The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Invisiclues

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 50.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 50.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 51.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 51.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 52.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 52.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 50.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 52.)

(The map for this area of the game can be found on page 52.)

This section should only be used as a last resort, or for your own interest
after you've completed the game.

Action Points

Taking the buffered analgesic 10
Drinking or enjoying the beer (first time, as Arthur) 5
Drinking or enjoying the beer (second time, as Arthur) 5
Drinking or enjoying the beer (third time, as Arthur) 5
Arriving at the Vogon Hold 8
Getting the babel fish in your ear 12
Enjoying the Vogon poetry 15
Opening the glass case in the Vogon Hold 25
Entering the Engine Room of the Heart of Gold 25
Getting the Nutrimat/Computer Interface 25
Drinking or enjoying the beer (as Ford) 15
Leaving the party with Phil 25
Stealing the Heart of Gold on Damogran 25
Taking the common sense particle 25
Drinking the tea 100
Entering Marvin's Pantry 25
Blooming the plant by entering the sauna 25
Getting Marvin to open the hatch 25

TOTAL POINTS 400

NOTE: You _lose_ 30 points each for eating the cheese sandwich, drinking
the Advanced Tea Substitute, or turning on the spare Drive while plugged
into the large receptacle before the missile attack begins.

You shouldn't develop anything in this section until you've finished the
game. Things in the section will invariably give away the answers to puzzles
in the game.

Have you tried…

looking under your bed?
enjoying the mud while you're lying in front of the bulldozer?
to PHONE HOME from your bedroom?
asking Prosser for the time?
to GET DRUNK in the pub?
buying peanuts (as Arthur)?
listening to the jukebox music (several times, then again when you're
Ford)?
petting or kicking the dog?
feeding peanuts to the dog? (You can only do this as Ford, of course.)
hitting Prosser (before and after your house is demolished)?
enjoying your house after it's been demolished?
asking PROSSER, WHAT ABOUT MY HOME after it's been demolished?
giving the towel, the thing your aunt gave you, or the satchel to Prosser?
(You can only do the last one when you're Ford, of course.)
talking to Prosser after the Vogon fleet has arrived?
eating the cheese sandwich when you're Ford?
going straight to the Pub when you're Ford, instead of giving Arthur the
towel, and then waiting a few turns?
yelling in the Dark?
waiting about 60 turns in Dark to see the hints you get?
not eating the peanuts in the Vogon Hold?
drinking the Santraginean Mineral Water?
asking FORD, WHAT ABOUT THE EARTH once it's been destroyed?
developing the invisible printing in this booklet with a mixture of
shampoo and apple cider instead of the developing marker?
(Doesn't work very well, does it?)
enjoying the Vogon poetry without the babel fish?
opening the hatch in the Heart of Gold before landing on Magrathea?
kicking the screening door, then entering Marvin's Pantry?
closing the screening door once you've opened it?
reading the tiny message on the circuit board with the magnifying glass?
smashing the circuit board?
turning on the spare Drive, plugged into the control panel, before the
missile attack begins?
turning on the spare Drive during the missile attack, without first
plugging it into the control panel?
asking Eddie to open the hatch after the ship has landed?
not going to the Access Space after asking Marvin to fix the hatch?
saying something other than your name when the Beast asks for it?
saying your name with the towel over your eyes?
to CARVE NAME ON MEMORIAL (rather than CARVE MY NAME ON MEMORIAL)?
carving one of the names suggested by the previous item?
carving the Beast's name on the memorial?
reading the memorial (both before and after carving your name)?
showing the thing your aunt gave you to the Beast?
waking the sleeping Beast?
drinking the wine at the party?
eating one of the hors d'oeuvres? (Try several times.)
throwing the glass of wine or the plate of hors d'oeuvres?
to PICK UP ARTHUR or PICK UP PHIL at the party?
jumping into the water from the Presidential Speedboat?
throwing something into the water from the boat?
shooting the crowd, the guards, Trillian, yourself, the toolbox…
ordering GUARDS, SHOOT both before and after they've dropped their photon
rifles?
examining the approaching star system and the third planet from the War
Chamber of the battle fleet?
talking to the Vl'Hurg leader or G'Gugvunt leader?
dropping something in the Maze (your brain) and then walking around once
you've gotten out?
talking to the bulldozer driver, the Vogon Captain, or the hostess?
closing the thing your aunt gave you?
wrapping the towel around your head anywhere except Traal?
typing I AM ARTHUR DENT to the game (as opposed to while talking to a
character in the game)?
typing PANIC? How about DON'T PANIC?
pushing the red button on the Thumb when an Engineer robot is already
present?
counting the hors d'oeuvres, the crowd at the Dais, or the guards (at
various points)?
typing DON'T LOOK or DON'T WAIT or DON'T (anything else)?
examining the bulldozer, the Vogon fleet, the flowerpot, the mechanism in
the Access Space, or various tools?
typing GIVE UP or THROW IN THE TOWEL or PULL MYSELF TOGETHER?
brushing your teeth with the toothbrush?
typing ESCAPE at any point?
filling anything?
returning to various scenes after you've successfully completed them?
(Examples: returning to Damogran after stealing the Heart of Gold,
returning to Traal after getting the Interface…)
typing APPLAUD at any point (other than during the poetry reading)?
answering the game's various rhetorical questions, such as "Did you have a
particular direction in mind?" or "Don't you think it would be a bad
idea to leave the ceremonies?", by typing YES or NO?
typing APPRECIATE [something]?
asking various characters about the object of the game? (Especially
Prosser, Ford, Marvin, Eddie, the Nutrimat, the screening door, and the
Beast.)
calling Infocom's Technical Hotline and trying to convince them that
you're Winston Churchill?

Here's a complete list of all the things that you can CONSULT the
Hitchhiker's Guide about. You should use it only as a last resort, or for
your interest once you've finished the game.

ALCOHOL
ATOMIC VECTOR PLOTTER
BABEL FISH
DAMOGRAN
EARTH
FLUFF
FRANCE
GALACTIC SECURITY AGENCY
GALAXIA WOONBEAM
GREEN BUTTON
HEART OF GOLD
INFOCOM
BROWNIAN MOTION
GENUINE PEOPLE PERSONALITIES
MAGRATHEA
HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE
IMPROBABILITY DRIVES
INTELLIGENCE
LARGE PLUG
LONG DANGLY BIT
MATTER TRANSFERENCE BEAMS
PAN-GALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER
PERIL-SENSITIVE SUNGLASSES
PROTEIN
NUTRIMAT
RAVENOUS BUGBLATTER BEAST OF TRAAL
RED BUTTON
SANTRAGINEAN MINERAL WATER
SIRIUS CYBERNETICS CORPORATION
SMALL PLUG
SMALL RECEPTACLE
SPACE
THUMB
TOWEL
VOGON POETRY
VOGONS
WALKING
various tools
various weapons

They are not included in this text-only version.]

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Typed in from the original hintbook by Paul David Doherty.