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13-Dec-16 5:03

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CDP180213-Dec-16 5:05

13-Dec-16 5:05

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megaadam13-Dec-16 5:11

megaadam

13-Dec-16 5:11

I am about to give up, but I still have some faith in your puns.

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Duncan Edwards Jones13-Dec-16 5:13

Duncan Edwards Jones

13-Dec-16 5:13

The myrrh, the merrier

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jeron1

13-Dec-16 5:14

You are the voice of resin.

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Daniel Pfeffer13-Dec-16 5:46

Daniel Pfeffer

13-Dec-16 5:46

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Chris Quinn13-Dec-16 5:52

Chris Quinn

13-Dec-16 5:52

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Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

W∴ Balboos, GHB13-Dec-16 7:19

W∴ Balboos, GHB

13-Dec-16 7:19

Really, now, I just plain incensed at where your scent this thread!

Ravings en masse^
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raddevus13-Dec-16 4:45

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:45

Text-based games were all you really needed.
All these youths and their confounded graphics. Who needs 'em? Smile | :)

Fond memories...and you can still play the original at (requires browser & adobe flash):
BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game - 30th Anniversary Edition[^]

Edit
I made it out of the room alive.
See if you can too.

Ian Shlasko13-Dec-16 4:51

Ian Shlasko

13-Dec-16 4:51

You mean the game about the lint in your pocket? That was great. I beat it, but that was YEARS ago.

Love those old text adventures... I wrote a couple for IFComp... They weren't very good.

Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

raddevus13-Dec-16 4:53

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:53

Ian Shlasko wrote:
I beat it, but that was YEARS ago.

Honestly, you had to be quite sharp to beat it. Way to go. Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

I'm only now able to get anywhere, because I remember bits and pieces, but I was never able to complete it.

Ian Shlasko13-Dec-16 4:57

Ian Shlasko

13-Dec-16 4:57

Nah, it just took a dozen or so playthroughs. It's one of those games where if you forget something near the beginning, you won't realize until the very end that you're in an unwinnable situation.

Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

raddevus13-Dec-16 4:59

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:59

Ian Shlasko wrote:
if you forget something near the beginning, you won't realize until the very end that you're in an unwinnable situation

True...and painful. Smile | :)

CDP180213-Dec-16 4:54

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:54

raddevus wrote:
All these youths and their confounded graphics. Who needs 'em?

Right. The best games were written on the Altair with no graphics whatsoever.

raddevus13-Dec-16 4:56

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:56

Wait. Altair?
It only had switches and LEDs right?

CDP180213-Dec-16 4:59

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:59

Absolutely. You can enjoy text adventures only when you see the text one character at a time in binary.

raddevus13-Dec-16 5:03

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 5:03

CDP1802 wrote:
You can enjoy text adventures only when you see the text one character at a time in binary.

I agree 100%. That's why I recently purchased a LED TV. I just watch das blinkenlights[^]!

CDP180213-Dec-16 5:10

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 5:10

Too bad I'm not at home right now, else I would post a picture of das Blinkenlight incarnate. Smile | :)

raddevus13-Dec-16 5:12

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 5:12

What'cha got? Some blinking LED creation of your own?

CDP180213-Dec-16 5:14

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 5:14

Sort of. My first computer with Blinkenlights for and against everything.

C^hris L^osinger13-Dec-16 6:42

C^hris L^osinger

13-Dec-16 6:42

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Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

Tim Carmichael13-Dec-16 4:56

Tim Carmichael

13-Dec-16 4:56

I seem to remember having it form my C-64, but member had a chance to use a C-128.
Fondly remember the C-64....

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

raddevus13-Dec-16 4:58

Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

13-Dec-16 4:58

Yeah, I think it was created for the C-64. I was a bit late to computers and got the 128 when it was being liquidated at a local retail shop that was going out of business. That was the beginning of the end for Commodore back in 1985.

User 1013254613-Dec-16 5:13

User 10132546

13-Dec-16 5:13

raddevus wrote:
That was the beginning of the end for Commodore back in 1985.

They were just getting started with the Amiga[^] in 1985 Smile | :)

I had the Commodore VIC-20 first, then the C64 and then an Amiga A500 - loved them all. Just a shame they didn't market their machines better, the Amiga was light years ahead of PC's from the mid-80's until the early 90's.

Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.

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Re: Infocom: Remember Hitch-hiker's Guide on Commodore 128?

raddevus13-Dec-16 5:17