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Space Quest V: The Next Mutation

Description

After travelling back and forth through time on Space Quest 4, Roger Wilco is back in the Starfleet Acadamy, serving as both a cadet and a janitor (so what else is new?). 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 (that grew out of the massive amounts of trash Roger will collect on his way), to boldly go where no man has gone before (fortunately for him)!
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 games in Sierra's Space Quest series, and just like its brethren, it's characterized by lots of humor (and lots of opportunities to die horribly). SQV is entirely mouse-controlled: you interact with the world by clicking on locations, people and objects on the screen, and you can cycle between various actions (Walk to, Look at, Interact with, Talk to, Give Order to - your garbage scow has a crew over which you preside!) by clicking the right mouse button or by using the icon bar. The icon bar also contains icons that allow you to access your inventory, quit the game or change the settings.

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

Why wasn't this game released on CD-ROM?	Black Wolf (37232)	unrated
Quite a fun game!	Unicorn B. Lynx (61193)
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 (118)	unrated
Best quest I've every played.	Tomer Gabel (4476)
too short and too few puzzles.. finished it in probably two hours	bertrandom (3)	unrated
The Shine begins to tarnish	Shawn McDonie (20)

The Press Says

Abandonia	Nov 19, 2007	5 out of 5	100
Just Adventure	2000	A	100
Pelit	Mar, 1993	89 out of 100	89
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

When you need to rescue Cliffy near Thrakus; waste all the fuel of your EVA pod before you get him. You'll get caught by the planet's gravity and crash. The camera shifts towards the surface of Thrakus and shows two mushrooms have a conversation as they watch Roger come down:

Mushroom # 1: "Ah look, Crumpella a shooting star. Make a wish."

Mushroom # 2: "Ok. Slep. I wish... I wish... I wish I had never bought Rexx Nebular."

I guess Sierra didn't like Microprose's Space Quest rip-off Rex Nebular and The Cosmic Gender Bender :->