Enjoy the classic Infocom adventure
Play this classic Infocom game from the Interactive Fiction Archive. Peek into the history of gaming, experiencing some of the very earliest examples of interactive worlds using only text -- but this time using your voice!
As the story begins, you are Arthur Dent, and a bulldozer is preparing to level your house even as an alien space fleet is preparing to level your planet. The incorrigible Mr. Adams has written new material and designed problems, especially for this interactive story. So grab a pint of bitter and a couple for the road and join Ford Prefect, Trillian, Zaphod Beeblebrox and Marvin on a cosmic jaunt into the outer reaches where anything can -- and does -- happen. And don't forget your towel!
- While Douglas Adams originally wanted to program the game himself, he was paired with Steve Meretzky as Meretzky had more experience with the ZIL language and system.
- Adams' contributions mostly consisted of a series of conversations with Meretzky about puzzles, descriptions, and signing off on what was written.
- Meretzky said that Adams indicated he could not tell where his writing ended and Meretzky's began, a very high compliment.
The source code can be found here. It is not considered to be under an open license.
As far as I know, Activision have still not declared the games abandonware.
But I do not believe that it is in the spirit of copyright law that works of art drift into oblivion by unavailability.
The day the games are republished in their old glory, I will gladly remove the files from this repository. Until then, I hope they will be allowed to remain here so you can have fun playing them in a novel way.
Example Gameplay:
play hitchiker guide
you wake up the room is spinning very gently round your head or at least it would be if you could see it which you can't
it is pitch black
turn on light
good start to the day pity it's going to be the worst one of your life
the light is now on bedroom, in the bed the bedroom is a mess it is a small bedroom with a faded carpet and old wallpaper there is a washbasin, a chair with a tatty dressing gown slung over it, and a window with the curtains drawn near the exit leading south is a phone there is a flathead screwdriver here (outside the bed) there is a toothbrush here
- "play Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
- "save"
- "resume Hitchhiker's Guide"
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