Ah, 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' & computer game nostalgia
BBC - Radio 4 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Adventure Game "In 1984 Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky launched a Hitchhikers text game, which The Times described as: The best adventure ever seen on computer - it became a best seller. To mark the new radio series we have enlisted the help of two Hitchhikers veterans to produce this brand new 20th anniversary edition."
I remember when this game first came out, I had to have it. And it was given to me as a birthday gift. I played it on my first computer, a Commodore 64.
When I moved 7 months ago, I had to clear out the enormous attic I had, because I didn't have much storage place at my new apartment... and it was the first time since 1985 that I had gone through ever single piece of my belongings, and I found the old Infocom game in a box.
My first try on this version I got as far as getting hit in the head with a brick, and I had trouble restarting the game because it kept saying, "You keep out of this, you're dead and should be concentrating on developing a good firm rigor mortis."
One thing I checked for right away, and it's the same as the original game... If you type in a command that's rather naughty, the reply you get in the game is "This is family entertainment, not a video nasty." In 1984 I considered this to be quite funny. (Note: That was 20 years ago, and I'm rather young now... Though I admit I still find that aspect of the game to be quite clever.) (link via MetaFilter)
posted by Chloe | Saturday 30 October 2004 12:10 PM
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