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Login/Join to Participateresident fridge magnet
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Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Posted:
For all of you who enjoyed the Crimson Room and similar flash games AND are well acquainted with Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide AND are prepared to cancel all upcoming social, work and study-commitments - and yae, even bid a temporary farewell to your juggling toys
- spend the next few days of your life here
It's a deeply frustrating and highly enjoyable flash & text-based game... and I don't think you'll get very far if you aren't familiar with the HHG, but let me know if you have proven otherwise....
It's a good idea to read the "how to play" thingie first, it tells you all about saving, waiting, listning etc....
Enjoy!!
Neph
For all of you who enjoyed the Crimson Room and similar flash games AND are well acquainted with Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide AND are prepared to cancel all upcoming social, work and study-commitments - and yae, even bid a temporary farewell to your juggling toys
- spend the next few days of your life here It's a deeply frustrating and highly enjoyable flash & text-based game... and I don't think you'll get very far if you aren't familiar with the HHG, but let me know if you have proven otherwise....
It's a good idea to read the "how to play" thingie first, it tells you all about saving, waiting, listning etc....
Enjoy!!
Neph
everyone's unique except me
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
oohh i remember this
stay away!! stay away!!! run i tell you run.
oohh i remember this
stay away!! stay away!!! run i tell you run.
Love is the law.
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
i still have the original DOS version of this and I've never got further than being on the.... the.... *oh my god, my mind's gone completely blank and I've forgotten the name of Zaphods spaceship* ... y'know that one... and then they all head off to the jacuzzi or steam room or something, for no apparent reason, and won't come back!!! Give me a few years and I might actually work it out....
i still have the original DOS version of this and I've never got further than being on the.... the.... *oh my god, my mind's gone completely blank and I've forgotten the name of Zaphods spaceship* ... y'know that one... and then they all head off to the jacuzzi or steam room or something, for no apparent reason, and won't come back!!! Give me a few years and I might actually work it out....
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if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
UnNatural Scientist - Currently working on a Breville-legged monkey
757 posts
Location: Bath Uni or Shrewsbury, UK
Posted:
Heart of Gold
Heart of Gold
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
thanks domino. I knew it really
the annoying thing is, is i categorically do not remember any mention of a jacuzzi/steam room in the book, so where the hell did they get it from and why won't they come out?? you really need a lot of patience for that game... it won't accept menial conversation when you get stuck for anything else to write, and you can't swear at it because it does the computer equivalent of looking at you like you're a pestering toddler....
thanks domino. I knew it really
the annoying thing is, is i categorically do not remember any mention of a jacuzzi/steam room in the book, so where the hell did they get it from and why won't they come out?? you really need a lot of patience for that game... it won't accept menial conversation when you get stuck for anything else to write, and you can't swear at it because it does the computer equivalent of looking at you like you're a pestering toddler....
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
grrrr.... this is disturbingly addictive.....
grrrr.... this is disturbingly addictive.....
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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Haven't you heard? I come in six-packs now.
134 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Haven't you heard? I come in six-packs now.
134 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted:
Oh man, I used to love this one! *must not waste my life again* Anyone ever play a game like this called ZORK?
Oh man, I used to love this one! *must not waste my life again* Anyone ever play a game like this called ZORK?
If you can talk you can sing / If you can walk you can dance
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I did the typical student thing and went back to bed.
Then the World was destroyed......
Bloody typical!
I did the typical student thing and went back to bed.
Then the World was destroyed......
Bloody typical!
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I hate this game. I can't even get out of the house without being killed!
I hate this game. I can't even get out of the house without being killed!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Posted:
Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering...
resident fridge magnet
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Posted:
Grrrr.... I'm stuck in the same place NOn mentioned - on the Heart of Gold with everyone sitting in the sauna - but at least I can tell you guys how to get out of the house, PM me if you wanna know
Alternatively, you could at this point just decide to reclaim your lives and forget about the game...
Grrrr.... I'm stuck in the same place NOn mentioned - on the Heart of Gold with everyone sitting in the sauna - but at least I can tell you guys how to get out of the house, PM me if you wanna know
Alternatively, you could at this point just decide to reclaim your lives and forget about the game...
everyone's unique except me
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15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Type in "kill"
Type in "kill"
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Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Posted:
Take the buffered analgesic (as I remember from playing it on an amstrad when I was about ten) and the room will stop spinning.
Quality. I completed this game once upon a time. I also completed Leather Goddesses from Phobos, which was an adult version (very similar). Text adventure games rule.
Take the buffered analgesic (as I remember from playing it on an amstrad when I was about ten) and the room will stop spinning.
Quality. I completed this game once upon a time. I also completed Leather Goddesses from Phobos, which was an adult version (very similar). Text adventure games rule.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
I did that Mags. I even picked up the post and got out on the porch, but the bulldozer gets me everytime I try to get off the porch!!
I did that Mags. I even picked up the post and got out on the porch, but the bulldozer gets me everytime I try to get off the porch!!
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
Lie down (i think)
Lie down (i think)
Love is the law.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I managed to get out of the house but i keep on getting killed by stray bricks.
which is odd seeing as I was standing right next to Mr Prosser at the time....
I managed to get out of the house but i keep on getting killed by stray bricks.
which is odd seeing as I was standing right next to Mr Prosser at the time....
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Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Pirate Pixie Crew Captain
8,428 posts
Location: Wales
Posted:
Feed me Chocolate!!! Feed me NOW!
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Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Pirate Ninja
3,882 posts
Location: Galway/Ireland
Posted:
damn, i used to know this, now im not doing any work, nor am i going to
damn damn damn
dont forget the screwdriver!!!!
damn, i used to know this, now im not doing any work, nor am i going to
damn damn damn
dont forget the screwdriver!!!!
Love is the law.
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
after a frustrating half hour - i worked out getting past the bulldozer.
dont take the towel - cos if you do then ford will leave you there.
keep on nagging him, and eventually ford will persuade prosser to lie down in the mud. the next few steps are pretty intuitive.
after a frustrating half hour - i worked out getting past the bulldozer.
dont take the towel - cos if you do then ford will leave you there.
keep on nagging him, and eventually ford will persuade prosser to lie down in the mud. the next few steps are pretty intuitive.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
Ive foudn a massive glitch int eh game that takes you to random bits of the game.
Just use the "restore" command after you die with a random file name i.e. "game 2" and press enter.
I went from having a device thrown at my feet by ford, dying, then ending up half way through with 214 points....
Ive foudn a massive glitch int eh game that takes you to random bits of the game.
Just use the "restore" command after you die with a random file name i.e. "game 2" and press enter.
I went from having a device thrown at my feet by ford, dying, then ending up half way through with 214 points....
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Haven't you heard? I come in six-packs now.
134 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Haven't you heard? I come in six-packs now.
134 posts
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted:
I get to the pub and I know I'm supposed to drink some beer, but I don't know what to do next. Everytime I drink a 4th beer I die. Hmm....
I get to the pub and I know I'm supposed to drink some beer, but I don't know what to do next. Everytime I drink a 4th beer I die. Hmm....
If you can talk you can sing / If you can walk you can dance
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
type in "wait"
oh...and apparently you want to buy a sandwhich in the pub...and feed it to a dog before you leave Earth.
type in "wait"
oh...and apparently you want to buy a sandwhich in the pub...and feed it to a dog before you leave Earth.
activist for HoPper liberation.
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
1,643 posts
Location: ffidrac
Posted:
(not necessarily in the following order, it is advisable to:) drink only 3 beers. don't take the towel off ford, lie down in front of the bulldozer, pick up the junk mail, i think you can sometimes get through the whole dog-sandwich fiasco without uh.. doing it, sometimes, other times you just have to pass the time....
on my version there are hints, I'm not sure if this is the case with the shiny internet version though, in which case - ha di ha ha ha. However they don't tell me anything about my sauna issue, just that i shouldn't let them go in there in the first place, which after the 43rd time, i kind of worked out for myself! *sigh* it's frustrating just thinking about the game!
(not necessarily in the following order, it is advisable to:) drink only 3 beers. don't take the towel off ford, lie down in front of the bulldozer, pick up the junk mail, i think you can sometimes get through the whole dog-sandwich fiasco without uh.. doing it, sometimes, other times you just have to pass the time....
on my version there are hints, I'm not sure if this is the case with the shiny internet version though, in which case - ha di ha ha ha. However they don't tell me anything about my sauna issue, just that i shouldn't let them go in there in the first place, which after the 43rd time, i kind of worked out for myself! *sigh* it's frustrating just thinking about the game!
Aurinko freedom agreement reached 10th Sept 2006
if it makes no sense that's because it's NOn-sense.
resident fridge magnet
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Posted:
ummm... it's not a glitch and you're not accessing random bits of the game, you're accessing other people's saved games in the shared folder (read the thingy when you save a game - if you're not reged on h2g2 they get saved in a shared folder)
so, please, HOW do I stop them from entering the sauna!? Hints?
ummm... it's not a glitch and you're not accessing random bits of the game, you're accessing other people's saved games in the shared folder (read the thingy when you save a game - if you're not reged on h2g2 they get saved in a shared folder)
so, please, HOW do I stop them from entering the sauna!? Hints?
everyone's unique except me
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
your not supposed to go in the sauna? hmmm....
your not supposed to go in the sauna? hmmm....
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
addict
508 posts
Location: manchester, uk
508 posts
Location: manchester, uk
Posted:
I am currently reading the wonderful bio of DNA and apart from the using the book as a loose plot they could pilfer from the original radio series', and a different script for the album, the script that never quite made it into a cartoon and a potential film re write script. it could have come from anywhere! the mind boggles
Written by: NOn
the annoying thing is, is i categorically do not remember any mention of a jacuzzi/steam room in the book, so where the hell did they get it from and why won't they come out??
I am currently reading the wonderful bio of DNA and apart from the using the book as a loose plot they could pilfer from the original radio series', and a different script for the album, the script that never quite made it into a cartoon and a potential film re write script. it could have come from anywhere! the mind boggles
It's smashing to be back x
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ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
well, i havent gone into the sauna, and am wandering around the ship. marvin has completely barred me.
ive made my way into the engine room [very funny!], and now can wander the ship freely without anything happening. im running out of ideas!
well, i havent gone into the sauna, and am wandering around the ship. marvin has completely barred me.
ive made my way into the engine room [very funny!], and now can wander the ship freely without anything happening. im running out of ideas!
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I am now on a different ship after Ford and I wre ejected into space.
It is black and I dont appear to do anything as I cant see/ smell/ taste/ feel/ hear anything.
Any ideas?
I am now on a different ship after Ford and I wre ejected into space.
It is black and I dont appear to do anything as I cant see/ smell/ taste/ feel/ hear anything.
Any ideas?
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
dont worry...
im sorted.
If you get stuck... try pressing the different directions.
dont worry...
im sorted.
If you get stuck... try pressing the different directions.
resident fridge magnet
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
835 posts
Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Posted:
the engine room? How'd you do that???
the engine room? How'd you do that???
everyone's unique except me
SILVER Member
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Posted:
I ke[t walking backwards.
after follwing marvin
after everyone walks off for a sauna
i had a sauna too and came out a changed man
Now ive given up.
Im not goingto play it anymore as i wouldhave to redo it alland i cant be arsed to.
I ke[t walking backwards.
after follwing marvin
after everyone walks off for a sauna
i had a sauna too and came out a changed man
Now ive given up.
Im not goingto play it anymore as i wouldhave to redo it alland i cant be arsed to.
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