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The HHGttG game was directly released for CP/M: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by aasasd 7y ago
The HHGttG game was directly released for CP/M: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_th...
‘Bureacracy’ seemingly wasn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureaucracy_(video_game)
...but like HHGttG it targets the Z-Machine, and third-party interpreters for Z-Machine files have been written for probably every platform under the sun. It's also possible that executables from HHGttG can be repurposed. This post seems to support the latter approach: https://retrocosm.net/2011/01/03/z-machine-interpreter-for-cpm/ https://retrocosm.net/2011/01/03/z-machine-interpreter-for-c...
Both games are maddeningly hard, btw. I don't think I finished either of them.
- beagle3 7y ago... and you can't really finish them without access to the original material - some game puzzles can only be solved using accessories available in the box. A gentle kind of copy-restriction, that didn't stop you from making backups. Actually, it's the BBC controlling us from London.