Description

You are Arthur Dent, an Englishman with a bad hangover wearing a dressing gown containing a much needed buffered analgesic and some fluff. Your house has just been destroyed, followed shortly thereafter by your planet Earth (mostly harmless). You’ve been rescued by your friend Ford Prefect, who’s not actually an out-of-work actor. He has given you a book (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), a towel, and is now telling you to put a fish in your ear. It must be a Thursday; you’ve never quite gotten the hang of Thursdays.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is written by Douglas Adams and Steven Meretzky and based on Adams’ BBC radio series, television series, and the series of subsequent novelizations. It’s one of the classic Interactive Fiction games produced by Infocom, labeled as Science Fiction and has a Standard Level of Difficulty. Though divergent from the source material, the main characters, locations, and concepts are here. Unlike the book, death can come quickly if Arthur fails to observe his surroundings, collect inventory, talk to people, and consult the Guide. DON’T PANIC!

Original C=64 Grey Box Contents: Megadodo Publications Advertising Booklet for your very own Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy complete with Fluff, Destruct orders for your home and planet, a nice red button with the words DON'T PANIC printed in large yellow letters, a pair of Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses, No Tea, and your very own Microscopic Space Fleet. All this can be yours, for the low, low price of only 59.99 Altairian Dollars.

Alternate Titles

  • "HHGTTG" -- acronym
  • "H2G2" -- Alternate acronym

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User Reviews

Read the book. If you like it, then (and only then) will you be prepared to like the game. Commodore 64 Jacqke (968)
One of the funniest games ever made. DOS saladpuncher (21)
Two words: BABEL FISH DOS mclazyj (28)
WHEN BABEL FISH ATTACK: THE INSIDE STORY DOS emerging_lurker (181)
Another Infocom Milestone DOS Tony Van (2707)

The Press Says

Abandonia DOS Sep 29, 2004 5 out of 5 100
Amiga Action Amiga Jan, 1991 83 out of 100 83
Top Secret DOS Mar, 1992 4 out of 5 80
Adventure Classic Gaming DOS Jul 10, 1998 4 out of 5 80
SPAG DOS Apr 19, 1995 7.3 out of 10 73
The Good Old Days DOS Jan 09, 2001 4 out of 6 67

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
graphical remake? 1 Pseudo_Intellectual (33532)
Oct 23, 2008
Waxy makes an interesting score 8 non finito (339)
Apr 19, 2008

Trivia

A sequel, The Restraunt at the End of the Universe was planned but never was finished due to a BAD consultant.


This entry was contributed by Brian Hirt (9991), Slik Bronze Star Contributing Member (418), Kabushi (48039), Pseudo_Intellectual (33532), Nélio RC Bronze Star Contributing Member (532), Terok Nor (10544), Servo (51486) and Belboz Bronze Star Contributing Member (6609)
 

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