The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Infocom Infocom September 14, 1984
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About

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a text-based adventure game where humor and chaos collide. Play as Arthur Dent, an Earthling thrust into the absurdity of space. Success requires reading clues, collecting items, and reacting swiftly. The game’s wit and unpredictable twists demand attention, mistakes lead to sudden, often funny deaths. Dialogue and puzzles matter, but dry humor and tricky challenges will test your skill. Infocom’s 1984 classic remains popular, praised

Storyline

You are Arthur Dent, an Englishman with a bad hangover wearing a dressing gown containing a much needed buffered analgesic and some fluff. Your house has just been destroyed, followed shortly thereafter by your planet Earth (mostly harmless). You’ve been rescued by your friend Ford Prefect, who’s not actually an out-of-work actor. He has given you a book (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), a towel, and is now telling you to put a fish in your ear. It must be a Thursday; you’ve never quite gotten the hang of Thursdays.

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Single player

IGDB Rating

69.3

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