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MerlynKing on 2/27/2021 8:26 PM · Permalink · Report
Released 8/3/2006, this version is a Wiindows native port that does not let you get past the android spider on the planet Kerona. It is a native Windows version that comes with a version of DOSBox. DOSBox running Windows native games is surprising, playing it that way makes the Sarien spider droid a little slower. However, the fact that the long awaited Windows version doesn't work makes me wonder if Windows native support in DOSBox indicates that the industry does not know what it is doing.
Rwolf (22827) on 2/28/2021 4:09 PM · edited · Permalink · Report
It's a DOS version (SQ1 VGA from 1991) running in a DosBox v0.63 wrapper (included), and as such MobyGames lists it as DOS only. (If you have an old enough computer you can probably run it as is under standard DOS, but using modern computers it would be too fast.
The collection version from 2006 is this: https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/space-quest-collection
I read GoG has a bundle with the old EGA version of SQ1, but this is not on my 2006 collection CD.
There is this version too, which is DOS&Win3.1: https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-quest-collectors-edition
Not sure what the spider problem is for you, but it will likely be too fast under normal DOS unless you run an old 386 or similar.