louie@umd5.UUCP (11/08/84)
Well, Douglas Adams was here at the University of Maryland tonight, along with copies of his new book "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish", the fourth book in the The Hitchhiker's Trilogy. I have the hardcover edition in my hot little hands at this moment, and can't wait to start. During the two hours that he was here, he mentioned that production of the MOVIE version of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is due to begin in the first half of 1985. He also said to watch for The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy VIDEO GAME to appear in the next few weeks. (Just in time for Christmas). It was a weird, wonderful couple of hours with Douglas Adams.. he did a number of readings from The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe and Life, The Universe And Everything. What a guy! Louis A. Mamakos Computer Science Center - Systems Programming Univ. of Maryland.
eric@milo.UUCP (Eric Bergan) (11/08/84)
Douglas Adams has just releases HHGTTG in yet another form - that of a computer adventure. When I first saw the Infocom ads, I figured they had just bought the rights to it. But lo and behold, when I got it it shows Douglas Adams as author (and the manual was definitely written by him). I have not started it yet, but a blurb in the manual states that having read the books will help only in the early going, the rest is all new. Looks like another wacky first from Adams. -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!milo!eric
chabot@amber.DEC (L S Chabot) (11/13/84)
About that Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy *VIDEO* game: My LSC connection tells me that Douglas Adams has been working on a game with Steve Meretsky of InfoCom (the Zork people) -- I believe, therefore, this game will be a COMPUTER game, not a VIDEO game. I think Steve's other games include Planetfall. L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, MR03-1/K20, 2 Iron Way, Marlborough, MA 01752 shadow: [ISSN 0018-9162 v17 #10 p7, bottom vt100, col3, next to next to last]
wanttaja@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ronald J Wanttaja) (11/20/84)
Regarding the HHGTTG Game: > > My LSC connection tells me that Douglas Adams has been working on a game with > Steve Meretsky of InfoCom (the Zork people) -- I believe, therefore, this game > will be a COMPUTER game, not a VIDEO game. I think Steve's other games include > Planetfall Hey, gang, it's already out... I've seen in (although haven't played it) in Commodore 64, Apple II, and MAC (!) formats. It comes with a "Don't Panic" button, some tourist brochures for galactic Hot Spots, and a supply of authentic lint. For those not familiar with Infocom games, these are "text" adventures... not the "move the hero with the joystick" games. I saw an article which says the Infocom HHGTTG parallels the book, but familiarity with the book is not especially helpful. Ron Wanttaja (ssc-vax!wanttaja) "Batteries to power... Turbines to speed..."
eric@milo.UUCP (Eric Bergan) (11/29/84)
I have started working over HHGTTG from Infocom. It is immediately apparent that Douglas Adams played an integral role in creating the game. The manual reads much like the books (make sure and read the sample dialogue and other sections you normally skip over). So far the plot of the adventure has followed the plot of the book, but the puzzles I have encountered so far have not been helped by knowing the book. -- eric ...!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!milo!eric