Backpackers Guide to the Universe Part One is played in a giant complex of caverns, a large maze, in which keys and useful objects constitute a large adventure and strategy element. Backpackers Part 1 galloped straight into the charts on its release, but in nearly did not make it, Paul explained "We got into a legal squabble with the author of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy because of the title we had intended to use. We managed to resolve this and in fact we may be doing a project sometime with the publishing house. Anyway, the game was meant to be released in September 1984. All the distributors and retailers were waiting for it and we had begun advertising. Just as it was ready to go off for duplication we discovered an error in the program. We ended up sitting up 24 hours a day, Bob rewriting while I gave moral support and Ann, my fiancee making the coffee. Having sorted that one out, and knowing that the duplicators were on 24 hour stand-by we dashed off and headed for the motorway — and found ourselves foa bound!
The duplicators got straight on with the job as soon as we arrived and all the retailers had vans waiting to take the game away. Backpackers Part 1 was on sale in the shops 18 hours after we arrived at the duplicators. I would really like you to mention the duplicators because of all the hard work they put into it.” Well, alright Paul, but just this once. Their name is I.T.D. |
