Interactive fiction and video games The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

sometime between 1982 , 1984 (accounts differ), british company supersoft published text-based adventure game based on book, released in versions commodore pet , commodore 64. 1 account states there dispute whether valid permission publication had been granted, , following legal action game withdrawn , remaining copies destroyed. account states programmer, bob chappell, rewrote game remove hitchhiker s references, , republished cosmic capers .

officially, tv series followed in 1984 best-selling interactive fiction , or text-based adventure game, distributed infocom. designed adams , infocom regular steve meretzky , 1 of infocom s successful games. many infocom games, box contained number of feelies including don t panic badge, pocket fluff , pair of peril-sensitive sunglasses (made of cardboard), order destruction of earth, small, clear plastic bag containing microscopic battle fleet , order destruction of arthur dent s house (signed adams , meretzky).

in september 2004, revived bbc on hitchhiker s section of radio 4 website initial broadcast of tertiary phase, , still available play online. new version uses original infocom datafile custom-written interpreter, sean sollé, , flash programming shimon young, both of whom used work @ digital village (tdv). new version includes illustrations rod lord, head of pearce animation studios in 1980, produced guide graphics tv series. on 2 march 2005 won interactive bafta in best online entertainment category.

a sequel original infocom game never made. all-new, graphical game designed , developed joint venture between digital village , pan interactive (no connection pan books / pan mcmillan). new game planned , developed between 1998 , 2002, sequel infocom game, never materialised. in april 2005, starwave mobile released 2 mobile games accompany release of film adaptation. first, developed atatio, called hitchhiker s guide galaxy: vogon planet destructor . typical top-down shooter , except title had little actual story. second game, developed tko software, graphical adventure game named hitchhiker s guide galaxy: adventure game . despite name, newly designed puzzles tko software s ireland studio different infocom ones, , game followed movie s script closely , included new characters , places. adventure game won ign s editors choice award in may 2005.

on 25 may 2011, hothead games announced working on new edition of guide. along announcement, hothead games launched teaser web site made announcement megadodo publications guide available on earth. has since been revealed developing ios app in style of fictional guide.