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Play Infocom's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" -- with Docker!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (for Docker)

TODO

I just want to play the game!

Want to play? Easy-peasy. Just type the following:

docker run -it clockworksoul/hhgttg

What if I want to save my games?

Still pretty easy. All you need to do it volume in a save directory as follows:

docker run -it -v ~/saves/hhgttg:/save clockworksoul/hhgttg

Potential terminal issues

If you receive a terminal error, such as Error opening terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color, type the following and re-run:

export TERM=xterm

History/Legal

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by the now-defunct Infocom, Inc., the intellectual property of which has since been acquired by Activision. Much of Infocom's library was released for free some 20 years ago as part of a promotional campaign for the graphic adventure Zork: Grand Inquisitor. It's unclear, however, whether these were intended to be permanently and perpetually free or whether this was something with a limited window. While Activision has had nothing to say on the subject, they done nothing to interfere with the numerous sites that have sprung up over the years that allow you to download the games directly or even play in your browser... so interpret that as you will.