75
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.0
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Following his humorous adventures in previous game, Roger Wilco is relaxing at his favorite pub somewhere in time and space when heavily armed soldiers enter the room. Carrying a parting message from Roger's old nemesis, Sludge Vohaul, they plan to get rid of the janitorial hero, execution style. That is, until a man with an over-sized hair dryer helps Roger escape through a time rip into the future. Now Roger Wilco has woken up on his home planet, some time in a meta-fictional Space Quest XII. It is a grim, dystopian future: the series has gone to ruin without its hero, and Vohaul rules supreme. Roger must find a way to avoid Vohaul's henchmen, fulfill his destiny, and learn about a few surprises that await him in his own future.

Space Quest IV is the first in the Space Quest series to feature Sierra's icon-based SCI interface and 256-color graphics. The command set includes icons for walking, looking, using or taking, talking, smelling, tasting, as well as inventory access. Roger Wilco is shown on the screen from the exterior in multiple viewpoints. Like in the previous games, inventory-based puzzle-solving co-exists with timed tasks and various hazards that will kill Roger if the player is not careful.

Alternate Titles

  • "SQ4" -- Common abbreviation
  • "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco und die Zeitspringer" -- German title
  • "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco e i Viaggiatori del Tempo" -- Italian title
  • "Space Quest 4" -- Short title

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Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers    
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User Reviews

Leather babes, tentacle monsters?.. No, it's not what you think Unicorn Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (132767) 4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars4.2 Stars
Best SQ game, and I replay it almost yearly Travis Owens (7) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Possibly Roger's most creative adventure. WizardX (116) unrated
Space Quest gets a facelift B14ck W01f (37398) unrated
A good, old-fashioned adventure Mark Abrams (4) unrated

The Press Says

Adventure Classic Gaming Nov 01, 2011 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) Jun, 1991 880 out of 1000 88
Adventure Lantern Apr, 2006 85 out of 100 85
Power Play May, 1991 76 out of 100 76
Adventure Gamers Jan 29, 2010 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
PC Format (UK) Dec, 1994 43 out of 100 43

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Installer Shots 4 Dr. M. "Schadenfreude" Von Katze Bronze Star Contributing Member (584)
Mar 15, 2009

Trivia

If you smell the back of Droids-B-Us at Ulence Flats, the game says: "Smells like another lawsuit coming back to haunt the Two Guys from Andromeda". The reason?? Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe got sued by Toys-R-Us for putting Droids-B-Us in SQ1.

When you first visit the Software Store at the Galaxy Galleria, the bouncer will tell you that the Two Geeks From Andromeda are in there, signing copies of their latest release.


This entry was contributed by POMAH (26139), Andy Roark (253), Terok Nor (15629) and B14ck W01f (37398)
 

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