Sierra Entertainment
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Windows XP / 98 / 2000 / Me
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B000AYH89M

Release date

September 15, 2006

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69 ratings

4.0 out of 5 stars

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#117,155 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#4,884 in PC-compatible Games

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Package Dimensions

7.5 x 5.25 x 1.5 inches; 4 Ounces

Type of item

Video Game

Rated

Teen

Item model number

72478

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

Item Weight

4 ounces

Manufacturer

VIVENDI JEUX PC

Date First Available

August 16, 2005

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In space, no one can hear you clean. Roger Wilco, a sanitation engineer on the spacelab Arcada, awakes from a nap to discover that space pirates have killed everyone onboard. Roger must escape The Sarien Encounter before they use the Arcada's Star Generator against his home planet of Xenon. Hero and recipient of the Golden Mop, Roger Wilco can barely bask in the promotion of head janitor before he is abducted by the evil Sludge Vohaul. Will Roger escape the dangerous Labion Terror Beast and thwart Vohaul's Revenge? Another narrow escape finds our hero on Phleebhut, where Arnoid the Annihilator wants Roger to settle some debts. Meanwhile, the sinister CEO of ScumSoft and The Pirates of Pestulon have abducted the Two Guys from Andromeda, and Ace Janitor Roger Wilco is their only hope. The Sequel police have been sent by a reborn Sludge Vohaul to exact his final revenge. Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers must travel throughout Space Quests past and future to save Roger Jr. and Xenon. Captain of the SCS Eureka garbage scow and graduate of the StarCon Academy, Roger Wilco faces The Next Mutation when the commanding officer, Captain Quirk, plans to destroy the StarConfederacy. Court marshaled for breaking regulations while saving the universe, Roger Wilco once again finds himself on janitorial duty. While trapped on shore leave, Wilco must rescue Corpsman Santiago and embark upon The Spinal Frontier.

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Matt G.

An amazing trip down memory lane!

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2008

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UPDATE 10/30/10: You CAN run these games in Windows Vista and Windows 7, if you have a little DOS knowledge!! Follow these steps:
1. Google, download, and install the latest version of DOSBox (it is freeware).
2. Install this SQ Collection to a simple directory name (i.e., C:\SQ or even to your flash drive) but don't run it from the shortcuts that the installation adds to the Start Menu.
3. Run the DOSBox that you installed in Step 1.
4. In the DOSBox window, type "mount c C:\SQ" or replace the C:\SQ with the directory you used for the installation. This will create a virtual "drive C" that maps to your installation directory.
5. If you lived through this era, then you should be able to figure out how to run the games using DOS commands :) "dir/w" to list the files, "cd" to change directories, and then type the name of the EXE file in the directory to run.

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Space Quest... the ultimate computer geek fantasy game from the innocent days of young graphic adventures!! We spent hours and hours trying to get through the many adventures of Roger Wilco, which were filled with perplexing challenges, tongue-in-cheek humor, and some surprisingly great graphics (especially in the later episodes) that redefined gameplay as we knew it.

I was ecstatic that these were re-released, and was mainly pleased with this incarnation. All episodes are offered in their entirety (even the annoying copy protection schemes!!) and online web sites can now cut down on your frustration by providing tons of hints =) Excellent job reviving these classics.

My one small gripe--the redone Space Quest I is included, but the original Space Quest is not. Although the graphics of the original pale in comparison to the remake, nostalgia forces me to comment that its exclusion makes this a slightly incomplete collection.

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H. E. Paul

FINALLY a GOOD relase of these classics!

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2006

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I bought a couple of these re-release sets over the years trying to make them work on newer computers. Vivendi finally took some time here to polish up these games and get them working on modern hardware. I have tested and played through the intro to each of these games and did some basic gameplay.

Vivendi has licensed a program called DosBox to act as middleware between DOS emulation and Windows XP. This means the games finally run properly on new computers. The sound is properly redirected through sound cards under Windows. Even the beeps and bleeps of the PC speaker sound from Space Quest II come through on my Sound Blaster Audigy 2. I had not been able to play the sound for Space Quest III since I sold my old 486 about 8 years ago.

The games also play at the proper speed. No longer does the character move at light-speed regardless of the setting you make in the game. The games all seem to be playable and enjoyable. Included in the set is the VGA remake of Space Quest I, the talking CD-ROM version of Space Quest IV, and the CD-ROM version of Space Quest VI. It might have been nice to see the other versions of those games included, but the quality of what has been included here is first rate. There is also a manual included in PDF format from one of the earlier releases of the anthology.

Thank you Vivendi for resurrecting some of my favorite adventure games from my childhood and for taking the time to make a polished interface to make them work properly!! I hope the rest of the Sierra games will be released soon. You certainly can't beat the price for these at all!

I also bought the King's Quest Compilation and I expect it to be just as great based on my impressions of the Space Quest Compilation.

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E. Conley

Great fun! (though still a little flaky)

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2007

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It had been years and years since I played my brother's copies of Space Quest IV and V, and this was a terrific flashback for me! This is great for anyone who gets a sense of nostalgia from the old games. They haven't been redesigned or anything, just updated to run on current computers.

It's not without its faults, though. There's a few minor visual glitches (I keep getting a "shadow" of the previous screen on mine every time it changes screens), and some faster computers may have issues with processor time--my processor was too fast to allow me to escape the time police guys in the mall scene, and I had to download a patch to fix it. If third parties have figured out how to fix the bugs, surely they could have done it themselves?

Still, a true lover of these games will forgive the minor glitches. This is especially great for people like me who had the anthologies created for Win95 and were disappointed when they wouldn't work in XP.

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J. H. Sipple

nostaglia at its best

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2006

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I would have preferred to have the original SQ1 (instead of the VGA remake)... and I was glad to find that I can choose to use text instead of speech for SQIV, as I had the text-based version as a kid. The manual (as another reviewer said--taken from a different I-V compilation, with SQ6 tacked on) and having to print it out yourself annoyed me at first... but it's not really a big deal considering the big plus of having all these games that will actually work on my current computer.

I also bought the King's Quest Collection, which also does not include the first original (it has the SCI remake), and KQV has speech instead of text without any option to choose.

I think Vivendi could have put a little more into both these collections, or at least more detailed advertising as to what versions of these older games are included (I was expecting all of the original releases, not remakes). But for Space/King's Quest fans they are handy to have!

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