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Space Quest Collection |  | From: VIVENDI JEUX PC
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 8547
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows XP
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 72478
Model: 72478
UPC: 020626724784
EAN: 0020626724784
ASIN: B000AYH89M
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | 6 games: The Sarien Encounter, Vohaul's Revenge, The Pirates of Pestulon, Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers, The Next Mutation, and The Spinal Frontier. |
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Product Description
A compilation of the classic adventure series originally by the beloved Sierra On-Line.Product Information 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. Includes Space Quest I - The Sarien Encounter Space Quest II - Vohaul's Revenge Space Quest III - The Pirates of Pestulon Space Quest IV - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers Space Quest V - The Next Mutation Space Quest VI - The Spinal FrontierSpace Quest I - The Sarien Encounter:Roger Wilco a sanitation engineer on the spacelab Arcada awakes from a napto discover that space pirates have killed everyone onboard. Roger must escapeThe Sa
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 FINALLY a GOOD relase of these classics! September 27, 2006
H. E. Paul (Orem, UT United States)
44 out of 49 found this review helpful
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.
another classic series revisited October 18, 2005
L. Montgomery (Arizona)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Space Quest series games easily hold their own among the funniest, funnest and most enjoyable adventure games ever. The main character is Roger Wilco, intergalactic janitor extraordinaire. All he wants to do is nap in the broom closet, but he is the only one who has what it takes to save the world: luck, disregard for personal safety, and extremely large pockets. Each game involves different circumstances, various planets, shopping malls and restaurants, and villains, from the nefarious Sludge Vohaul to legions of insurance salesman, game pirates (the Pirates of Pestulon), the Time Rippers, and more. Fans of other popular science fiction franchises will appreciate the many spoofs that abound. My kids like the humor and interplanetary travel. Age has done nothing to diminish the playability and fun of these games. If you like adventures games with challenging situations, off-beat humor, pleasing graphics (considering the evolution of gaming as these were initially released), engaging plot, complex character interaction and just plain good fun, then you definitely will enjoy this series. Great value for price too considering each single game tends to sell for much more on internet marketplaces, if and when you can find them. Recommended for all ages.
Return to the Glory of Computer Gaming September 15, 2006
P. Fanelli (Pennsburg, PA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Space Quest IV was the game that captured my attention as a young computer gaming. The wonderful characters, humorous situations, beautiful hand-painted scenes all combined to immerse me in a game like nothing I had seen before. From that point I was hooked on all computer adventure games, especially from Sierra. I played the remaining games available in the Space Quest series, the King's Quest series, QFG, PQ, Laura Bow and on and on. I am very glad to see these games re-released, and am looking immensely forward to playing them again. Here's to nostalgia. Now if we can just get some of the others (QFG, Quest for Camelot, Laura Bow) re-released, that would be great!
Classic Series - A Must Have February 23, 2007
ancientexplorer (USA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The Space Quest collection is a must for those ex-adventure gamers and Sierra fans from the `80s and early `90s. These were once the cutting edge of gaming. Space Quest was the first game we got for our PC and the color and pseudo-3D look was revolutionary. Sadly, this collection doesn't have the original EGA version of SQ1. The VGA update really wasn't much of an improvement for the most part (as it was with the King's Quest 1 VGA update). Many people will miss seeing the original. The puzzles and locations haven't changed, however. The classic parser interface will bring back memories from the pre-mouse era. SQ2 and SQ3 are also classics and I think the series reached its pinnacle with SQ3. Oddly the digital sound I had on my old Tandy SL2 is missing in SQ3.
SQ4 introduced all voice and mouse interface. The mouse interface, first seen in Sierra's Rise of the Dragon, removed the inherent frustration factors in the parser-text system, though long-time adventure gamers probably took awhile to get use to it. The VGA graphics are great, but at times seem too static, too much like paintings and not enough animation. Granted, each Sierra game pushed the available technology. SQ5 is a mixed bag. The voice work and extensive digital sound of SQ4 is gone. The graphics seem crisper, but some animations seem to have fallen back to SQ1. The storyline is strong, though exploration on the various planets is limited. SQ6 brings back the superior sound design, updated mouse interface and superior graphics and animations. It would be the last game before the Sierra that we classic gamers knew, fell apart along with the market for classic adventure gaming.
The problem was, while Sierra pushed the envelope of the games' technical features, they never advanced the adventure game concept itself. They should have brought the adventure games into true 3D first person style like was exploding in the FPS (first person shooter) market (Sierra would later produce Half-life). The Tomb Raider series would produce the quest/puzzle solving/FPS combination that Sierra should have pioneered. Imagine SQ or King's Quest in a true 3D environment? Now with the next generation of 3D and FPS game tech, maybe Sierra (or what is now Sierra) will go back and redo some of these classics. The level of detail and interaction now possible was unimaginable when these classics were first released (and they were ahead of their time!).
Old school fun January 18, 2007
D. Barber (Texas, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bought this because I grew up playing the games - it's great and convenient to have all the games AND manual on the same CD. This is a classic set and only true gamers would appreciate this. Highly Reccomended - kills boredom, I usually play on my laptop on long trips lol.
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