HOLLYWOOD HIJINX
(c) Infocom, Inc. 1986

Background
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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 treasures hidden throughout 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
honour.

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. 

Essential Information
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Type |CPM to load Hollywood Hijinx.

At the start of the game, you are carrying a photograph of your Uncle Buddy. He
wrote the following poem on the back of the photograph:

"Hey, Kiddo!

This might open a few doors for you!

Be brave as Sheriff Roy in "Fastest Blender in the West",
The day the rustlin' outlaws put their chainsaws to the test.
Old Sheriff Roy used whip, then chop, then liquify/puree,
But his blender was no match for the chainsaw 's mean foray.
As pieces of Roy scattered, we knew that we had trouble.
We hadn't switched the sheriff with his plastic life-size double!

Be bold as Captain Bob in "Cannibal Buffet of the East",
Who agreed to come to dinner, not knowing he was the feast.
Fingertip hors d'oeuvres were greasy, sauteed eyeballs weren't as hot,
But their mouths began to water when they put Bob in the pot.
Don't feel bad for Captain Bob, whose agent was a real smarty.
He signed Bob for a sequel called "Cannibal Meatloaf Party".

Be clever like the tailor in "Vampire Penguins of the North",
A cummerbund for each penguin was the plan he had set forth.
The first penguins that he met were of Transylvanian extraction,
And their fondness for his neck was a natural reaction.
Now the tailor's up in Heaven, sewing angel gowns of white,
While the penguins search the frozen turf for other necks to bite.

We sure enjoyed having you with us all these summers.
You always were my favourite!

Love ya, Kiddo!

Uncle Buddy"

Use SAVE to save your current game, and RESTORE to load a saved game.

When running Hollywood Hijinx using |CPM, the 64K version of the game will load.
If you are using CP/M Plus, you can boot CP/M Plus and run the 128K version of
Hollywood Hijinx by typing HIJI128 at the A> prompt.

Further Information
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All Infocom games came with additional reading material and objects that set the
atmosphere for the adventure. You can download the material for Hollywood Hijinx
and other Infocom games from The Infocom Gallery at this URL:

<http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/>