The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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| Developers | |
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| Infocom | |
| Engines | |
| ZIL | |
| Release dates | |
| PC booter | October 1984 |
| DOS | October 1984 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | October 1984 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Text-based |
| Controls | Text input |
| Genres | Text adventure |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Comedy |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a singleplayer text-based text adventure game.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| PC booter | |
| DOS | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| DOS | |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game cloud syncing
- ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.
Video
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | Text |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
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| DOS | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 2.0 | 6.22 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel 8088 Intel 8086 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 KB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
| Mac OS | ||
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