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'''Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter''' was the first game in the [[Space Quest series]]. The game follows a janitor on board the scientific spaceship Arcada. After waking from an on-duty nap in a broom closet, he discovers that an evil alien race called the Sariens stole the Star Generator, an experimental weapon that was being held on board, and killed all of the Arcada's crew members. | '''Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter''' was the first game in the [[Space Quest series]]. The game follows a janitor on board the scientific spaceship Arcada. After waking from an on-duty nap in a broom closet, he discovers that an evil alien race called the Sariens stole the Star Generator, an experimental weapon that was being held on board, and killed all of the Arcada's crew members. | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 18 January 2011
| Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter | ||
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| First release | 1984 | |
| Also known as | Space Quest I SQ, SQ1 | |
| Developed by | Sierra | |
| Published by | Sierra | |
| Distributed by | (unknown) | |
| Platforms | MS-DOS, Tandy 1000 Mac, Apple II Apple IIGS, Amiga Atari ST, PCjr | |
| Resolution | AGI: 320x200, 16 colors SCI: 320x200, 256 and 16 colors | |
| Engine | AGI, SCI | |
| Support | AGI: Since ScummVM 0.10.0. SCI: Since ScummVM 1.2.0. | |
| Available for Purchase |
Yes | |
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter was the first game in the Space Quest series. The game follows a janitor on board the scientific spaceship Arcada. After waking from an on-duty nap in a broom closet, he discovers that an evil alien race called the Sariens stole the Star Generator, an experimental weapon that was being held on board, and killed all of the Arcada's crew members.
After crash landing on the planet Kerona, Roger must find a way to sneak aboard the the Sarien starship Deltaur to stop the vicious aliens from using the Star Generator against Roger's home planet of Xenon.
Requirements
Disk Space: 548 KB
Memory Requirements: 512k of RAM
Game Variants
The MS-DOS, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Tandy 1000, and PCjr versions are similar in terms of graphics. The Amiga version used an extended palette.
Data Files
All of the files required for Space Quest to run
LOGDIR
PICDIR
SNDDIR
VIEWDIR
OBJECT
VOL.*
WORDS.TOK
Platform Compatibility
List of platforms where Space Quest is known to work / not to work
| Legend: |
| Completable |
| Not Completable |
| Doesn't Work |
| Platform | Game Version | Status |
| Windows | MS-DOS | Completable with minor glitches |