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OSI/UK101 version
Contains galactichitchhiker​_20011002.lod
From "Mark's Ohio Scientific/​Compukit UK101 Archive". You'll need a suitable emulator to play this.
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2022 BBC port
An adaptation of the OSI/​UK101 code to run on the BBC Micro, by "ahope1". Text/​parser/​gameplay is unchanged.
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2022 reimplementation for TRS-80 MC-10
Reimplemented by Jim Gerrie, mainly from a walkthrough.
Solutions
Solution and map, at CASA.

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Galactic Hitchhiker

by A. Knight

1980

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About the Story

An early commercial adventure for the Compukit UK101 computer.

Very loosely inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.


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Editorial Reviews

All the Adventures, by Jason Dyer
the current winner in our long-running Search for Earliest Britventure [...] As you might suspect from the title, it is loosely (loosely!) based on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [...] mainly it just copies the attitude, although there is a certain catchphrase that will feature very prominently. [...] Still, this game is far better than it ought to be. I’d very tentatively recommend it
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Retroactive Fiction
Describes the game, and the process of porting it to the BBC Micro in 2022.
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