lukeman3000

Those are some great explanations. Well, perhaps I will drop the hammer on the GOG collection just to make sure that everything is kosher. But, I'll be honest, I've downloaded a couple games and used your installers successfully on them and, so far, have had no issues. I also didn't realize that paying for the games through steam of GOG still benefited the franchise in at least some kind of way, so that's some incentive to pay. However, what about for some of the harder-to-find games, like the AGI version of KQIV? I STILL can't find that crap anywhere, and I don't think it's included in any of the collections sold on modern-day digital distribution sites, is it? What do you do for those kind of situations? Shoot, I can't even find a version of KQIV AGI online that works with your installer, Collector. If I could find one for 15 bucks on ebay, I'd buy it, but so far, no luck. Actually, I did find one, but it was v2.3. The only reason I want 2.0 is because of the novelty factor of some of the easter eggs associated with v2.0.

I don't really get why buying games like Space Quest is such a big deal. Believe me -- I will be one of the first people to say that you should support the developer of games that you enjoy playing. However, is any of the money that I spent for Space Quest V on ebay last week going to the original content creators? What about the collection that I bought on GOG.com? Does any of that go to Scott Murphy or Mark Crowe or anyone else who was originally involved with its creation? If it does, please correct me -- This isn't an argument so much as it is just me voicing some thoughts. This is made especially more frustrating by the fact that Collector's patches only work on the original media. I had an illicit version of SQ5, but I wanted to use Collector's patch so that it would be "complete", more or less. No matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find all 5 disks that SQ5 originally came on. So, I went on ebay and dropped about 15 bucks for 5 floppies and a cd transfer of the original game. I was then able to use the patch. Is 15 bucks that much? Not really. But why should I have to pay for it? I'd just as soon download the game online and contribute 20 bucks to the old Sierra crew via paypal instead of paying joe schmoe or GOG.com for something that they didn't create. It just frustrates me that some people talk about how you need to "purchase the games if you consider yourself a real fan", and yet purchasing the game in no way does anything except for to pad the pocket of some guy on ebay who has nothing to do with its creation. If there are some flaws in my logic, please let me know -- I'm open to being corrected.

Right now, I'm making my way through Dead Space 2. I also have Skyrim on PC and have installed several awesome mods which improve the graphics, but don't alter the gameplay. That said, most of my game time is spent playing Gears of War 3 on Xbox Live with my friends at night. It's more of a social experience than anything else, but Gears is a really fun game. G1 is still the best, 2 was a let-down, and 3 is somewhere between the two, but closer to the first. I am kind of ADD when it comes to games. I have a ton of games on steam that I will play a few minutes of and then quit and play something else. I also like to play around with emulators and the like. I have been working on my Sierra collection -- I now have all Space Quest games patched with Collector's patches, and most of the King's Quest and Quest for Glory games. But, I am having a heck of a time finding a copy of King's Quest IV AGI.

Personally, I belive that arcade sequences, as frustrating as they can sometimes be, are an integral part of a good Space Quest game.