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 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!