Comments on: Space Quest & King’s Quest Join The Reunion

By: Ozzie

Ozzie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:20:03 +0000

No, you’re definitely not.
But I don’t think it will happen. Anyway, I own this game in the original box, so I don’t need it to have it re-released. But it’s a game that should be available to a new audience.

By: mastrblastr

mastrblastr — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:55:18 +0000

Am I the only one that loved Freddie Pharkis Frontier Pharmacist and is desperately hoping to see it make its beautiful way back?

By: brulleks

brulleks — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:39:06 +0000

Oh dear. I can’t begin to describe how mind-shatteringly awful I’ve found every single one of these Space Quest games.

To me, an adventure game should be about taking your time and being allowed to experiment, receiving amusing, irreverent comments at worst from the protagonists and npcs when you attempt something outside of the actual solutions.

What an adventure game should definitely not do is constantly kill you off until you find the only possible way through a situation.

Having just played through Time Gentlemen Please, which perfectly reflects all the very best aspects of the point and click genre, and which Mr Walker himself agrees is the finest p’n'c er to have been made since Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle et al, I cannot for the life of me understand why he would recommend something as horribly fun-sapping as these Space Quest games.

I wish I’d simply donated the £7.49 I’ve wasted on these to Zombie Cow instead, to ensure that they can continue their brand of adventure game.

The Sierra approach should be left well-buried in the rubble of gaming history. It’s the clearest case of rose-tinted spectacles that I’ve ever witnessed.

By: oceanclub

oceanclub — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:09:27 +0000

“And dead ends is what makes it a game for mature committed folks.”

I presume that’s committed in the mental institution sense of the word.

By: squadman

squadman — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:44 +0000

Great games. I’ve been moving them from old floppies to newer floppies, CD-ROMS, DVDs etc since their release date, so I’m still playing my original version of the games (thanks DOSbox). No need for a double dip here. Love the sarien.net link. I’m going to finish Space Quest 1 and 2 over lunch for the next week or so. Ahh… memories :)

My hope is that all this interest means they will hire the original developers to do new entries in these sagas. Especially Space Quest and Hero’s Quest (Quest for Glory… bah!).

By: Subject 706

Subject 706 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:21:38 +0000

Theres also a VGA remake of Kings Quest 3 and an upcoming remake of Space Quest 2, both made by Infamous Adventures.

The adventure genre “died” because game design got stuck in an endless loop och creativity deficiency. Kind of like FPSes today.

Add to that publishers refusal to back any project that cannot be projected to sell a gazillion copies.

By: Grey_Ghost

Grey_Ghost — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:33:03 +0000

If I already own all the Space Quests, is there any reason to buy this pack? These are the same games just bundled with DOSBox right? Though I thnk SQ1 or 2 had some crappy bad sector disk check for authentication?

By: Frans Coehoorn

Frans Coehoorn — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:40:42 +0000

Vivendi said “Feck off” so they had to remake the whole game.

By: M.P.

M.P. — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:55:51 +0000

Whatever happened to that fan-made sequel to King’s Quest?

By: Hümmelgümpf

Hümmelgümpf — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:57:07 +0000

@Quests:
“And Space Quest is not my favorite cause it doesn’t have many deadends.

And dead ends is what makes it a game for mature committed folks.”
If you really like dead ends then you have way too much spare time on your hands. I wouldn’t mind them so much if adventure games at least had the decency to throw in a game over screen saying that it’s impossible to progress any further without restarting or an alternate ending. Multiple solutions to puzzles would further help reduce the frustration without really taking away any difficulty. QfG did it brilliantly. A thief skilled in magic had a lot of options on his hands. Dead ends, as they are usually implemented, are just a cheap way to icrease the game’s length. They don’t challenge your brain in any way.

By: Ishy

Ishy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:21:47 +0000

SQIII and IV are probably my most replayed games of all time. However, I already own both collections, so no purchase here.

By: The Unshaven

The Unshaven — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:54:01 +0000

I too, am out of Region.

To which I respond: MY CHILDHOOD IS NOT REGION-LIMITED YOU ORRIBLE SACKS OF COCKMILK.