Johnathon

If by ironic you mean fully intended, then yes.

Don't worry about the irony, just take care of business. The past, as they say, is the past. Good work keeping SQn running and secure :y:

I never understood the screw in Stellar's stomach as a double entendre until now. So thanks right back, Johnathon! :D

Space Quest 6 (when clicking on screw in Stellar's colon): 'This is a screw that even Stellar doesn't remember.'
 
Honestly, I could've gone on just as happy without understanding it. :blink:

What it hopefully could mean is that voices get to talk into a new ear, and we can talk to them and get the old IP licenced for fangames like SQ7, as one example.
Hopefully it'll also be easier for the Guys to get a deal in licencing the SQ IP/Jane for GK, Coles for QFG etc.
 
I wonder what this means for projects who had an agreement with Acti, like LSL1 remake, and "Guys From Andromeda" LLC.

Space Quest 6 (when clicking on screw in Stellar's colon): 'This is a screw that even Stellar doesn't remember.'
 
Honestly, I could've gone on just as happy without understanding it. :blink:

While I imagine someone has probably dressed up as Roger Wilco in the past, for the life of me, I couldn't find anyone that has done so while searching the Internet, so not only is this my tribute to the Two Guys, it also gave me the thrill of untouched soil in the cosplay world.
 
http://www.cosplay.com/costume/419736/
 
I'd link pictures, but cosplay.com's picture setup doesn't take well to hotlinking.

The other day, I was thinking about the Space Quest series and trying to identify a segment from one of the games that embodies what I think of as Space Quest at its very best. Is there a particular sequence from the series that encapsulates everything we love about Roger Wilco's adventures?
 
The best that I came up with (and I realize this kind of thing is completely subjective) is the junk freighter sequence that opens Space Quest 3. I can't think of another segment from the series where the art, puzzle design, writing, and even the music all come together so effectively. It also incorporates some interesting/innovative mechanics for a SCI0 game; the recolored sprite when Roger walks into shadowy areas, the bucket lift, the conveyor belt, the grabber, and the Aluminum Mallard controls all spring to mind.
 
Better still, the sequence is self-contained. Escaping the junk freighter almost works as its own standalone mini-adventure.
 
Another candidate that occurred to me was the Kiz Urazgubi sequence from Space Quest 5, but that's probably just my SQ5 love talking. ;)
 
What do you folks think? What sequence embodies Space Quest at its very best?
 
Jess

Hey all,
 
It's been a while since I visited these forums. Years actually: back when I was coding a virtual sierra-related chatroom in 2003 or 2004. Didn't even remember my login credentials so the sign-in-with-twitter was a nice welcoming :D
 
Just for the fun of sharing, I was wondering if any of you SQ fans saw the EGA pics we made for laughs during the kickstarter?
 

 

 

 

 
We thought they'd make a good sq4-ish joke where the KS 2012 dome was in fact a remake of an old 1986 Sierra game - with time and space all getting mixed up and such.
Fun fact: Mark loved them but was afraid it would scare away new potential backers as it could make them think this was the new game they were backing ;-)
 
We posted these in the KS comments back when they were in high-rotation mode during the final days of the campaign (10 updates a second? What was it? ;)) so it probably got lost forever in the gap between everyone's page-refreshes.
 
So I thought reposting them here would hopefully be apprecated.
 
Cheers from a true sq-fan,
 
- Martin

My only suggestion to the above images - in the last image, the Guys look a little flat - and their hair and uniforms should be red, rather than that yellow/brown color.

No. No they're not. I can't believe I ate it as a kid. I probably didn't. Because when I bought them just for the contest (which no winner was ever decided), I decided to try and eat it - and it's bad. I mean, real bad.

Many things to apologize for regarding SQ:TLC, so I might as well add an apology for the Octopus Maze.
 
So Sorry folks.
 
My vote for hardest game would have to go to SQ4, that sucker ripped more than time from me, I think I am still scarred in a few places.
 
May the Janitor Gods Sauté the next space ‘pus to block your path.
 
Vonster D Monster

Okay, this is actually my issue with SQ6... not the new characters in Starcon. They're all fine (as much as I got to interact with them anyway) The way they're handled. Yes, SQ5 brought in character interaction with the other games hadn't had - notably lacking in SQ4. But... and this is the important but.. you were properly introduced to the entire cast. The player gets introduced to Quirk, Bea, Drool, Flo, WD40 and Cliffy in ways that make perfect sense and we get to know them along with Roger.
 
In SQ6 Roger is sent to the Deep Ship and... erm. Stuff happens. Off screen. He knows who Kielbasa, Stellar, the robot dude, the doctor, the hologram, those two guards are. Wow. Great for him. I have NO IDEA. All the introduction I get is basically Roger saying "Hey, what's up?" It baffles me entirely - especially with Stellar. Josh took issue with Roger having a girlfriend character looming over the series. So he ditches her and then introduces ANOTHER girlfriend character that he's gotten involved with before the game starts?
 
That's what I meant when I called it an alienating game. I have to wonder if some sequence on the Deep Ship was meant to precede Polysorbate VX because I can't imagine anyone could have thought giving so many characters no introduction whatsoever was a good idea .

Oh, Johnathon, Johnathon ... the hunter in SQ2 turns Roger into a skewer. The Arnoid in SQ3 turns him into a pretzel. Don't make me get the spanking rod.

Yes, let's talk about
shall we? ;)

http://sierrahelp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3151&p=41831#p41831

The redwood building in 2003:
 


With bonus "Talking Bear" interaction!
 


Jess

Snouts at the ready,

reunited after split.
It's SpaceVenture time. 
 
Behold, Ace Hardway!

Poultry-obsessed space plumber.
"Sit, Rooter! Good dog."

Back (sort of) on topic from the above foray into begging for a World O' Fan Wonders thread for the Troels Pleimert Memorial SQ Fan Content Library... shall we also have a thread (or list) of fan games that are in-development?

You are welcome.

Space Quest was not my first computer game but it was the first game I fell in love with. The last two weeks with all of the interviews and commentaries I revisited that part of my youth a little bit. I watched one of the play throughs on youtube with my 7 year old son watching over my shoulder. I was amazed at how excited he was about it considering the pretty awful graphics compared to what he is used to.
 
So I got a copy of the game and installed it on a spare XP laptop we had (installing that game on modern machines is quite an adventure in its own right, thank you whoever built those modern installers...).
 
I soon realized that this wasn't just entertainment for him but also education. The only games he has ever played only involve a Wii motion controller or maybe a PS3 or 360 gamepad where everything is more or less intuitive. Now all of a sudden all of that is stripped away. Moving the character is still fairly intuitive but now everything the character has to do requires thought, spelling and typing from him, skills he doesn't really have mastered yet. On top of that, the early part of SQ1 is timed, so he needs to learn to do those things quickly.
 
I'm so thrilled that not only do I get to share a part of my childhood with my son but that he also gets to learn valuable skills that he needs for life in the process.

I don't stretch as often as I should.

Well, 8 months, 12 months... Who can complain after waiting all these years? :)

It's Ferde-licious, rock rock! It's so delicious, he keeps those... [girls] on rock rock! :D
 
Er uh- yeah... somethin'

It's Ferde-licious, rock rock! It's so delicious, he keeps those... [girls] on rock rock! :D
 
Er uh- yeah... somethin'