The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game)

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interactive fiction video game text adventure game

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) is a 1984 interactive fiction adventure co-designed by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky, known for its humorous, punishingly difficult text-based puzzles adapted from the original radio and book series.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 video game) 2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 computer game) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf interactive fiction video game ⓘ
text adventure game ⓘ
awardReceived 1984 Golden Joystick Award for Best Original Game (runner-up) ⓘ
basedOn The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) ⓘ
coDesigner Douglas Adams ⓘ
Steve Meretzky ⓘ
controlScheme keyboard input ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Infocom ⓘ
distributionFormat cassette tape ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ
distributor Infocom ⓘ
engine UCSD p-System ⓘ
surface form: Z-machine
featuresCharacter Ford Prefect ⓘ
Marvin the Paranoid Android ⓘ
Trillian ⓘ
Zaphod Beeblebrox ⓘ
gameMode single-player ⓘ
genre adventure game ⓘ
interactive fiction ⓘ
hasOnlineVersion BBC 20th Anniversary web-based edition ⓘ
hasReRelease The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition) ⓘ
mediaType video game ⓘ
notableFeature high difficulty puzzles ⓘ
humorous writing style ⓘ
text-based parser interface ⓘ
notableFor frequent player-character deaths and unwinnable states ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy franchise
platform Amiga ⓘ
Amstrad CPC ⓘ
Apple II ⓘ
Atari 8-bit family ⓘ
Atari ST ⓘ
Commodore 64 ⓘ
IBM PC ⓘ
Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh

ZX Spectrum ⓘ
protagonist Arthur Dent ⓘ
publicationDate 1984 ⓘ
publisher Activision Publishing ⓘ
surface form: Activision

Infocom ⓘ
releaseYear 1984 ⓘ
setting science fiction universe of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ⓘ
writer Douglas Adams ⓘ
Steve Meretzky ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Megadodo Publications → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 video game)
Sirius Cybernetics Corporation → appearsIn → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 video game)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → hasAdaptation → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ⓘ
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) → influenced → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (computer game) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1984 computer game)