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

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Developer(s)Infocom[4]
Publisher(s)Infocom
Designer(s)Douglas Adams
Steve Meretzky
EngineZ-machine
Platform(s)Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Apricot PC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, CP/M, MS-DOS, Epson QX-10, Kaypro II, Mac, Osborne 1, TI-99/4A, TRS-80,[5] Flash[6]
Release
Genre(s)Adventure, Interactive fiction
Mode(s)Single-player

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is an interactive fiction video game based on the comedic science fiction series of the same name. It was designed by series creator Douglas Adams and Infocom's Steve Meretzky, and it was first released in 1984 for the Apple II, Mac, Commodore 64, CP/M, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari 8-bit computers, and Atari ST. It is Infocom's fourteenth game.

  1. ^ "Special Feature: Happy Birthday!". Popular Computing Weekly. 1 May 1987. pp. 14–18.
  2. ^ "'Galaxy' Goes Electronic". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 18 October 1994. p. 54. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Infocom, the company behind "Zork," "Deadline" and several other "interactive fiction" text-adventure computer games, will release "Hitchhiker" Nov. 1 (retail price: $39.95).
  3. ^ Kosek, Steve (9 November 1984). "Peanuts gang leads the way with new round of video games". Chicago Tribune. p. 166. Retrieved 5 May 2024. Activision will be releasing "Ghostbusters," a strategy game designed after the hit movie with Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray, and Infocom is just about to begin distribution of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," an all-text adventure designed by Douglas Adams, whose best-selling science-fiction trilogy has inspired a cult following on college campuses.
  4. ^ Murphy, Jamie (13 May 2013). "Stepping into the Story: Players participate in 'interactive fiction'". Time. Vol. 125, no. 19. Reported by Cristina Garcia. p. 64. Infocom, the Cambridge-based software company that pioneered interactive fiction, has released an electronic version of Douglas Adams' popular novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ($39.95), which last week jumped to No. 1 on Billboard's list of top computer software.
  5. ^ Adventureland Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier
  6. ^ BBC RADIO 4, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Archived 18 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine, text adventure game, freely available in Flash