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Description, release information, statistics, and packaging details.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary earth creature who gets swept up in a whirlwind of interstellar adventures almost beyond comprehension....
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pete/Infocom/hitchhikers.html

Play the text adventure on-line using Java on Douglas Adams' website.
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DNA/The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Adventure Game  Infocom adventure is rightly remembered as a classic of its time the mere mention of Babel Fish or intelligent doors still provokes nervous reactions in those who regularly stayed up until the early hours trying...
http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocom.html

[4/5] by Joshua Mintzer
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Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adventure Collective Game Reviews, Previews, Features, Editorials, Interviews, Articles, News, Solutions, Solves, Walkthroughs, FAQ, Guides, Hints, Tips  What a long and strange journey What can you do with some peanuts aboard a Vogon spaceship? Don't panic! In 1984 during the golden age of Infocom, when interactive fiction was king, Douglas Adams was...
http://www.adventurecollective.c.../hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy.htm

Stu Galley's explanation of why the sequel was never released.
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe  Restaurant was never released (thanks to Simon Kane for providing this message I started work on the Restaurant project after finishing Moonmist at Infocom. However, it did not get very far at all. Douglas Adams...
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/restaurant.html

High-quality scans of packaging, manual, "Don't Panic!" button, pocket fluff, demolition orders, and microscopic space fleet.
http://infocom.elsewhere.org/dsinclair/hhgttg/hhgttg.html

Text of game announcement from Infocom's newsletter.
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The New Zork Times, Fall 1984  But one thing is certain someone is dead. And now they're pointing fingers at you. Infocom Introduces Suspect™ In Suspect, Infocom's newest mystery game, you'll attend a murderously grand party that you'll never forget. The...
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Articles/NZT/Nztfal84.html#hitch

Box scans, introduction, specifications and sample transcript.
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Infocom Games Hitchhiker's Guide  Galaxy is contained in the pages of this manual. In this story, you will be Arthur Dent, a rather ordinary earth creature who gets swept up in a whirlwind of interstellar adventures almost beyond comprehension....
http://www.infocom-if.org/games/hhgttg/hhgttg.html

A Douglas Adams game is revived to mark a new Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy radio series. [BBC News]
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BBC NEWS Entertainment TV and Radio Radio 4 revives Hitchhiker's game  Adams voiced the character Agrajag before his death in 2001 A computer game written by Douglas Adams is being revived to coincide with a new BBC Radio 4 series of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/enter...ainment/tv_and_radio/3615046.stm

Steve Meretzky talks about Douglas Adams, game difficulty, non-linearity, and deadlines. [Contains puzzle spoilers.]
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BBC Radio 4 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Steve Meretzky  Steve explains how the project evolved. Spoiler Warning: The following answers include details about the puzzles within the game. How did you come to work with Douglas Adams? Douglas was an Infocom player and fan,...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/stevem.shtml

An illustrated, on-line playable (Flash) 20th anniversary version.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml