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	Title: (Critically Speaking...Multi-System) Hollywood Hijinx
	Source: Computer Entertainment, v5(12)
	Date: March 1986
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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**HOLLYWOOD HIJINX (NA / ⭐⭐⭐⭐)** is one more in a long
string of interactive fiction which proves once again that we
never met an ***<u>Infocom</u>*** 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. (We wonder: are these
authors already unusually creative people with an irreverent
sense of humor when they sign on at Infocom, or is there
something in the Cambridge water?)

## *A Treasure Hunt*
HOLLYWOOD HIJINX is basically a treasure hunt, although
the things you seek may seem more like trash than treasure
when you find them. The treasure hunt takes place in the
Malibu mansion, "Hildebud," built by your late Uncle Buddy
and Aunt Hildegarde. You have great memories of summers
spent with your aunt and uncle in that house, along your many
cousins. Uncle Buddy was a famous and flamboyant producer of
"B" movies, and he was always full of tricks and tales about
his string of celluloid hits, including such unforgettable flicks
as "Slash'n'Chop Sock Hop," "Plan Nine from Marketing,"
"10-1/2 Little Indians," and "Maggio Girls and Boys" (a serial
about 16 brothers and sisters who were junior detectives).
Since you were their favorite niece or nephew, you stand to
inherit the whole bundle -- IF you can find ten treasures from
Buddy's film career which are hidden in the house, gardens, and
the nefarious hedge maze. You have just one night to find
them all in this crazy place that some say is haunted. (It just
might be haunted, because there are lots of things that go
bump in the night as you search the mansion.

## *Outrageous Humor*

We loved HOLLYWOOD HIJINX for its puzzles -- from easy to
quite challenging -- and for its totally outrageous humor. The
mansion is a delight to explore, from its tastelessly overdone
master bedroom and bath (round bed, Oscar-shaped water
faucets, a bath mat inlaid with a portrait of Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Jack Valenti) to
tricky surprises like a hidden elevator and stairs that won't let
you walk up. Memories of your childhood are stirred by
recounting of childhood pranks by you and your cousin
Herman (star of the "Little Herman" TV series of the late
1960s). The Tinseltown artifacts are full of fun, such as the
scale model of Tokyo used in the filming of "Atomic
Chihuahuas from Hell" and the life-sized statue of Buck Palace,
the Fighting Mailman, who was featured in "five fantastic
films about a mild-mannered mailman whose dedication to the
Post Office and the American way of life inspired us all." We
guarantee you'll get a lot of laughs from HOLLYWOOD
HIJINX, and in between the chuckles and chortles, you'll enjoy
the challenge of the many puzzles. (Solo play; Keyboard.)
Available for Amiga, Apple II, Atari XE/XL & ST, IBM,
Macintosh.

**Recommended.** (MSR $39.95, except Atari XE/XL, C64/128 at
$34.95)
