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BUREAUCRACY: a paranoid fantasy
by Michael Bywater, Douglas Adams, et. al.
Copyright 1987 Infocom, Inc.
Genre: comedy
Difficulty: ^^^^&
[description]
IMPORTANT! Our records show that you do not have a license to operate this
software. Normally, you would be required to complete a License Application
Form and mail it (with proof of purchase) to our Licensing Department, and
then wait the customary four to six months for processing.
Luckily, for your convenience, we have, at the last minute and at great
expense, installed a remarkable new on-line electronic application form on
this very disk, which will be processed by our modern 24-hour computer
service moments after you fill it in.
Bureaucracy! Everyone, at one time or another, feels bound up in an endless
swathe of red tape. In Bureaucracy, best-selling humorist Douglas Adams
draws on his own battles with beadledom to create a hilarious misadventure.
You'll find yourself in the midst of a bureaucratic muddle so convoluted
that you can't help but laugh.
You've just landed a great new job and moved to a spiffy house in a nice
little town. You're even being sent to Paris this very afternoon for a
combination training seminar and vacation. What could possibly go wrong?
The answer, of course, is everything. When the bank refuses to acknowledge
your change-of-address form, you'll find yourself entangled in a series of
bureaucratic mishaps that take you from the feeding trough of a greedy
llama to the lofty branches of a tree deep in the Zalagasan jungle.
The distinctive humor that made The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy a
runaway success will keep you in stitches as you confront a series of
bureaucratic puzzles and experience the thrill of outsmarting the powers
that be.
NOTE: this game is patched to remove the in-game copy protection. When you
are in the paranoid's house, he will not ask you any questions.
[versions]
R116.DEPROT.Z4=Release 116 / Licence number 870602 (patched)
R86.DEPROT.Z4=Release 86 / Licence number 870212 (patched)
[options]
ARTWORK=1
CLUES=1
VERSIONS=1
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