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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

But in there the virus and Megaman was part of the same software system/universe. What I'm arguing is that it would have been possible to set up 2 separate systems/universes, one is the one where Megaman is plugged, and the other one is one that has read/write access to all inputs/outputs of the first, without the first being able to detect that in any way.

So.. Megaman would be sent to the first and see no problem (or worse, see enemies that aren't real to keep him distracted) while the other alternate OS would have no Megaman in it, but still it would be able to analyze all Megaman is doing in the first system/universe (sort of like in Matrix), and possibly even transmit/translate his actions in a modified way so that it serves a different purpose.