Hollywood Hijinx

Hollywood Hijinx
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	1986
Credits
Authors	Dave Anderson and Liz Cyr-Jones
Publisher	Activision, Infocom
Reception
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (36 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Literary genres	Adventure Comedy
Location	Home
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Nasty
IFDB play time	8 hours 15 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	ZIL
Format	Z-code 3
License	Commercial
IFID	ZCODE-37-861215
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Trivia and Comments

• The game's title may have inspired some or all of the following similar-sounding game titles:
  • Bollywood Hijinx (Jamie Murray; 2001; text). WalkthroughComp transcript entry.
  • Foggywood Hijinx (Ivan Cockrum; 1998; TADS 2). First Ever (And Maybe The Only) Interactive Fiction Mini-Competition.
  • Halloween Hijinks (David Whyld; ADRIFT).

Versions

Infocom releases

Date: 1986

• Hollywood Hijinx (Dave Anderson and Liz Cyr-Jones; publisher: Infocom; 1986; Z-code 3).
  • IFID: ZCODE-37-861215
    IFID links: IFDB

Activision releases

Date: Date unknown

• Hollywood Hijinx is included on the following Activision collections:
  • The Lost Treasures of Infocom Volume II
  • The Infocom Collections: The Comedy Collection
  • Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom

Links

General info

• Hollywood Hijinx - at Peter Scheyen's Infocom Homepage.
• Hollywood Hijinx manual in PDF format - at The Infocom Documentation Project.
• Hollywood Hijinx - at Wikipedia.
• Hollywood Hijinx - at IFDB

Reviews

• Hollywood Hijinx - at SPAG.

Spoilers

• Walkthrough and maps by David Welbourn.
• ClubFloyd transcript.
• The Cutting Room Floor documents a debug mode.

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Date: 1986

Date: Date unknown