[info] THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky Copyright 1984 Infocom, Inc. Genre: science fiction Difficulty: ^^^&& [description] Don't Panic! Relax, because everything you need to know about playing The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary earth creature who gets swept up in a whirlwind of interstellar adventures almost beyond comprehension. As the story begins, bulldozers are waiting to reduce your house to rubble to make way for a motorway bypass. While you attempt to deal with this problem, your rather strange friend Ford Prefect drops by to tell you that the Earth is about to be demolished to make way for an interstellar bypass! If you survive this double threat, you'll embark on a series of inter- galactic misadventures even funnier than your worst nightmares! A special note for people who have read the book "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Although the opening of the game is fairly similar to the book, the story quickly diverges, with lots of new material and different twists. Although familiarity with the story may make a few of the early puzzles easier, if you rely too heavily on this previous knowledge you will certainly end up getting misled. [versions] R59.851108.Z3=Release 59 / Serial number 851108 R58.851002.Z3=Release 58 / Serial number 851002 R56.841221.Z3=Release 56 / Serial number 841221 R47.840914.Z3=Release 47 / Serial number 840914 R31.871119.Z5=Release 31 / Serial number 871119 (Solid Gold) [options] [eof]