The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Posted by Joshua Mintzer.
First posted on 10 July 1998. Last updated on 12 August 2009.
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In 1984 during the golden age of Infocom when interactive fiction is king, Douglas Adams is asked to write a text adventure game based on his popular BBC sci-fi series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Intrigued by the possibility that computers can tell stories, he readily agrees. The game he has created with Infocom is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, based on his book series of the…

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I believe Douglas Adams wrote this game with Steve Meretzky using a 1400 baud (or there abouts) acoustic coupler link between Britain and America i.e. a telephone headpiece plugged into ear phones NOT a modem! Very slow. There are a few interesting points in the game but the puzzles are way too difficult. I kept raiding the hints which totally ruins games. As once you start you can't stop. I am a great fan of the Hitchhiker's books, radio play, and (first) video but feel the game let the side down. All available from Ebay cheaply! The Hitchhiker's Guide could be regarded a prediction to the internet. Al well as IF itself in a way as the links to rooms act a bit like hyperlinks.

Europe By David Ledgard • On 01 May 2006 • From Portsmouth, England.

it rules i play it 24/7 no joke

United States By Jim Bob • On 12 September 2004 • From Somewhere

Where can I find The Infocom game Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy?

By Evan Guidotti • On 22 March 2000 • From Lewiston, NY

Josh Mintzer's review of the Hitchoker's Guide is definitive and , possibly the most brilliant review in the history of game reviewing (perhaps in the entire history of all reviewing) A triumph!!!

By Ellen • On 10 February 1999 • From Somewhere