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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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
Windows 3.x |
Nov 01, 2011 |
 |
100 |
| Adventure Classic Gaming |
DOS |
Nov 01, 2011 |
|
100 |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) |
DOS |
Jun, 1991 |
880 out of 1000 |
88 |
| Power Play |
DOS |
May, 1991 |
76 out of 100 |
76 |
| Amiga Joker |
Amiga |
Apr, 1992 |
75 out of 100 |
75 |
| Amiga Action |
Amiga |
May, 1992 |
67 out of 100 |
67 |
| Zero |
Amiga |
Jun, 1992 |
62 out of 100 |
62 |
| Amiga Mania |
Amiga |
Aug, 1992 |
51 out of 100 |
51 |
| Amiga Format |
Amiga |
Jun, 1992 |
48 out of 100 |
48 |
| PC Format (UK) |
DOS |
Dec, 1994 |
43 out of 100 |
43 |
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Trivia
It is somewhat remarkable that this is the only game in the series in which there is neither access to a janitorial closet, nor a single conventional cleaning implement among the inventory items. Clearly, Mark and Scott intended Roger Wilco's adventures to continue without any occupational restrictions on the character.
