That's one I figured out on my own. I didn't find HHGG as difficult as other Infocoms...but plenty of other games stumped me...the first stumper I remember was my first Adventure game...Scott Adams' Pirate Adventure on the TI-99/4a. I couldn't figure out how to get past the alligator without a hint book...wow lots of nostalgia for me today.
Hugh -----Original Message----- From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New SKUs Jim Leonard boldly stated: > >Chris Newman wrote: >> >> I think this paucity of physical components falls under >> the same category as companies releasing barebones documentation to virtually >> require that the player buys the strategy guide (aka real manual). >> Am I being too harsh here? > >No, you're being quite accurate. Many consider Outpost to be the start >of this downfall; the manual blatantly omits pieces of information that >were necessary to play the game -- only to be included in the strategy >guide. Personally, I consider it to be King's Quest V, which included a >puzzle so "out there" that you *had* to buy the hint book to win the >game. I don't know. I think the Babel fish in Hitchhiker just about qualifies. 8) I managed to figure out everything except the final step before I got the hint book. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet search results. Replace it with an "a", if you didn't know.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
