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Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

Description

After travelling back and forth through time in the previous game, Roger Wilco is back in the Starfleet Acadamy, serving as both a cadet and a janitor. Cheating his way through the Starfleet Aptitude Test, Roger is finally given the rank of captain, his own ship (a garbage scow) and a mission: to explore strange new worlds (which no man in his right mind would explore), to seek out new life and new civilizations (which grew out of the massive amounts of trash Roger will collect on his way), to boldly go where no man has gone before. Step by step Roger will have to unveil a galaxy-wide biohazardous material dumping scheme, solve the mystery of the disappearance of a fellow Starfleet captain and his ship, and confront an agent of an old nemesis.

Space Quest V: The Next Mutation is an adventure game in theSpace Quest series. Like its brethren, it is characterized by humorous writing and situations, as well as plenty of opportunities for the hero to die horribly. The game is entirely mouse-controlled: the player interacts with the world by clicking on locations, people and objects on the screen, cycling between various actions (walking, looking, touching or taking, talking, etc.), by clicking the right mouse button or using the icon bar. The latter also contains icons that allow the player to access Roger's inventory, quit the game or change the settings. The player can sometimes give orders to other characters - Roger's garbage scow has a crew over which he presides.

Alternate Titles

• "SQ5" -- Common abbreviated / informal title
• "Space Quest 5: La Siguiente Mutación" -- Spanish title
• "Space Quest 5: La Mutation Suivante" -- French title
• "Space Quest 5: Die nächste Mutation" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Space Quest series

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User Reviews

Janitorial romance	YID YANG (162563)
Why wasn't this game released on CD-ROM?	*Katakis* (37451)	unrated
Without a doubt, the best Space Quest	Benjamin Vigeant (8)	unrated
Had its moments, but the series starts its decline with this game.	Dave Schenet (130)	unrated
The weakest Space Quest tries to be an all-out Trek spoof.	WizardX (116)	unrated
too short and too few puzzles.. finished it in probably two hours	bertrandom (3)	unrated

The Press Says

Just Adventure	2000	A	100
Pelit	Mar, 1993	89 out of 100	89
Tilt	Mar, 1993	17 out of 20	85
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Apr, 1993	10 out of 12	83
Techtite	2000		80
Adventure Gamers	Sep 03, 2010		80
Power Play	Apr, 1993	77 out of 100	77
PC Player (Germany)	Apr, 1993	77 out of 100	77
Adventure Classic Gaming	Aug 21, 1998	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

The documentation for the original release of Space Quest V is the Galactic Enquirer, a parody of an actual tabloid called the National Enquirer.