Strident wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 3:11 pm
It's not in BASIC, which would make re-implementing it a lot trickier, but one historically significant game that I have considered porting is the very early British adventure Galactic Hitchhiker...
Thanks Strident. I might beat you to the conversion. Already got the HEX into something readable (selection below). Should be able to take the bits and pieces and "build back better" as BASIC. Now if I could just find a walkthrough map...
NORTHEASTSOUTHWESTUPDOWNSTARTGOGETDROPTAKEWAVEPUSHPULLDON'TSHOOTCHOPCUTFEEDOPENGERBICOPJOLLY GERB GIANTGHOULIBRUTESPACE RANGERTREE ACROSS THE RAVINEDOORBUTTONLEVERFENCETREEPANICJUGBLASTERCHOPPING-AXEWIRE-CUTTERROAST JOINTKEYPIT-PROPTATTY OLD SCARFTICKETRUCKSACKSCORE
I'M IN A
NOW WHAT SHOULD I DO? I CAN'T. I'M CARRYING ENOUGH ALREADY.
THERE IS A HERE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND.I CAN'T GO IN THAT DIRECTION.GO WHERE? WHAT?
OKAY, NOW WHAT?
A GREAT IDEA! HOW? WHAT ? DEAD I CAN'T.
SPIKE HERE: YOU GOT LUCKY, MAN.AW, REAL COOL BABY.FANTASTIC! HE'S ON GRECIAN 2000.AMAZING, MAN!YOUR SCORE ISHE'S GETTING DRUNK!
ANOTHER TRY (Y/N)?
I'M IN A GIANT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. THERE ARE
PIPES LEADING EVERYWHERE AND HUNDREDS OF
ENORMOUS STORAGE TANKS.
I'M IN A DESERT OF GREY ASH. THE TWO SUNS OF
GOMERIL BEAT DOWN MERCILESSLY AND SCAVENGER
BIRDS ARE CIRCLING OVERHEAD.
A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IS SHAKING THE BUILDING.
I CAN FEEL ANOTHER EARTH TREMOR.
THE SHIP'S GONE! THE WHOLE PLACE IS BLOWING
UP AND THE BLOODY SHIP'S GONE!AW, POOR OLD MO.HE'S BEEN ELECTROCUTED!DON'T BE SILLY!HE'S BEEN DEADED. HOW SAD.
GALACTIC HITCHHIKER
BOY, I'M SICK OF THAT GUY! I.Q. APPROACHING
ZERO, FROM THE NEGATIVE SIDE. VOCABULARY
LIMITED, FAVOURITE EXPRESSIONS I CAN'T AND
I DON'T UNDERSTAND. HE'S NUTS!
WORD IS, YOU'LL TAKE HIM OFF MY HANDS AND
MAYBE LIKE HELP HIM TO GET HOME.
CAT SAYS HE'S MAURICE MARINA (TYPICAL!) AND
HE'S FROM ASSYLIOS IX.
AND I'M SPIKE...LAY SOME SKIN ON ME, MAN.OLD MAURICE THERE CAN DO TRICKS LIKE GO
(EAST, UP, START ETC), OPEN, WAVE AND GET
THINGS (TRY GET SCORE)...
ALL HE'S GOT WITH HIM IS HIS RUCKSACK AND
HIS TI...OH, NO! HE'S DROPPED IT!
HEY MO, GET TICKET
I CAN'T. A MAN WITH A RUCKSACK INSCRIBED
'ASSYLIOS ROVERS RULE' HAS TAKEN IT.
NOW AIN'T THAT JUST DANDY! OVER TO YOU, PAL
AND REMEMBER...DON'T PANIC!
WORKSHOP. CONDITIONS HERE ARE APPALLING. A GERB OVERSEER IS EYEING ME
SUSPICIOUSLY.THE SNOW IS PILED
HIGH HERE AND I MUST GO BACK.I'M VERY COLD.I HOPE YOU KNOW
WHERE I AM.I'M LOSING ALL SENSE
OF DIRECTION.FOOTPRINTS LEAD NORTH.ALL DIRECTIONS SEEM
THE SAME.THE SNOW IS DRIVING