Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that I
might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in the 80's called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based on the novels
of Douglas Adams.

So, I go out looking for this, thinking by now it's gotta be freeware by now
& there HAD to have been someone who ported it to dos.

WRONG!

This game, written by Infocom in 1984 supports only: Amiga, Amstrand CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Browser (ok, a new modification), Commodore 64, DOS, Mac, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRaSh-80, and TRaSh-80 CoCo.

So, seeing that the game is OLD to begin with and it only supports operating s ystems that went out with prohibition, you'd think it'd be cheap or even FREE....

WRONG!

They want $74 bucks for that damn thing! I think back in the 80's I paid
like $10 to register my copy so that I had something better than ZORK on my system.

Ya, ya, ya...I'm old...I think I broke my hip...

But, SERIOUSLY, WTF?!?! I think someone's got a babel fish inserted into the wrong oriface...

-Rassilon...

-Remember me to Gallifrey...


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Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Rassilon to All on Wed Mar 24 2010 04:45 am

Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that I might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in the 80' called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based on the novels of Douglas Adams.

You might want to look and see if you can't get it to run with that AGT
door program. HHG was an older infocom game, and I think it may have been
based upon the same game system Zork/ZorkII/ZorkIII was based upon.
If so, various places have made intpreters to read those files and make them
work on newer systems without any protection....


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Rassilon wrote to All <=-

Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that
I might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in
the 80's called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based
on the novels of Douglas Adams.

So, I go out looking for this, thinking by now it's gotta be freeware
by now & there HAD to have been someone who ported it to dos.

WRONG!

This game, written by Infocom in 1984 supports only: Amiga, Amstrand
CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Browser (ok, a new modification), Commodore 64, DOS, Mac, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRaSh-80, and TRaSh-80
CoCo.

So, seeing that the game is OLD to begin with and it only supports operating s ystems that went out with prohibition, you'd think it'd be cheap or even FREE....

WRONG!

They want $74 bucks for that damn thing! I think back in the 80's I
paid like $10 to register my copy so that I had something better than
ZORK on my system.

I actually have an original copy of the game. It's not in great shape
though, and I no longer have a 5.25" drive with which to read it.


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Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Rassilon to All on Wed Mar 24 2010 04:45 am

Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that I might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in the 80's called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based on the novels of Douglas Adams.

love the book, movie, have'nt tried the game.

So, I go out looking for this, thinking by now it's gotta be freeware by
now & there HAD to have been someone who ported it to dos.

WRONG!

This game, written by Infocom in 1984 supports only: Amiga, Amstrand CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, Mac, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRaSh-80, and TRaSh-80 CoCo.

that sucks.

So, seeing that the game is OLD to begin with and it only supports
operating s ystems that went out with prohibition, you'd think it'd be
cheap or even FREE....

WRONG!

They want $74 bucks for that damn thing! I think back in the 80's I paid like $10 to register my copy so that I had something better than ZORK on my system.

that sucks even more, maybe a new one should be developed.

Ya, ya, ya...I'm old...I think I broke my hip...

But, SERIOUSLY, WTF?!?! I think someone's got a babel fish inserted into the wrong oriface...

Greed man.. Greed does many bad things and is what has fucked our world up.

ttyl.

BTW if you still have your bbs link up I'll try it after these posts.. just been a little short on time.


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On 03-24-10, Rassilon said...

Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that I might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in the 8 called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based on the nove of Douglas Adams.

So, I goout looking for this, thinking by now it's gotta be freeware by no
& there HAD to have been someone who ported it to dos.

WRONG!

Take a look at abandonia.com. I found it there with no problem.

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Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: John Guillory to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 07:25 am

You might want to look and see if you can't get it to run with that AGT
door program. HHG was an older infocom game, and I think it may have bee
based upon the same game system Zork/ZorkII/ZorkIII was based upon.
If so, various places have made intpreters to read those files and make t
work on newer systems without any protection....

Ya, I was hoping to particularly get THAT game. It was loads of fun back in the day. (Oh, yah, it IS based on the Zork games)...

-Rassilon...

-Exhuming McCarthy...


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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Blakdeth to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 10:40 am

I actually have an original copy of the game. It's not in great shape
though, and I no longer have a 5.25" drive with which to read it.

Ya, finding a computer with a 5.25" floppy drive is harder than finding a turntable.

-Rassilon...


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Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: mrproper to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 01:49 pm

Yah, I was looking up some appropriate (and different) door games that I might possibly use & I remembered a great one that I used to play in the 80's called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Great game based on th novels of Douglas Adams.

love the book, movie, have'nt tried the game.

Screw the movie. The movie SUCKED. Read the books, see the TV series or listen to the Radio Series. Seriously, you're missing out.

So, I go out looking for this, thinking by now it's gotta be freeware by now & there HAD to have been someone who ported it to dos.

WRONG!

This game, written by Infocom in 1984 supports only: Amiga, Amstrand CPC Commodore 64, DOS, Mac, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRaSh-80, and TRaSh-80 CoCo.

that sucks.

So, seeing that the game is OLD to begin with and it only supports operating s ystems that went out with prohibition, you'd think it'd be cheap or even FREE....

WRONG!

They want $74 bucks for that damn thing! I think back in the 80's I paid like $10 to register my copy so that I had something better than ZORK on system.

that sucks even more, maybe a new one should be developed.

You couldn't do it without permission from Douglas Adams' wife (he died, unfortunately) and/or the BBC. You'll notice in the game credits it lists
the programmer & Douglas Adams himself.

Ya, ya, ya...I'm old...I think I broke my hip...

But, SERIOUSLY, WTF?!?! I think someone's got a babel fish inserted into the wrong oriface...

Greed man.. Greed does many bad things and is what has fucked our world up.

Greed's one thing but that's just crazy! $74 for a game that was written in '84? I understand there's a thing called COLLECTORS but who would pay that much for that?

-Rassilon...


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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Gryphon to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 02:35 pm

Take a look at abandonia.com. I found it there with no problem.

That's funny...I couldn't find it...

-Rassilon...


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In a reply from Rassilon on 15:28 about Re: HHG - Another MUD

I actually have an original copy of the game. It's not in great shape
though, and I no longer have a 5.25" drive with which to read it.

Ya, finding a computer with a 5.25" floppy drive is harder than finding a turntable.

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Lord Time to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 06:50 pm

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

Eh, I know a computer store where I could probably pick one up for a buck. Don't know how I'd get it to work with any of my machines but I'm sure I
could figure it out.

-Rassilon...


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On 03-24-10, Rassilon said...

Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Gryphon to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 02:35 pm

Take a look at abandonia.com. I found itthere with no problem.

That's funny...I couldn't find it...

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/228/Hitchhikers+Guide+to+the+Galaxy%2C+The.h tml

I did a search for hitchhiker, and it was the only one it found.

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In a reply from Rassilon on 22:28 about Re: HHG - Another MUD

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

Eh, I know a computer store where I could probably pick one up for a buck.

I got it for the best price, free (at a computer store)

Don't know how I'd get it to work with any of my machines but I'm sure I could figure it out.

if I remember right (and this has been a few years) it bigger then the normal cables

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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Rassilon to Lord Time on Wed Mar 24 2010 22:28:00

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs comput (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

Eh, I know a computer store where I could probably pick one up for a buck. Don't know how I'd get it to work with any of my machines but I'm sure I could figure it out.

IIRC it's pretty much signal compatible with a 3.5" floppy drive, so you just need simple adapter. You can also find cables that have both types of connectors (5.25" used an edge connector typically, 3.5" typically used an IDC connector) on them. Assuming your floppy controller still supports a 5.25" drive, you're good to go.

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In a reply from Rassilon on 15:28 about Re: HHG - Another MUD

I actually have an original copy of the game. It's not in great shape
though, and I no longer have a 5.25" drive with which to read it.

Ya, finding a computer with a 5.25" floppy drive is harder than finding a turntable.

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

I suppose I do have a 5.25 drive for the Apple II. I bought it just to play
a complete copy of Might and Magic II I purchased on eBay a few years ago.
Too bad I sold my Apple II to buy my wife a laptop. Got a fair price for it
though. It was in great shape.

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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Blakdeth to Lord Time on Thu Mar 25 2010 10:57 am

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

I suppose I do have a 5.25 drive for the Apple II. I bought it just to play
a complete copy of Might and Magic II I purchased on eBay a few years ago.
Too bad I sold my Apple II to buy my wife a laptop. Got a fair price for it
though. It was in great shape.

Somewhere in my garage, I have a couple of 5 1/4" IBM drives, 5-6 Commodore
drives 1 1.6mb, 1 800mb, and about 1 high density 5 1/4", and 2-3 1541's
not to mention, one hybrid monstrastity that is a 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" mounted
in the same bay for IBM 1.2MB and 1.44mb in 1 5 1/4" bay!


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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Gryphon to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 05:59 pm

On 03-24-10, Rassilon said...

Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: Gryphon to Rassilon on Wed Mar 24 2010 02:35 pm

Take a look at abandonia.com. I found itthere with no problem.

That's funny...I couldn't find it...

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/228/Hitchhikers+Guide+to+the+Galaxy%2C+The tml

I did a search for hitchhiker, and it was the only one it found.

Kewl, thankx...


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Re: Re: HHG - Another MUD
By: echicken to Rassilon on Thu Mar 25 2010 09:55 am

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs com (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

Eh, I know a computer store where I could probably pick one up for a buck Don't know how I'd get it to work with any of my machines but I'm sure I could figure it out.

IIRC it's pretty much signal compatible with a 3.5" floppy drive, so you jus need simple adapter. You can also find cables that have both types of connectors (5.25" used an edge connector typically, 3.5" typically used an I connector) on them. Assuming your floppy controller still supports a 5.25" drive, you're good to go.

echicken
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I thought so. Thanks!

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In a reply from Blakdeth on 10:57 about Re: HHG - Another MUD

I actually have an original copy of the game. It's not in great
shape though, and I no longer have a 5.25" drive with which to read
it.

Ya, finding a computer with a 5.25" floppy drive is harder than finding a turntable.

as it so happens, I have a 5.25 working floppy drive in my old bbs computer (no, I won't give it away, not even for money)

I suppose I do have a 5.25 drive for the Apple II.

somehow, I don't this that drive will work on the pc

I bought it just to play
a complete copy of Might and Magic II I purchased on eBay a few years ago.

I think I have might and magic I (for the appe ][), at this point I wish I had the pc version of the might and magic (1 to 3 or 4 or 5)

Too bad I sold my Apple II to buy my wife a laptop. Got a fair price for it
though. It was in great shape.

ohh nooooooooooooo

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