Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Game Over
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>bartender, give me peanuts
It doesn't look like the barman is holding peanuts.
>buy peanuts
However much you clear your throat, wave your forefinger, or wiggle your eyebrows, the barman pays no attention, but carries on wiping another part of the bar.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>buy cheese sandwich
The barman gives you a cheese sandwich. The bread is like the stuff that stereos come packed in, the cheese would be great for rubbing out spelling mistakes, and margarine and pickle have performed an unedifying chemical reaction to produce something that shouldn't be, but is, turquoise. Since it is clearly unfit for human consumption you are grateful to be charged only a pound for it.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
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>inventory
You have:
no tea
a cheese sandwich
a loose pile of junk mail
a toothbrush
a flathead screwdriver
your gown (being worn)
It looks like your gown contains:
a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is
pocket fluff
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
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>footnote 2
Bob Dylan, 1969.
>attack ford
You are obviously letting things get to you. You should learn to relax a little.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>who am I
You are Arthur Dent.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>what is the object of the game
That's for me to know and you to find out.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
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>drink
(lots of beer)
It is really very pleasant stuff, with a very good dry, nutty flavour, some light froth on top, and a deep colour. It is at exactly room temperature. You reflect that the world cannot be all bad when there are such pleasures in it.
Ford mentions that the world is going to end in about twelve minutes.
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>who is ford
Good question.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>who is mr prosser
Good question.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
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>take all
peanuts: The barman snaps "Hands off until you pay for it!"
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>inventory
You have:
no tea
a towel
a cheese sandwich
a loose pile of junk mail
a toothbrush
a flathead screwdriver
your gown (being worn)
It looks like your gown contains:
a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is
pocket fluff
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>examine cheese sandwich
You see nothing special about the cheese sandwich.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>examine towel
It's covered with little pink and blue flowers.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>examine screwdriver
It looks like every other flathead screwdriver you've ever seen.
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
You hear sounds of panic from the street. You and Ford rush outside...
Country Lane
The road runs from your home, to the north, toward the village Pub, to the west.
With a noise like a cross between Led Zeppelin's farewell concert and the eruption of Krakatoa, a huge fleet of Vogon Constructor ships flies overhead and announces that the Earth will be demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass in "two of your Earth minutes."
In all the turmoil, you drop the thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what it is and it rolls away. It is the least of your worries. Anyway, you've been trying to get rid of it for years.
>examine mail
There are many pieces of mail. Most are from some computer company called Infocom which wants you to buy their games. Hidden underneath is an official letter from the local council, dated some two years ago and inexplicably not delivered till now, explaining that a demolition order has been served on your home. The date of demolition is today's date.
The vast yellow ships thunder across the sky, spreading waves of terror and panic in their wake. The voice of the Vogon Captain slams across the country, insisting that the planning charts and demolition orders have been available at the local planning office in Alpha Centauri for fifty years and it's too late to start making a fuss about it now.
Throughout the noise, Ford is shouting at you. He removes a small black device from his satchel, but accidentally drops it at your feet.
>examine Ford
You see nothing special about Ford Prefect.
Fierce gales whip across the land, and thunder bangs continuously through the air in the wake of the giant ships. Ford fights to reach you, but the wind is too fierce. Further announcements from the Vogon Captain make it clear that demolition will begin in just a few seconds.
Through the blinding rain, you see lights flickering on the small device.
>examine beer
You can't see any beer here!
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>take device
Taken.
>push green button
A matter transference beam is certainly a shock to the system. Too bad you didn't consume enough alcohol to withstand it.
**** You have died ****
We are about to give you your score. Put on your peril-sensitive sunglasses now. (Hit RETURN or ENTER when ready.) >
Your score is 20 of a possible 400, in 53 turns.
Would you like to start over, restore a saved position, or end this session of the game?
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>restore watchthis
Front of House
You can enter your home to the north. A path leads around it to the northeast and northwest, and a country lane is visible to the south.
Ford Prefect is here.
Mr. Prosser, from the local council, is lying in front of the bulldozer. He seems to be wearing a digital watch.
>south
Country Lane
The road runs from your home, to the north, toward the village Pub, to the west.
>enter pub
Pub
The Pub is pleasant and cheerful and full of pleasant and cheerful people who don't know they've got about twelve minutes to live and are therefore having a spot of lunch. Some music is playing on an old jukebox. The exit is east.
There is a barman serving at the bar.
Behind the bar is a shelf. It is full of the sort of items you find on shelves behind bars in pubs.
>buy cheese sandwich
The barman gives you a cheese sandwich. The bread is like the stuff that stereos come packed in, the cheese would be great for rubbing out spelling mistakes, and margarine and pickle have performed an unedifying chemical reaction to produce something that shouldn't be, but is, turquoise. Since it is clearly unfit for human consumption you are grateful to be charged only a pound for it.
Ford hurries after you.
>buy peanuts
However much you clear your throat, wave your forefinger, or wiggle your eyebrows, the barman pays no attention, but carries on wiping another part of the bar.
Ford buys lots of beer and offers half to you. "Muscle relaxant..." he says, impenetrably.
>take all
peanuts: The barman snaps "Hands off until you pay for it!"
"Drink the beer," urges Ford. "It will help cushion your system against the coming shock of the matter transference beam."
>drink beer
It's very good beer, brewed by a small local company. You particularly like its flavour, which is why you woke up feeling so wretched this morning. You were at somebody's birthday party here in the Pub last night.
You begin to relax and enjoy yourself, so when Ford mentions that he's from a small planet in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, not from Guildford as he usually claims, you take it in your stride, and say "Oh yes, which part?"
>drink beer
It is really very pleasant stuff, with a very good dry, nutty flavour, some light froth on top, and a deep colour. It is at exactly room temperature. You reflect that the world cannot be all bad when there are such pleasures in it.
Ford mentions that the world is going to end in about twelve minutes.
>drink beer
There is a distant crash which Ford explains is nothing to worry about, probably just your house being knocked down.
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