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I don’t remember this one. But Douglas Adams was involved in another adventure game with “stunning” graphics called starship titanic. I got a good way through

I don’t remember this one. But Douglas Adams was involved in another adventure game with “stunning” graphics called starship titanic. I got a good way through and the characters were fun (some Monty python voices..) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Titanic https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Titanic Wonder how it holds up.

tjr 6y ago
I excitedly bought that game when it came out, only to find that it wouldn't run on my Windows NT 4 system. Never got to play it.
- TrueGeek 6y ago
  It's on Steam now
- etiam 6y ago
  It may not be too late for that. https://www.gog.com/game/starship_titanic https://www.gog.com/game/starship_titanic https://store.steampowered.com/app/467290/Starship_Titanic/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/467290/Starship_Titanic/ Looks like it's being maintained.
  - tjr 6y ago
    Wow! Thank you!
    - etiam 6y ago
      My pleasure. Enjoy! ;)
shimfish 6y ago
One of the Starship Titanic developers is also the person who converted this Hitchhikers game to run on the BBC servers.
stinkytaco 6y ago
Tangentially related -- but I love to share this -- I once read a post on metafilter [1] by a developer of that game. Of particular interest is that there was a secret in-game internet forum that developed a real community and that he continued to host on his servers after it went offline. The post is really one of my favorite things on the internet because it really touches on the way games could impact people and the best things about the internet. [1]: https://www.metafilter.com/98848/The-Post-That-Cannot-Possibly-Go-Wrong#3435156 https://www.metafilter.com/98848/The-Post-That-Cannot-Possib...
WorldMaker 6y ago
It's got a lot of interesting humour, but the while ostensibly a graphic adventure a lot of the game relies on text chat with "chat bot" type logic that was a questionable choice even at the time, and hasn't aged well since. The game was published by traditional book publisher Simon & Schuster in a very brief foray into videogames. The smartest decision they made was requiring the game to have a novel adaptation (and audiobook of that novel), and the second smartest thing they did was include a copy of the novel and a portion of the audiobook as a feely in the game package for many preorders. My recommendation is to track down the novel adaptation and audiobook and enjoy them. (Written and voiced by Monty Python alum Terry Jones.) They were superior to the game experience in a number of ways.
- sep_field 6y ago
  ooh neat! i never knew there was an audiobook for it. found it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oemVk3PYyoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oemVk3PYyoU

tjr 6y ago

I excitedly bought that game when it came out, only to find that it wouldn't run on my Windows NT 4 system. Never got to play it.

TrueGeek 6y ago
It's on Steam now
etiam 6y ago
It may not be too late for that. https://www.gog.com/game/starship_titanic https://www.gog.com/game/starship_titanic https://store.steampowered.com/app/467290/Starship_Titanic/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/467290/Starship_Titanic/ Looks like it's being maintained.
- tjr 6y ago
  Wow! Thank you!
  - etiam 6y ago
    My pleasure. Enjoy! ;)

shimfish 6y ago

One of the Starship Titanic developers is also the person who converted this Hitchhikers game to run on the BBC servers.

stinkytaco 6y ago

Tangentially related -- but I love to share this -- I once read a post on metafilter [1] by a developer of that game. Of particular interest is that there was a secret in-game internet forum that developed a real community and that he continued to host on his servers after it went offline. The post is really one of my favorite things on the internet because it really touches on the way games could impact people and the best things about the internet. [1]: https://www.metafilter.com/98848/The-Post-That-Cannot-Possibly-Go-Wrong#3435156 https://www.metafilter.com/98848/The-Post-That-Cannot-Possib...

WorldMaker 6y ago

It's got a lot of interesting humour, but the while ostensibly a graphic adventure a lot of the game relies on text chat with "chat bot" type logic that was a questionable choice even at the time, and hasn't aged well since. The game was published by traditional book publisher Simon & Schuster in a very brief foray into videogames. The smartest decision they made was requiring the game to have a novel adaptation (and audiobook of that novel), and the second smartest thing they did was include a copy of the novel and a portion of the audiobook as a feely in the game package for many preorders. My recommendation is to track down the novel adaptation and audiobook and enjoy them. (Written and voiced by Monty Python alum Terry Jones.) They were superior to the game experience in a number of ways.

sep_field 6y ago
ooh neat! i never knew there was an audiobook for it. found it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oemVk3PYyoU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oemVk3PYyoU