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Re: Which Infocom Classic Text Masterpieces should I start off with?

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From: Andrew Plotkin
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:03
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Here, Vince <vince@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
> > "Robert Perrett"  wrote
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> 
> > I got Infocom Classic Text Masterpieces CD-rom released in the mid 90's. 
> > Which one of these classic text masterpieces should I start off with? 
> > Seastalker or Wishbringer or something else?
> 
> I have fond memories of 'Hollywood Hijinx', 'Leather Goddesses of Phobos' 
> and 'Bureaucracy'.
> 
> 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' was the best though (for DA fans 
> anyway).
> 
> If that's not on there, I'm pretty sure it's free to play online anyway. 

It's not on the CD. It's on the official Douglas Adams web site as a
Java applet: http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html

(We believe the publication rights reverted to Adams before the
Masterpieces CD was published.)

One could probably also find the game file (hhgg.z3) floating around
the Internet in the usual not-really-legal way.

There used to be an "enhanced" version on the BBC site (same text,
plus illustrations) but it seems to have died of web neglect.

--Z

-- 
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
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