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submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

This is accurate gameplay from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure that INFOCOM made with the help of Douglas Adams in 1984.

I thought people would find it interesting to see the way a game would creatively do a demo in print in the 1980s since doing it other ways was either too expensive or not very useful from a marketing perspective.

More info on the game- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(video_game)

It was very challenging. I never got all the way through it. Amazingly, it only covers a small portion of the first book despite taking hours and hours to play.

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 10 points 10 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I love that 'no tea' was listed as one of the things included in the box.

[-] Grabthar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

And the thing your aunt gave you that you don't know what it is.

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

One of the best and most useful items in the game.

this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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