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Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• amichail 19y ago
  You can play the original game here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml I wouldn't call it fun though. It's not a sandbox like GTA. You basically have to read the minds of its creators to make progress.
  • wanorris 19y ago
    It's one of the all-time classic text adventure games. It's not supposed to be GTA -- it is what it is.
  • rms 19y ago
    What makes the Hitchhiker's game good is the writing. It's kind of like reading a book, only more masochistic. Games over time have learned to scale up the sadism and dial down on the masochism. GTAIV and The Hitchhiker's Guide are probably at exact opposites on this spectrum. See the next game Douglas Adam scripted, which might be the most masochistic game of all time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_(computer_game)
• alex_c 19y ago
  That was a pretty depressing read. I need my towel...
• sanj 19y ago
  This game inspired me to write YAZI! http://web.archive.org/web/20030811081833/scrawlsoft.com/products/yazi/info.html http://web.archive.org/web/20030811081833/scrawlsoft.com/pro... Playing HHGTTG on a Newton was almost self referential.
• allenbrunson 19y ago
  i played the original game, when it was released, on my ibm pc clone. this was long before the internet, so information wasn't as free-flowing back then. i remember hearing a bunch of "reasons" why the sequel wasn't coming out, but nothing like this.