Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Game

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was adapted to a text-adventure game in 1984 by Infocom and Douglas Adams. A full Wikipedia entry is available about all things Hitchhiker's Guide.

You can download the DOS version or you can play the new online Flash version which has some graphics. If you are any kind of fan of Douglas Adams you have got to try this free game! If you get into difficulty, both versions have a hint guide (link is for the online version). I've tried both versions, and I tend to get stuck on the second puzzle unless I use the hint guide. It may be the most wacky puzzle ever in gaming history! Just what you'd expect from Douglas Adams! I also tried the new online version. The graphics are nice to look at, but fortunately they did not try to change the game at all in the new version. The new graphical item queue is a convienent way to see what items you have picked up. There is only one potential downside of the new online version, in order to save a game or restore a game you have to join h2g2, which is basically a Hitchhiker's Guide fansite. When you play this game, saved games are a must, because you're going to die a lot!

Starship Titanic is another game created by Douglas Adams. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to experience this game because I couldn't get it to work with XP. The game did a faulty install and then left me without an uninstall option. Once I finally got it to play, the movies didn't work. If anyone has any fixes, I'm interested.