Help me find a old game

[pvtbones]

My dad loves puzzle games Myst, Riddle of the the Sphinx, etc. there was this one puzzle game we played together when I was young, it was a sci-fi comedy puzzle game that if I recall was heavily influenced by Douglas Adams and his book hitch Hikers guide to the galaxy.

I'd love to find it for him again just for old times sake.

I'm afraid all I can remember is it started and ended in some bar which was an 11/5 on the weird scale.

*EDIT*
it may be called "_____ Mystical pub"

 

[Ennui]

there was a Hitchhiker's Guide - related text adventure game I think, called Starship Titanic.

http://www.pibweb.com/review/sstt.html

 

[JFry]

just get him leisure suit larry-- he'll thank you.

 

[dream431ca]

One game that comes to mind is Zork Nemesis.

 

[Qhartb]

Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic was not a text adventure. (Hitchhiker's Guidy to the Galaxy was, and an infamously hard one at that.) Starship Titanic was an adventure game along the lines of Myst or Return to Zork. It's notable for its conversation mechanic -- there weren't dialog options, you actually typed in what your character says and a pretty good AI would choose how to respond. It actually worked pretty well.

I enjoyed the game quite a lot. I don't remember if I actually finished it, though.

 

[Qhartb]

One game that comes to mind is Zork Nemesis.

Even now I'd still perfer Return to Zork to Zork Nemesis. Nemesis didn't feel like Zork to me. It was too serious with not enough humor.

Also, there's Zork: Grand Inquisitor. I haven't played it, but from what I've seen it's more Zork-ish than Nemesis. Can't comment of whether it's actually any good, though.

 

[dfc05]

A search for "mystical" on Mobygames brings up "Mystic Towers." I doubt it's what you're looking for... but it is a puzzle game, it looks weird, and apparently you end up in the same place you started out .

 

[dream431ca]

Even now I'd still perfer Return to Zork to Zork Nemesis. Nemesis didn't feel like Zork to me. It was too serious with not enough humor.

Also, there's Zork: Grand Inquisitor. I haven't played it, but from what I've seen it's more Zork-ish than Nemesis. Can't comment of whether it's actually any good, though.

I have both actually. Grand Inquisitor was more Zork like, but Zork nemesis was so much more atmospheric...I like both of them.