Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 95

How about the Hitch Hiker's Guide (the book, not the story) to the Galaxy as a Springboard module? Maybe on flash Ram, so it can be updated?

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Posts: 8

Yeah! And they should make replacement covers that say "Don't Panic" in large, friendly letters on the front!

Registered: Oct 1999
Location:
Posts: 31

Did you hear that Douglas Adams' company is going to be producing a real Guide? I don't remember the URL but if you search for it on slashdot.org you'll find the story.

If they're going to make a real Guide product, hopefully they'll think about a Springboard guide. I know I'd buy one and probably more after my friends steal them.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location:
Posts: 7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
www.h2g2.com

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 12

Better yet, play the interactive-fiction (aka text adventure) version of HHGTtG on
your Visor.

There are a lot of text adventures available
for Palm OS, mostly free. Although I'm a little bit scared the Visor will turn into a glorified gameboy with the way they are headed so far, I have a soft spot for these old text games.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Rochester, NY, USA
Posts: 61

I would buy this too... that would truely rock.

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Endicott, NY USA
Posts: 60

Dave... I just ordered Infocom's Masterpiece Collection (which contains every single text adventure that Infocom ever put out [with the exceptions of Shogun and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]) for $16.00, and plan on using Pilot-Frotz to put them on my Visor. It'll be REAL convenient to be able to plop down on my couch and play through these whenever I want...

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Richmond, VA USA
Posts: 8

Another cool game would be Rogue... remember that mid-late 80's game? It used text graphics, so I wouldn't think it should be too hard to port to PalmOS. Could use the Grafitti pad to move, select inventory item to use, etc.

That would be fun.

Here's a Rogue page...
http://www.win.tue.nl/games/roguelike/rogue/index.html

[This message has been edited by King Kamehameha (edited 10-19-1999).]

Registered: Sep 1999
Location:
Posts: 54

PocketRogue is available at palmgear.com.

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: brooklyn, ny, usa
Posts: 190

king,

there's a great rogue program already available. it takes up about 100k on the palm/visor. it's called pocketrogue and you can get it at www.palmgear.com or at www.palmcentral.com


sluggo

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Richmond, VA USA
Posts: 8

Now I really can't wait to get my VDx!!! I just wish I hadn't waited so long to order it (last week).