$ shutdown -h
shutdown: you must be root to do that!
$ inventory
bash: inventory: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$ go south
bash: go: command not found
$
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
Infocom interactive fiction - a science fiction story
Copyright (c) 1984 by Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved.
Release 59 / Serial number 851108
You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it
would be if you could see it which you can't.
It is pitch black.
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 13:02
get up
turn on light
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 13:18
go to bookshelf
grab SICP
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 13:33
>get up
Very difficult, but you manage it. The room is still spinning. It dips and sways
a little.
>turn on light
Good start to the day. Pity it's going to be the worst one of your life. The
light is now on.
Bedroom
The bedroom is a mess.
It is a small bedroom with a faded carpet and old wallpaper. There is a
washbasin, a chair with a tatty dressing gown slung over it, and a window with
the curtains drawn. Near the exit leading south is a phone.
There is a flathead screwdriver here.
There is a toothbrush here.
>go to bookshelf
I don't know the word "bookshelf".
>grab SICP
I don't know the word "sicp".
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 14:36
inventory
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 14:54
>inventory
You have:
a splitting headache
no tea
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:02
>drop no tea
Your common sense tells you that you can't do that.
:(
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:05
open curtains
Fucking awesome game, by the way.
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:06
wash window
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:10
drink window cleanser
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:17
take gown
put on gown
open pocket
take analgesic
take all
brush teeth
s
read mail
s
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:19
>i
You have:
a Ron Penton Coin
a Coffee mug
some data structures
a copy of SICP
>e
You enter Ron Penton's Private Sexy Pleasures. There is a strong smell of smegma in the room.
>l
You are in Ron Penton's Private Sexy Pleasures. You see Ron Penton.
>put coin in Ron Penton
You put the coin in the Ron Penton. Ron Penton notices your data structures and starts peeing in your coffee mug.
>run
You cannot run. Ron Penton is filling the mug.
>PLUGH
You cannot PLUGH. Ron Penton has filled the mug and is staring at your asshole suggestively.
>throw data structures at Ron
You throw several STL structures at Ron Penton. Ron Penton is nonplussed.
>w
You try to go back but shitty collision detection prevents you from doing so. Ron Penton is approaching and licking his LIPS.
>read SICP
You start conjuring the spirits of the computer with your spells. Ron Penton twitches around.
>read SICP
Ron Penton's head has inflated by approximately 350%.
>read SICP
Ron Penton explodes. His guts are all over the wall.
>z
You rest.
>w
Now that the problem has been solved, you start heading back and take a sip from your mug on the way. OH SUSM-
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 15:31
>inventory
You have:
your job
two problems
sicp, hardcover, 1st edition
anus
>open curtains
As you part your curtains you see that it's a bright morning, the sun is
shining, the birds are singing, the meadows are blooming, and a large yellow
bulldozer is advancing on your home.
>wash window
It is now much cleaner.
>drink window cleaner
I don't know the word "cleaner".
>take gown
Luckily, this is large enough for you to get hold of. You notice something in
the pocket.
>put on gown
You are now wearing your gown.
>open pocket
Opening your gown reveals a thing your aunt gave you which you don't know what
it is, a buffered analgesic, and pocket fluff.
>take analgesic
You swallow the tablet. After a few seconds the room begins to calm down and
behave in an orderly manner. Your terrible headache goes.
>take all
telephone: You pick up the receiver. A moment later, the dialing tone is
suddenly cut off. Glancing through the window you can't help but notice the
large old oak tree of which you are particularly fond crashing down through the
phone cable.
flathead screwdriver: Taken.
toothbrush: As you pick up the toothbrush a tree outside the window collapses.
There is no causal relationship between these two events. Shouldn't you be
taking more interest in events in the world around you? While you've got it...?
>brush teeth
(with the toothbrush)
Congratulations on your fine dental hygiene.
>s
You rush down the stairs in panic.
Front Porch
This is the enclosed front porch of your home. Your front garden lies to the
south, and you can re-enter your home to the north.
On the doormat is a pile of junk mail.
>read 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.
>s
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. All that lies between
your home and the huge yellow bulldozer bearing down on it is a few yards of
mud.
Mr. Prosser, from the local council, is standing on the other side of the
bulldozer. He seems to be wearing a digital watch. He looks startled to see you
emerge, and yells at you to get out of the way.
The bulldozer rumbles slowly toward your home.
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 16:38
summon-progsnake
Name:
Anonymous2008-09-10 16:49
>summon-progsnake
I don't know the word "summon-progsnake".