Talk:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (video game)

message: was one of the  feelies actaully "no tea", and if so how was the absence represented?
:No. It may have been listed in some of the game's ads as a joke, since "no tea" appears continually in Arthur Dent's inventory in-game (until he gets some tea, of course). But it isn't like there was a plastic bag labeled "no tea" in the package. In fact, I'm against its inclusion here, but oh well. -DynSkeet (talk) 16:02, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
::I think it was listed in the game's documentation as one of the "items" included with the game. — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:22, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
:::I wouldn't have used a plastic bag to hold no tea: I'd have used an empty teabag with "NO TEA" printed on the tag. Seahen 21:06, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  If my memory serves me correctly, there was an empty plastic bag in the feelies - and it was labelled "microscopic space fleet". Mitch Ames (talk) 05:53, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "No tea" 

message: Is the use of this word justified? ie what other ideas have been spawned from this one?--Light current 01:19, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See my comment at the very beginning of this talk page. The radio series came first, and those inspired the radio plays, then the book. The TV series was based on the radio series, but just about everything else since was based on the book (including the Infocom game). --JohnDBuell 03:21, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Seminal? 

message: The main HHGG page refers to an earlier version of the game released by Supersoft, which was subsequently withdrawn.  We should probably add a comment on that here too. JXM 20:36, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Can this be backed up? I hadn't seen it on the main Hitchhiker's page, I'm going to have to remove it as unreferenced. --JohnDBuell 22:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

text: This 8-bit game certainly exists. It is sometimes called Hitchhiker-64, and can still be downloaded from various places on the net.  Do a search for Supersoft and Hitchhiker.  Not sure about the reason for withdrawal however.   JXM 01:58, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah okay, and it had to be renamed "Cosmic Capers" because of the copyright violations. I'll work something into both texts. --JohnDBuell 02:53, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, thinking about this, THIS article is meant to be about the Infocom game solely, and the Java/Flash revivals that used the same core game. The main Hitchhiker's article already mentions other games that were attempted or released as short-lived movie tie-ins, so why not leave the Supersoft game on that page, now properly referenced (unless someone wants to make a page about Cosmic Capers)? --JohnDBuell 03:04, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Supersoft

message: "In spite of all of this, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was rated as "Standard" difficulty."
Who rated it?  Infocom? -Toptomcat 22:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Infocom had their own difficulty rating system at the time. It's clearly printed if you click on the link that the image here was taken from: http://gallery.guetech.org/hhgttg/hhgttg.html Zork II and Zork III were "Advanced", Deadline was "Expert", and so on. --JohnDBuell 03:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Says who?

message: I ran into a Game Boy version of this game once... the keyboard took forever to type in though. And it was original GB, not GBC or GBA! Strange... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.108.191.85 (talk) 00:15, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Boy version? 

message: What are the differences between the various releases? (I have Release 31). Bastie 18:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of the differences between different releases of an Infocom game are just bug fixes. Release 31 of this game is a bit special, being one of the 5 Solid Gold releases. The built-in hints aren't in the other versions. Ntsimp 20:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, a useful menu-driven hint thing pops up when you type 'Help'. I've noticed that the online Java versions don't include it. Bastie 22:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Releases? 

message: I've decoded the entirety of the "Vogon" order for destruction of planet Earth feelie. Based on a Google search, nobody else has ever posted such a decoding to the Internet before. Does it have a place on Wikipedia or should i look for someplace else to post my findings? --Mike Schiraldi 19:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd go to one of the fan forums. The DAC crowd (douglasadams.se) would be very interested I'm sure. Activision might still hold the copyrights on the feelies - Adams bought the rights back to the game itself before his death, and anyway that sounds more like wikisource/wikiquote material, potentially.... --JohnDBuell 01:56, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order for Destruction 

message: this is a text-based game, like muds? if yes, why not say so in the first paragraph?
:It says it's interactive fiction (q.v.) Ntsimp 00:13, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  text-based game? 

message: Added notable information regarding the sequel from waxy.org blog, the writer having obtained a copy of a hard drive from the company, including personal emails. Feel free to edit information as needed. Turbanator (talk) 07:26, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sequel 

message: I noticed when I followed the DN Games link to download their remake, that their link does not work.  Obviously the broken link is not a wikipedia problem per se, but linking to a broken link isn't particularly useful.  Perhaps we should change that section to past tense since there is no other known source?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.79.62.75 (talk) 11:59, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: DN Games Remake

message: BBC's version is now HTML5, not Flash  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sollyucko (talk • contribs) 03:34, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  BBC's version is now HTML5, not Flash