Introduction

The original Space Quest was an attempt by two Sierra programmers to create a parody of both science fiction and adventure games, and it worked. It worked well. It may have worked TOO well. The game spawned no less than five sequels and developed a huge following among adventure game fans. Its scope and popularity are probably second only to Sierra's flagship series, King's Quest, among all of the company's adventure game properties, and Space Quest arguably had the dignity to end before becoming a tragically flawed shell of its former self. We get to watch our hero, a hapless janitor, become a savior, fight wave after wave of alien conspirators, get the girl, become a captain, get another girl, and then lose it all and go back to being a lonely janitor again. It's all in a decade's work for Roger Wilco.

In this thread, I'll be playing through the entire series from beginning to end, starting with the early 90s remake of Space Quest I, which used the Space Quest IV engine. The remake includes the use of such technologies as an 8-bit color palette and a sound card, making it much easier on the eyes and ears. Each following game only exists in one version (aside from multilingual versions of SQV and the non-voiced version of IV), so I don't think I have to tell you which versions of those I'll be playing. Feel free to contact me outside the thread if you get confused.

Episode 1: Escape from the Arc- Arcad- the ship that blows up at the beginning of the game	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: Monkey Versus Robot	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: Never drive then drink	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: Everything in the game having to do with money	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: Missoin Imposivle	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: There was supposed to be a Xenon-shattering kaboom!	blip.tv	Viddler

Episode 1: A very long, slightly interactive cutscene, like Xenosaga	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: Getting to the root of the problem is hard when the root IS the problem	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: The coolest series of falling down scenes that doesn't involve Michael Douglas	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: Long dark slimy tunnels	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: Pass methane? Drat!	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: Sometimes, it's appropriate to build a fancy sci-fi device that doesn't have a self-destruct mechanism. Just saying.	blip.tv	Viddler

Episode 1: I'm surprised hopping out of the escape pod didn't kill him.	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: We canna give it any more power, Captain!	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: Boldly going all over the dang place	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: This plot looks like chicken scratch!	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: There's not enough room for this much Jell-O.	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: The most action-packed conclusion ever	blip.tv	Viddler

Episode 1: The future tastes like wild berry	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: Pod to time that steal!	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: No slugs, no sales, no service	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: Would you like eggs with that burger?	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: Onward to the Past	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: Apparently smoking is good for your health sometimes	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 7: Norton or McAfee could have prevented all of this	blip.tv	Viddler

Episode 1: Roger ranks up, but is still just as rank	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: I don't think it was invented by Archimedes	blip.tv	Viddler
April Fools' video featuring Gateworld and Halloween Harry	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: The garbage monster	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: Roger vs. the XX-terminator	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: You sank my star destroyer!	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: Maybe they all died of chlorine poisoning	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 7: Where DOES Roger keep his stuff, if not in his pants?	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 8: A funny thing happened on the way to Genetix	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 9: I guess they haven't worked all the bugs out	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 10: Roger Wilco, Come Home	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 11: Sometimes, you've gotta know when to duct	blip.tv	Viddler

The Space Quest 6 demo	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 1: The Roman numeral is on Polysorbate LX	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 2: Freeze-Droid	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 3: This happens every time I check into a hotel	blip.tv	Viddler
Bonus video 1: The Homing Beacon Puzzle or How to Succeed at Turning a Datacorder into a Homing Beacon Without Trying Very Hard	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 4: Roger turns down the heat	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 5: THE ROOM	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 6: The best part of the game	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 7: Circuit Sydney, your pull-apart pal	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 8: The Long Boring Trip Back to Delta Burksilon V	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 9: Everything wrong with the game is in this video	blip.tv	Viddler
Episode 10: Dot With Fig, Sis	blip.tv
Episode 11: I look, uh... partially digested	blip.tv
Episode 12: The final punchline	blip.tv

Errata videos:

Space Quest I Errata	blip.tv
Space Quest II Errata	blip.tv
Space Quest III Errata	blip.tv
Space Quest IV Errata	blip.tv
Space Quest V Errata	blip.tv
Space Quest 6 Errata	blip.tv

El Generico fixed the Droids B Us theme song for us!



Kikka created a version of the skimmer theme that really highlights some of the things going on in that song:



Another number from Kikka, it's the Fester Blatz theme!



Kikka's on a roll, giving us a new cover of the Starcon Academy background theme from SQV!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUmKwblUoDk

And with an awesome synth cover of the Star Trek-inspired SQV theme, it's Anime Reference!



Anime Reference covers the ever-popular SQIII theme:



And one more from Anime Reference, it's everybody's favorite fast-food dive, if only for the music, Monolith Burger!



The next number in the Anime Reference soundtrack collection is the iconic (thanks to demos of Roland's MIDI cards) robot freighter theme from SQIII:



ADANDrPepper managed to capture the entire plot of Space Quest V from the very first video: