The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Box front of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Details

Released
1984
Developer
Infocom, Inc.
Publisher
Infocom, Inc.
Genre
Adventure / Interactive Fiction
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Title screen of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Title screen
Gameplay of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Gameplay

About this game

You are Arthur Dent, an Englishman with a bad hangover wearing a dressing gown containing a much needed buffered analgesic and some fluff. Your house has just been destroyed, followed shortly thereafter by your planet Earth (mostly harmless). You’ve been rescued by your friend Ford Prefect, who’s not actually an out-of-work actor. He has given you a book (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), a towel, and is now telling you to put a fish in your ear. It must be a Thursday; you’ve never quite gotten the hang of Thursdays.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is written by Douglas Adams and Steven Meretzky and based on Adams’ BBC radio series, television series, and the series of subsequent novelizations. It’s one of the classic Interactive Fiction games produced by Infocom, labeled as Science Fiction and has a Standard Level of Difficulty. Though divergent from the source material, the main characters, locations, and concepts are here. Unlike the book, death can come quickly if Arthur fails to observe his surroundings, collect inventory, talk to people, and consult the Guide. DON’T PANIC!

Also known as

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Don't Panic!Tag-lined
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a science fiction storyTag-lined
HHGTTGAcronym
H2G2Alternate acronym

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