you credits for wallpapers, window styles, programs, boosters, and 30 achievements.
As you progress, you'll uncover a chronicle of events from 1981 to 2031: letters, documents, and files that were deleted but never fully erased.
How to play
WITH A MOUSE. A simple click on an icon launches a program, while the right button reveals the context menu. You can move a window by grabbing its title bar, and resize it from any of its edges. Double-clicking the title bar maximizes the window, dragging it to the top fills the screen, and dragging it to a side takes up half the space.
ON A TOUCH SCREEN. Tapping starts programs and presses buttons, a prolonged press substitutes for the right-click function. Trainers requiring directional input display a D-pad below or to the side of the playing field, ensuring it doesn't obstruct the view. The two-bar button along the top edge pauses the action, while other interactions are managed through direct taps on the field.
WITH THE KEYBOARD. Use the arrow keys or WASD for movement, Spacebar for actions, and Escape to pause a trainer or cancel a dialog. In the text editor, Ctrl+Enter saves, Ctrl+1 inserts the time, and Ctrl+2 adds a divider. Pressing Tab indents the text. The key layout is not important.
OBJECTIVE. Fulfill the quotas, earn credits, and restore what remains of the previous operator.