Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter

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Description

Roger Wilco is one of the most important men on the starship Arcada: he is the janitor! Just when he was doing what he does best (dozing off in a closet), the shrill sound of an alarm penetrated the air. Arcada is attacked by the evil Sariens! Before Roger realizes what is going on, he discovers that he is the only survivor. The Sariens have killed the entire crew and stolen the valuable Star Generator. Roger's immediate task is to find a way to leave Arcada, which is about to explode in fifteen minutes. And then he'll have to show the Sariens why they should never mess with brave intergalactic janitors!

Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter is a humorous sci-fi adventure game made with Sierra's AGI engine. The gameplay is similar to that of King's Quest: the player navigates Roger around with arrow keys and interacts with the game world by typing commands. There are puzzles to solve and plenty of situations where the player will have to use his wit to save Roger from death.

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Alternate Titles

• "Star Quest" -- Working title
• "SQ1" -- Common abbreviated / informal title
• "Space Quest 1" -- Informal title
• "Space Quest" -- Informal title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Adventure Game Interpreter (AGI)
• Gameplay feature: Gambling
• Games made into comics
• Setting: Space station / Spaceship
• Space Quest series

User Reviews

How a simple four-room demo turned into an excellent space adventure	DOS	Katakis | カタキス (39490)
Wildly funny, yet frustrating enough to buy a hint book	DOS	Olivier Masse (450)
The game that started it all for me!	DOS	Jonathon Howard (120)
A true Sierra classic, setting a high standard for the series	DOS	Jayson Firestorm (156)

Critic Reviews

The DOS Spirit	DOS	Dec 01, 2008	5 out of 6	83
Tilt	DOS	Apr, 1987	16 out of 20	80
All Game Guide	DOS	1998		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Oct 02, 2009		80
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Dec, 1987	74 out of 100	74
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Dec, 1987	74 out of 100	74
Adventure Gamers	DOS	Jan 04, 2008		70
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Nov, 1987	7 out of 10	70
ST Format	Atari ST	Mar, 1995	30 out of 100	30
Commodore User	Amiga	Sep, 1987	2 out of 10	20

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Anyone knows what that plant is for?	24	Pseudo_Intellectual (60344) May 31, 2007

Trivia

There a lot of references to King's Quest in this game. Besides crash-landing in Daventry when you press the "don't touch button" (see screenshots), those evil Sariens seem to enjoy playing King's Quest. While on board the Deltaur, try talking to a Sarien. Type:

TALK TO GUARD

The following lines are some of the responses the game has to offer:

• "Have you played King's Quest III?" you ask the guard. "Yes" responds the surprised guard, "I just bought it last week. It was on sale for 128.000 buckazoids at Tiny's Holodisk Shop. What a bargain!!!"
  
• The guard outlines his favorite massacre, "the Great Daventry Rout" as he called it. You ponder the meaning of this for a while.
  
• "Do you own King's Quest II ?" asks the nosy guard?
  
  Type: YES
  
  "Great!!!" responds the guard. Pondering his interest you ask yourself whether or not this guy is getting a kick-back from Sierra On-Line. Later you realize this is silly, what would a Sarien do with money from Coarsegold?"

Related Web Sites

• Hints for Space Quest 1 (These question and answer hints will help you solve the game without spoiling it for you.)
• Roger Wilco's virtual broomcloset (Site dedicated to the SQ series. )
• ScummVM (supports the DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST and Apple IIgs versions of Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter under Windows, Linux, Macintosh and other platforms.)
• SpaceQuest.Net - Space Quest 1 Story (The most comprehensive site about Space Quest 1, both EGA and VGA versions: Basic game information, hints (with scans of the official hint book), documentation (downloadable PDF manual), demos and even design sketches.)
• Space Quest Treasure Trove (Your key to the Golden Mop lies here! This site provides a complete graphical walkthrough for Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter.)