Hollywood Hijinx
| Implementers |
Dave Anderson (as "Hollywood" Dave Anderson) Liz Cyr-Jones |
| Release Year | 1986 |
Vampire Penguins. A Corpse Line. Meltdown on Elm Street. Who could forget these classic Hollywood movies produced by your uncle, Buddy Burbank? But his greatest masterpiece has yet to be experienced...HOLLYWOOD HIJINX, starring you!
Your Uncle Buddy and Aunt Hildegarde have passed away, but their memory lives on in their Malibu mansion, filled with a lifetime of Hollywood memorabilia. And you've inherited it all, with one stipulation -- you can only claim your booty if you find the sprawling beachfront estate. If you can't find the treasures in one night, you lose the whole caboodle.
It's just the sort of thing you'd expect from Aunt Hildegarde and Uncle Buddy. And their home is familiar territory: you spent your childhood summers there with your Cousin Herman. Although some say the house is haunted, you're not fooled. You know that Uncle Buddy, who wore a different polyester leisure suit each day of the week, was always rigging the place with goofy gags and booby traps.
Inside the house, everything is just as glitzy and full of fun as you remember it to be. There's the luxurious private screening room, the gold-plated bathroom faucets in the shape of Oscars, and the wacky props from old Buddy Burbank movies.
The Malibu estate seems like a funhouse at first. But the puzzles you must solve prove that Aunt Hildegarde and Uncle Buddy weren't just kidding around. Claiming the Burbank bundle turns out to be quite a challenge -- and it's all in your honor.
HOLLYWOOD HIJINX is as zany as its author, "Hollywood" Dave Anderson. It's cram-packed with puzzles that will test the wits and tickle the ribs of both first time and experienced players.
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From the Library (7 articles)
Brian Moriarty Visits Computer Entertainer Feature
We always enjoy taking time out from our usual routines to meet designers and programmers. Last month, Brian Moriarty of Infocom visited us during a press tour of Southern California on behalf of his new Interactive Fiction Plus program, TRINITY (reviewed in this issue). This is Brian's second Infocom program. (His first, WISHBRINGER, holds the record as Infocom's fastest-selling program.) The 29-year-old author has been with Infocom since 1984. Before that, he was Technical Editor of Analog Computing Magazine. Brian earned his B.A. in English Literature from Southeastern Massachusetts University. . . .
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Hollywood Hijinx Review
HOLLYWOOD HIJINX (NA / ââââ) is one more in a long string of interactive fiction which proves once again that we never met an Infocom game we didn't like! This one is the first effort from author "Hollywood" Dave Anderson, and it's prime Infocom humor all the way. . . .
~2 minute read
Meet "Hollywood" Dave Anderson Feature Spoilers Low-Q
Recently we had the opportunity to chat with "Hollywood" Dave Anderson, author of HOLLYWOOD HIJINX. He started as a tester and then moved on to manager of testing and finally to author with this, his first piece of interactive fiction. Instantly recognizable in his flamboyant Hawaiian floral shirt, Dave is a native Californian who was on home ground for the occasion of an Infocom "Marathon of the Minds" in Los Angeles. . . .
~9 minute read
Hollywood Hijinx Walkthrough Spoilers
Well, I see it's that time of year again... spring (already?), when a young person's fancy turns to adventure games. So just step right in, settle into your usual chair, and Fred will pour you a tall, cool one. Something you'll probably need, as in a short time you'll be on your way to Tinseltown to indulge in some Hollywood Hijinx. . . .
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Dave Anderson (author of Hollywood Hi-Jinx) Feature Low-Q
What do Johnny Carson, Sonny Tufts, Morgan Fairchild, Xavier Cugat, and Roger Corman (the king of "B" movie moguls) have in common? What do "Plan 9 From Outer Space," "2,000 Maniacs," and "Make Them Die Slowly" have to do with Infocom's new Hollywood Hi-Jinx? The former are all celebrity names which are dropped in the course of playing the game (though the author denies that the black cat heading in the direction of Johnny Carson's house is Joan Rivers' familiar) and the latter are the classic "B" movies which spawned the satirical spoof on tinseltown. . . .
~5 minute read
Hollywood Hijinx Review
Well I have to admit that this is NOT what I would have expected from Infocom at this stage of their illustrious career. Don't get me wrong -- it's not a bad game ... easily up to their usual praisworthy standards -- but the scenario came as something of a surprise. . . .
~3 minute read
Hollywood Hijinx Review
It was only a matter of time until the lunatics at Infocom went Hollywood. Every one of their many works of interactive fiction has made you the main character in the story, a story whose author is also you, the player. It seems natural that they now place you in a movie. . . .
~3 minute read
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Historical Sales Data
Units Shipped By Year
| 87-893 |
Total units shipped: 12,080
Overall ranking: 35 of 33
Accounts for 0% of units sold
3 Data for April 1987 - March 1989
Source: (1981-1989) Internal Infocom documents, archived by Steve Meretezky
Editions (1 format)
Grey Box (1987-1989)
Game box, plastic cover over contents
Game manual and "Tinsel World" tabloid (bound into box)
Game disk in grey Infocom sleeve (no sleeve for 3-1/2" disk)
Aunt Hildegarde's hand-written will
Autographed Buddy Burbank publicity photo (poem on back)
Lucky swizzle stick (green plastic)
System-specific reference card
Warranty registration card
Invisiclues order form
Bonus Book (Activision product catalog/coupons)
