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Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Written by the Ghost
Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy is a standard level game by Infocom
I hope you can use these docs. I typed them all in during the course of
one night. And what a night it was.
This will be for Hitchiker's, I will soon write a overall Infocom guide
for novices, and real dudes (of course)
"Your software is revolutionary! I like that."
Fidel Castro, Former baseball player
Havana, Cuba
"The best game I ever played! But what is that black square with the
hole in the middle?"
Binky O'leary, Construction Worker
Brookyln, NY
Well, I liked them at least, ok, on to the docs.
Intro:
The book is similiar in the beginning, but quickly goes off on it's own
merry way, at least that is what the manual says. Briefly, the main
idea is to find a cup of tea, first you have try to save your house and
then escape from Earth. You hitchike from one place to another. Good
Luck
The status line at the top gives you the room you are in, and also a
score in the form of points/turns taken
The prompt '>' tells you that Hitchiker is ready for your input.
To move from one place to another you can use the direction you want to
go. N, E, W, S, NE, SE, NW, SW, U, D, IN, OUT, P(PORT), SB, F, AFT.
To do something type whatever you want to do.
Examples include:
READ BOOK, OPEN DOOR, LOOK THROUGH THE DOOR
To talk to someone, or type something just use the format of:
RALPH, GIVE ME THE TORCH: YOUNG MAN, GO WEST: TURTLE, NE.GET SCROLL.SW
There are several useful one letter commands in Hitchkers
Command Description One-Letter
AGAIN - to repeat a command unless you are talking to someone G
LOOK - to describe the location in full detail L
INVENTORY- to get a list of items you have, or are wearing I
QUIT - to stop playing the game Q
WAIT - causes time to pass in game Z
There are also commands that are for your use
BRIEF - gives full description only the first time you enter a room.
Normal mode
DIAGNOSE - gives a brief medical report on your condition
FOOTNOTE - to read a footnote mentioned in the story type FOOTNOTE #
RESTART - starts the game at the beginning again
RESTORE - loads a saved game from a data disk and lets you play form there
SAVE - records your last position on a data disk
SCORE - shows your current score and number of turns taken
SCRIPT - starts printing moves on your printer as well as on screen
SUPERBRIEF- displays only the name of room,no objects
UNSCRIPT - turns the printer off
VERBOSE - gives complete description every time you enter a room
VERSION - gives release number and serial number of your copy
There are other recognized verbs of course, too many to list here,
use your imagination.
Here are some though:
ANSWER, APPROACH, ASK, BLOCK, BUY, CARVE, CLIMB, CLOSE, CONNECT
CONSULT, COVER, DANGLE, DESTROY, DRINK, DROP, ENJOY, ENTER, ESCAPE
EXAMINE, EXIT, FILL, FIND, FOLLOW, GIVE, HANG, HIDE, JUMP, KILL, KNOCK
LIE, LIGHT, LISTEN, LOOK, MOVE, PANIC, PULL, OPEN, PICK, PLUG, POINT
PUSH, PUT, READ, RELAX, REMOVE, SAY, SHOOT, SHOW, SIT, SLEEP, SMELL, STAND
TAKE,TASTE, THROW, TOUCH, TURN, TYPE, WAKE, WALK
Remember that you can use prepositions with these nouns.
LOOK -> LOOK INSIDE, LOOK BEHIND, LOOK UNDER, LOOK AT, LOOK THROUGH, etc
If you suspect that there is an error on your copy of the disk, type $VERIFY
If you get a DISK CORRECT the error seems to be a hardware problem
If you get a INTERNAL ERROR the problem is your copy, good luck backing it up
Complaints:
I DON'T KNOW THE WORD "(your word)"
the word is not in the list, try a synonym, or rephrase the sentance
YOU USED THE WORD "(your word)" IN A WAY I DON'T UNDERSTAND
the word is in the list, but you switched nouns-adj nouns-verbs, etc
THAT SENTANCE ISN'T ONE I RECOGNIZE
you typed gibberish or used a wierd syntax, try again using a different form
THERE WAS NO VERB IN THAT SENTANCE
unless you are answering a question, you must have a verb or command on a line
THERE SEEMS TO BE A NOUN MISSING IN THAT SENTANCE
your sentance was incomplete, ie EAT THE BLUE...
THERE WERE TOO MANY NOUNS IN THAT SENTANCE
ex PUT THE SOUP IN THE BOWL WITH THE LADLE.
It will only take two noun phrases
YOU CAN'T USE MULTIPLE (IN)DIRECT OBJECTS WITH "(your verb)"
you can only use multiple objects with certain verbs like GET, TAKE, and PUT
YOU CAN'T SEE ANY (object) HERE!
the item you refered to is not visible in your current location
THE OTHER OBJECT(S) THAT YOU MENTIONED AREN'T HERE
you refered to two or more items, and one or more weren't in sight
BE SPECIFIC: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO (your verb)
you used HIM,HER,or IT, but the parser isn't sure what object you mean
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
you pressed <CR> without typing anything
IT'S TOO DARK TO SEE!
in the story, there is not enough light to perform your action
YOU CAN'T GO THAT WAY
there was no passage or exit in the direction that you wanted to move
Address of Infocom
Infocom, Inc.
55 Wheeler Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Attn: MARVIN
Technical hotline(no hints)
617-576-3190
Author Biographies
Douglas Adams
Adams graduated from Cambridge in 1974 where he was a member of the
Footlights club, which has launched many of Britain's comics. He has
collaborated on several projects with Monty Python's Graham Chapman, and
has served as a writerand script editor for the TV series... DR. WHO.
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy began as a BBC radio serial,and soon
was put into four books, a television series, two records, and a stage
show. His entry in the "British guide to comic writers: "mostly
harmless"
Steven Meretzky
Meretzky was born in mid-1957, frightening the Soviets into the early
launching of its Sputnik satellite. His gestalt includes several painful
childhood experiences: such as rooting for the New York Mets. He blames
this on growing up in Yonkers, and studying at MIT.(studying in its most
general sense) He now lives near Boston, and has been working for
Infocom since 1982 as an experimental alternative lifestyle to
unemployment. He apoligizes for PLANETFALL, and SORCEROR. The package
includes painted out sunglasses, fluff, a "don't panic" button, a
microscopic space fleet, orders for the removal for your house, and
similiar orders for the destruction of Earth That's it!