The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure - 30th Anniversary Edition \ VOGONS

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure - 30th Anniversary Edition

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First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

Posted on 2014-03-10, 21:16

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Interesting indeed. Kudos for Wolverine for telling me this. 😀

Now, to be frank, I missed the game the first time it came around (hey, I was busy playing Game & Watch during that era), but the site's home page mentions interesting stuff:

A word of warning

The game will kill you frequently. It's a bit mean like that.

If in doubt, before you make a move, please save your game by typing "Save" then enter. You can then restore your game by typing "Restore" then enter. This should make it slightly less annoying getting killed all the time as you can go back to where you were before it happened.

🤣

Well I knew the original game was mentioned as one of the 15 hardest game of all time in CGW 15th anniversary edition (November 1996), but it was the babel fish puzzle that got mentioned. I mean, is the game really that nasty?

Never thought this thread would be that long, but now, for something different.....
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Reply 1 of 8, by snorg

Posted on 2014-03-11, 01:51

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Oh hells yes it is. I had to read both the book AND get the hint book to finish it, and I still got killed all the time. I guess I shouldn't be too upset, because teh Hitchhiker's "trilogy" is a damn fine read. It is not a terribly forgiving game.

Reply 2 of 8, by Stiletto

Posted on 2014-03-11, 03:01

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The perfect game for VOGONS 😁

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do the Fandango!" - Queen

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Reply 3 of 8, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

Posted on 2014-03-11, 05:54

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snorg wrote:
Oh hells yes it is. I had to read both the book AND get the hint book to finish it, and I still got killed all the time. I guess I shouldn't be too upset, because teh Hitchhiker's "trilogy" is a damn fine read. It is not a terribly forgiving game.

Anyone finishes the game without hint book?

Stiletto wrote:
The perfect game for VOGONS 😁

Indeed. 😁

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Reply 4 of 8, by Davros

Posted on 2014-03-11, 07:04

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couldnt get the goddamm babel fish in my ear 🙁

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Reply 5 of 8, by BigBodZod

Posted on 2014-03-11, 07:37

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Damn it, I forgot my towel 😉

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Reply 6 of 8, by Jorpho

Posted on 2014-03-11, 15:27

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I solved the Babel Fish puzzle all by myself, but gave up afterwards when wandering around the ship. There's probably some way to combine all those funky parts sitting around, but I never caught on. I'll try again one of these days.

I should look at Bureaucracy sometime too.

Reply 7 of 8, by snorg

Posted on 2014-03-11, 16:00

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Reading the book really didn't help, you almost need the hint book.
Basically, pick up anything you find as it will prove useful.
The Babel fish puzzle is particularly difficult.

Reply 8 of 8, by sliderider

Posted on 2014-03-12, 21:25

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Harder even than the Babel fish puzzle, is the one where you try to figure out how to have 'tea' and 'no tea' in your inventory at the same time.

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