*************************************************************** Computer Concepts HITCH HIKER Walkthrough for www.solutionarchive.com Release v1.0 Last Updated: 07/07/2010 Written by: Samwise (samwise@bagshot-row.org) This walkthrough is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ *************************************************************** ** HITCH HIKER ** An Adventure by *** PETER SMITH *** Developed for COMPUTER CONCEPTS INSTRUCTIONS Hi , I'm EDDIE, Your faithful Computer I'm not sure but I think our mission is to collect 5 specific objects and store them at a certain location. I understand certain 1 or 2 word commands like NORTH,GET item,DROP item Use the abbreviations N,E,S and W to move in the desired direction. Type COMMAND at any time to see full list Hang on a Mega-Second !! COMMAND GET - to take an item DROP - to drop an item EXAM - to examine an item INVENTORY - lists what you are carrying INSERT - to insert keys LOOK - to see where you are SHOOT - to fire a gun READ - to read a book etc. COMMAND - to list commands SCORE - to display score Walkthrough We are in the FIVE ARTEFACTS INN You can go North,South,East,West That looks like A small dog What shall we do ?NORTH We are by a deep,blue lake You can go South,East,West That looks like a packet of galactic peanuts What shall we do ?GET PACKET/PEANUTS We are by a deep,blue lake You can go South,East,West What shall we do?WEST GET CUP/TEA. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. DROP CUP/TEA. NORTH. GET CRYSTAL. WEST. WEST. SOUTH. WEST. DROP CRYSTAL. SOUTH. (Try GET GAURD). DROP PACKET/PEANUTS. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. GET STEAK. EAST. NORTH. GET MATCHES. SOUTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. NORTH. EAST. NORTH. NORTH. EAST. (Try GET HAY/MONSTER). DROP MATCHES. NORTH. GET STUN GUN/GUN. SOUTH. WEST. SOUTH. EAST. GET IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. EXAM IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. EAST. SOUTH. (Try GET CAPTAIN). SHOOT. DROP STUN GUN/GUN. GET CUP/TEA. EAST. SOUTH. DROP IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. DROP CUP/TEA. DROP STEAK. GET CHEQUE. NORTH. EAST. GET BUNCH/KEYS. WEST. WEST. GET STUN GUN/GUN. NORTH. WEST. WEST. DROP STUN GUN/GUN. SOUTH. WEST. SOUTH. EAST. (Try GET DRINK/PAN GALACTIC). DROP CHEQUE. WEST. SOUTH. EAST. GET CARD. SOUTH. (Try GET DOOR). INSERT BUNCH/KEYS. EAST. GET BOOK/POETRY. EXAM BOOK/POETRY. WEST. WEST. (Try GET MEAT/WHALEMEAT). NORTH. NORTH. NORTH. EAST. NORTH. DROP BUNCH/KEYS. DROP CARD. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. GET IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. GET CUP/TEA. EAST. (Try GET SUNTIGER). READ BOOK/POETRY. EAST. DROP IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. DROP CUP/TEA. GET IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. GET CUP/TEA. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. DROP BOOK/POETRY. DROP IMPROBABILITY/DRIVE. DROP CUP/TEA. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. GET COIN. EAST. SOUTH. GET CIRCUIT. WEST. EXAM MACHINE. GET MACHINE. EAST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. SOUTH. (Try GET CHEESE/CAKE). DROP COIN. GET CHEESE/CAKE. NORTH. WEST. DROP MACHINE. DROP CIRCUIT. EAST. SOUTH. GET COIN. NORTH. WEST. DROP COIN. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. GET STEAK. EAST. SOUTH. (Try GET BEAST). DROP STEAK. GET STEAK. SOUTH. (Try GET MOUSE). DROP CHEESE/CAKE. GET MOUSE. GET CHEESE/CAKE. NORTH. NORTH. EAST. EAST. NORTH. (Try GET ELEPHANT). DROP MOUSE. EAST. NORTH or SOUTH or EAST. GET POSTER. EXAM POSTER. WEST. WEST. SOUTH. WEST. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. DROP CHEESE/CAKE. DROP POSTER. DROP STEAK. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. GET MEGADONKEY. EAST. GET HITCH HIKERS. SOUTH. GET BOX/CHOCOLATES. NORTH. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. DROP HITCH HIKERS. DROP MEGADONKEY. GET CIRCUIT. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. EAST. EAST. GET DEEP THOUGHT/COMPUTER. WEST. WEST. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. DROP DEEP THOUGHT/COMPUTER. SOUTH. WEST. SOUTH. EAST. GET DRINK/PAN GALACTIC. EAST. (Try GET BABEL/FISH). DROP BOX/CHOCOLATES. GET BABEL/FISH. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. DROP CIRCUIT. (Try GET ARKLESEIZURE). DROP DRINK/PAN GALACTIC. SOUTH. GET TOWEL. NORTH. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. GET CHEQUE. WEST. NORTH. EAST. NORTH. DROP BABEL/FISH. DROP CHEQUE. DROP TOWEL. SOUTH. WEST. SOUTH. EAST. EAST. SOUTH. EAST. SOUTH. GET CIRCUIT. EAST. SOUTH. GET BOWL/PETUNIAS. NORTH. NORTH. GET SLARTIBARTFAST. SOUTH. (Try GET MARVIN/ROBOT). DROP CIRCUIT. GET MARVIN/ROBOT. WEST. NORTH. WEST. NORTH. WEST. WEST. NORTH. EAST. NORTH. DROP SLARTIBARTFAST. DROP BOWL/PETUNIAS. DROP MARVIN/ROBOT. You have completed HITCH HIKER ** WELL DONE ** Notes As the compass directions can be abbreviated up to one letter so other words in commands can be abbreviated up to two with the exception of INVENTORY and INSERT which must be abbreviated up to three letters for obvious reasons. Remember that there is a limit of three items that you can hold. The SCORE system simply awards twenty percent for each of the five specific objects stored at a certain location. The certain location is, quite obviously, "in the FIVE ARTEFACTS INN" and, by effective use of the SCORE command, it is quite easy, albeit laborious, to work out what the five specific objects are: "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" (HITCH HIKERS) "A large colourful poster" (POSTER) "A large bowl of petunias" (BOWL/PETUNIAS) "A stabalised robot" (MARVIN/ROBOT) "A book of Vogon poetry" (BOOK/POETRY) When you are "in a mirrored corridor" do not go NORTH unless you are holding "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" (HITCH HIKERS). With this you will end up either "in a Vogon mint", "in a Vogon fleet control room", "by the pools of Asgard" or "in a mirrored corridor". If you do go NORTH without "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy" (HITCH HIKERS) then you will find yourself "floating out in space" and no matter what direction you move you will still be "floating out in space" and your adventure will be over. When "in an undimensional Vortex", going WEST will take you "in the Vogon interogation room" whilst any of the other three directions will take you "in an undimenshioned Vortex". Any direction other than WEST will keep you "in an undimenshioned Vortex". Going WEST takes you back "in an undimensional Vortex". So, to exit from "in an undimenshioned Vortex" after GETting "A large colourful poster" (POSTER), simply move WEST twice. Experiments DROP "A cheque signed by Zaphod Beeblebrox" (CHEQUE) from "in a passage way" "in a galactic hypermarket" then GET "A cut price cheese-cake" (CHEESE/CAKE). GET "A 10 mega-ton stun gun" (STUN GUN/GUN) from "in a small shop" and go to "it's a dead end" and SHOOT "A white mouse" (MOUSE). GET "A Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster" (DRINK/PAN GALACTIC) "at Milliways Restaurant at the End of the Universe" and DROP it "in a long passageway" in front of "an angry Arkleseizure" without carrying "An intoxicated Babel fish" (BABEL/FISH) from "by a babbling purple fountain". Bugs If you DROP "The great computer DEEP THOUGHT" (DEEP THOUGHT/COMPUTER) from "in the Galactic Council Chambers" "in a Vogon fleet control room" and then try to GET COMPUTER EDDIE will respond by saying "With bare hands.NO WAY!!!". This is a programming error - the solution is to type GET DEEP THOUGHT. Connected with the above programming error you can GET "A Bugblatter Beast of TRALL" (BEAST/BUGBLATTER) from "in a Vogon fleet control room" by typing GET BUGBLATTER before you DROP "A Vogon Mega-steak" (STEAK) from "in a long corridor" in front of it. Then, once you DROP "A Vogon Mega-steak" (STEAK) "in a Vogon fleet control room", EDDIE tells you that the "Bugblatter Beast wolfs steak and disappears" when, in reality, you're holding it! You can see where this bug appears by LOADing the HITCHIK program into memory and setting PAGE=PAGE+(2^8) then LISTing 1820 which will show the following line from the subroutine which deals with the GET command: 1820IFRN=21AND(R=44ORR=45) PRINTM$(49):GOTO120 RN (Room Number) 21 is "in a Vogon fleet control room". M$(49) is "With bare hands.NO WAY!!!". Now, if R=44 then N$(R)="COMPUTER", if R=45 then N$(R)="BEAST", or if R=46 then N$(R)="BUGBLATTER" From this you can see that if you try to GET the COMPUTER or the BEAST you get the message M$(49). This should only be displayed if you try to GET the BEAST or the BUGBLATTER. Therefore, to fix the bug, the second 4 in R=44 must be replaced with a 6. The line should then read: 1820IFRN=21AND(R=46ORR=45) PRINTM$(49):GOTO120 This is most easily accomplished by LOADing the program into memory from scratch then typing the following: ?(PAGE+&178B)=54 When the program is now RUN the bug is eliminated. Incidentally, if you wish to LIST the entire program you will need to change the following memory locations which stop you from listing the program on the screen. Try changing them to 64 which is the "at" sign (@) and easily recognisable by typing: ?(Memory Location)=64 eg. ?(PAGE+&11)=64 Memory Locations: PAGE+&11 = 22 = &16 PAGE+&10F = 23 = &17 PAGE+&1B1 = 23 = &17 PAGE+&253 = 23 = &17 PAGE+&3166 = 22 = &16 Unused Text "The barman won't let us" "The barman says THAT'LL DO NICELY" "The mouse swallows the cheesecake,burps and falls asleep" "Marvin says LIFE'S TOTALLY BORING and wanders off" "Great Idea Guys-nothing happened" "Whoops!! A nasty Vogon just spotted us" "Vogon has disintegrated us" "Great Idea Guys,maybe the Megadonkey cancarry some stuff" "jumping Gargle Blasters,the Megadonkey kicked everything off and bolted"