The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1984 · Infocom
Source book
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams
Adams and Steve Meretzky, riffing on the book and hiding the jokes behind cruel puzzles.
Platforms
Apple II, Macintosh, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, CP/M
Fidelity
Infocom's 1984 interactive fiction, designed by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, based on Adams's series. It shipped the same year for Apple II, Mac, Commodore 64, CP/M, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari 8-bit, and Atari ST.
Read first?
01
When to read first
Read the book first. The game overlaps it, assumes the joke, and then refuses to let you proceed until you have suffered. The book is the funnier hour.
02
When playing first is fine
Play first only if you enjoy being stuck and do not mind the book's beats arriving as puzzle solutions.
03
Why
The author being in the room does not make this a safe first encounter. He used that knowledge to make the game meaner.
Source
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game)
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