Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter is a remake of the original release of Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter. The new version has enhanced graphics (256 color VGA) and soundblaster support. It uses the SCI game engine (point-and-click interface, icons along the top) rather than the AGI engine (mixed point-and-click with text parser). Some of the puzzles have been slightly changed to accommodate the new interface and there is also possibility to skip the arcade part.

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Alternate Titles

"SQ1VGA" -- Remake title
"Space Quest 1: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter" -- US DOS title (5.25" floppy disk version).

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform
	Space Quest 1 - Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter	DOS
	Space Quest 1 (Amiga): Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter	Amiga
	Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter
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User Reviews

Wonderful. Problems may occur when playing this on a newer machine, though.	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (132767)
A fun game, a pretty good remake	DOS	Benjamin Vigeant (8)
Excellent remake regardless of speed issues	DOS	B14ck W01f (37398)
Not the best, but 3.7!	DOS	Andrew Wilconsin (3)

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The Press Says

Just Adventure	DOS	2000	A	100
Génération 4	DOS	Nov, 1991	94 out of 100	94
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1991	77 out of 100	77
Adventure Gamers	Macintosh	Jan 04, 2008		70
Adventure Gamers	DOS	Jan 04, 2008		70
Adventure Corner	DOS	Feb 05, 2009		60
Aventura y Cía	DOS	Apr 03, 2002		60
Datormagazin	Amiga	Jun, 1992	40 out of 100	40

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Trivia

Packages

Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter was available in four different packages. A 16 color version (supported EGA, MCGA, VGA and Tandy/PCjr) with either DD 3.5" or HD 5.25" disks and a 256 color version (supported MCGA and VGA) with either HD 3.5" or HD 5.25" disks.

The game was also made available to customers via a special mail-order offer, and some or all of these were shipped in boxes from the original 1986 version.

References

The reference to King's Quest in which Roger Wilco would crash land into Daventry by pressing a button on the escape pod has been changed for the remake. You now crash into the outskirts of Nottingham Castle, as featured in Conquests of the Longbow: The Legend of Robin Hood. Furthermore, all references to King's Quest on dialogues have been removed.

As a parody of all the instant replay hype in the pro-sports world at the time, two of the funnier deaths in the game feature a replay with commentary from the Two Guys, complete with pseudo-chalk markings on the screen.

Information also contributed by Indra was here, WizardX and Zovni.

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This entry was contributed by POMAH (26139), Donny K. (426) and Terok Nor (15629)