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Would you believe I was talking about something else? by Mood: Perplexed 09/24/2004, 11:04pm PDT
A few years ago, some corporate arm of Douglas Adams (whether it was The Digital Village or h2g2 or something else, I forget) put up a web page where one could play the Hitchhiker's text game. It featured a Java applet that worked like any other generic text game interpreter, grabbing the game file from the website and starting the game from the beginning. This would've been pretty cool except that Java interpreter used on the web page wouldn't let you save or restore, not even by using cookies or anything, which made playing the game a bear. (A l33t h4x0r dude could just grab the game file itself and the interpreter of his choice, and not have to start over due to one blown line of dialog. Such is the life of people who can dig through HTML, I guess.)

That this new BBC one will save is kinda sweet. It makes spending an hour oohing and aahing at the new wireframe graphics a little easier.
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Hitch-Hiker's game now with pictures and placed on the web by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/24/2004, 11:42am PDT NEW
    Goes along with HHGTTG radio and TV torrents by Zseni 09/24/2004, 1:16pm PDT NEW
        Re: Goes along with HHGTTG radio and TV torrents by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/24/2004, 1:29pm PDT NEW
            No sex banners. No porn torrents. Good stuff though. by Zseni 09/24/2004, 3:48pm PDT NEW
                Oh yeah, and Pedro's Music by Zseni 09/24/2004, 9:58pm PDT NEW
    "undo" doesn't work. Modern games have spoiled me. NT by Mood: Perplexed 09/24/2004, 1:30pm PDT NEW
        "x" for "examine" doesn't work either by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/24/2004, 1:46pm PDT NEW
            Saving works, though. The older online version wouldn't do that. by Mood: Perplexed 09/24/2004, 2:06pm PDT NEW
                I've got the older text version. You can save just fine. by William H. Hayt, Jr. 09/24/2004, 6:21pm PDT NEW
                    Would you believe I was talking about something else? by Mood: Perplexed 09/24/2004, 11:04pm PDT NEW
                        Right. If anyone wants the original, by the way, I can put it up. by William H. Hayt, Jr. 09/25/2004, 2:12am PDT NEW
                            Re: Right. If anyone wants the original, by the way, I can put it up. by Bill Dungsroman 09/25/2004, 4:13am PDT NEW
                                Re: Right. If anyone wants the original, by the way, I can put it up. by William H. Hayt, Jr. 09/25/2004, 2:18pm PDT NEW
 
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