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| Hollywood Hijinx | |
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| Developer(s) | Infocom |
| Publisher(s) | Infocom |
| Designer(s) | Dave Anderson Liz Cyr-Jones |
| Engine | Z-machine |
| Platform(s) | Amiga,Amstrad CPC,Amstrad PCW,Atari 8-bit,Apple II,Atari ST,Commodore 64,MS-DOS,TRS-80,TI-99/4A,Mac |
| Release | 1986 |
| Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hollywood Hijinx is aninteractive fictionvideo game written by Dave Anderson and Liz Cyr-Jones and published byInfocom in 1986.[1] The game was released for theApple II,Atari 8-bit computers,[2]Atari ST,[3]Amstrad CPC,Amstrad PCW,Commodore 64,Amiga,TI-99/4A, andMS-DOS. It was Infocom's twenty-third game.
As the favorite among all of actor-director Buddy Burbank and Hildegarde Montague's nephews and nieces, the player's character stands to inherit the entirety of the Burbankestate, including their palatial home Hildebud, if the player can find the ten treasures (props from Buddy's films) that crafty Aunt Hildegarde has hidden on the grounds, that is. It all has to be done in the space of one night.
Hildebud is filled with props, posters, and othermemorabilia from Buddy's numerous films: a model of Tokyo with Atomic Chihuahua, the Maltese Finch, and a statue of "Buck Palace, the FightingMailman" (star of such films asPostage Due andSpecial Delivery). There are hidden passages, a convoluted hedge maze, and other bizarre features of the estate. Strange noises sound like someone else is in the house.
Physical items included in the game's packaging were:
| Publication | Award |
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| Computer and Video Games | C+VG Hit[4] |