Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter playthrough (part 1/4)

[quakepapi]

RIP Sierra, so sad Activision killed you guys =(

[O2BSoLucky]

This game transformed my childhood from simple childishness to adventure supreme! The ability to interact and have my words reacted to by a computer game was the beginning of the end for me - after this I was no longer satisfied with being a spectator (TV, books, movies) I wanted to be involved (games).

Having no access to internet, cheats or adult help the moment that I realised "insert cartridge into slot" rather than put/shove/stick/slot etc was a changing moment in my early life.

[tpaladino]

Watching this just made me sooo happy. Like I was a little kid again sitting in my room on my Tandy 100HX without a care in the world.

[FuzionXGlitcher]

If you want to play spacequest 1 throguh 5 goto DosBox.com download it then get spacequest free.

[Jinx1337]

@FuzionXGlitcher Or you can play it through ScummVM, since it's been merged with FreeSCI project and now supports Sierra Engine games.

[Xavixstar]

Loved this game as a child...I always have nostalgia when I watch old adventure games. Too bad they don't make games like this anymore.

[TheOtherSaluton]

Does Yzzyxz stand for Isaacs?

[flute1234]

I never understood how you know what to type lol.

[DirectorGoss]

@flute1234 people used their minds a lot more back then. Today the games almost play for you.

[flute1234]

@DirectorGoss Are you implying im unintelligent? I was an 6 year old kid. How could i have known that i needed to type "open bay doors"? etc

[danthman114]

sierra games were THE best ever. this one, kings quest, leisure suit larry, gold rush, the list gos on... 

[O2BSoLucky]

@danthman114 I adored Sierra games. Unfortunately after the Amstrad and Amiga route my family chose Mac.  (We didn't have consoles 'til I was an adult) so I never played further than KQ 3 SQ 3, LLS 2, Gold rush. But those games stand out in my memory so much that I cannot bear to throw out the boxes that the games came in! I loved the naughtiness (ability to swear and have the game react was hilarious as a child). They really extended my vocab too. So learning did happen whilst having fun!

[huiale14]

Similar gameplay to liesure suit larry, same graphics, and same creator

[tzweck]

I remember being about 8 or 9 when i first played this all the way through, was awsome, for the life of me though when I checked it out now i dont have any idea what to do or where to go, how on earth did I figure it out when i was a kid ill never know...

[justinvpro]

Wow. Such memories. I remember when I was a wee lad, I used to play this game. The ominous "You think you hear footsteps" text at the bottom used to *scare* the crap outta me. I still have nightmares about it to this day. I'm always seeing ghostly text pop up out of nowhere alerting me about footsteps, and the Sariens will shoot me if I don't hide, I tell my Doc. Then my Doc says, I need to adjust your medication. You're hallucinating floating text again, aren't you, he says.

[ElTioDelHarvestMoon]

Kerona...

Where plants are NOT organic life forms and minute 9:59 is gone

[ForViewingOnly]

This totally blew my mind when I first played it. I was a die hard text-adventurer at the time but was won over by the cartoon graphics and humour. To me it still looks great fun to play... I wonder what the kids of today would make of it?

[Aceproductions99]

TRUE GAMES <3 I played this game so many times. Definitely a classic.

[shortthrow50]

my favorite game on my tandy 1000 computer while i was in the 7th grade

[00IRON001]

wow. i'm 20 and i was so young when i played this i didnt know how to spell yet lol. and i had to get my mom to help me with this. brings back so many memories.

[Wyrmshadow]

took me a month just to figure out how to get off the Arcadia.. But as smart as this guy is.. I still know a bunch of short cuts in playing and typing the commands that he didn't do. I think I was around 9 when I first played this. It's sooo charming to remember.

[00IRON001]

@Wyrmshadow hey. im trying to find another game similar to this. except you were in a castle and you were a servant to a wizard. if you know can you help me out?

[Wyrmshadow]

@00IRON001 King's Quest 3. I only played KQ4 and it was so much more complicated than the SQ games.

[CSMChemosabe]

I got completely stuck on this because I didn't get the glass from the crashed escape pod. Took me weeks to figure that one out.

[Hotshotter3000]

@CSMChemosabe Here here. That was the hardest part for me too.

[bogercs]

In space, no one can hear you play this game.

[Taking1n1]

@bogercs why would you want to play this game in space other than to feel the game's theme as you play?

[digitalicful]

some parts are used in spacequest 2!!!

[rylan76]

When I first played this aged 9, I whistled that intro tune for weeks on end afterward. GOOD memories... oh Sierra, wherefore art thou?!

[Hotshotter3000]

The introduction was hilarious, especially on how they introduce Roger as a janitor. I mean what is the most least likely hero in all of Sci-Fi? A janitor! Pure comedic genius.

[Taking1n1]

I can't get the music to work.

[verystrangegeorge]

The music hurts my ears... but its soo good!

[MPSecare]

man i had this shit when laptops where monochrome and the ghosting was so fucking bad they recomended that you didnt play games on them.

[pootubeftw]

@MPSecare

and most people had this game well before laptops even existed as a word.

[MPSecare]

@pootubeftw nope.

first item sold as "laptop" was the Gavilan SC, 1983

Space quest 1: 1986.

[javiercarias]

YESSSS, i remember my older brother playing too... in our NEC computer

[pezcore68]

played this on an apple IIe

[AppleSoldier]

"It was not known you was a master of the rock"

[DiceMofo]

Memories...

[MaxRideWizardLord]

Awesome as Maniac Mansion for my openion! I LOVE THEM BOTH!!!

[DarkDant3]

tha character looks like Beavis xD

[Ambrew11]

heh, i remember playing this on the Amstrad when i was like 6 or something... i could never figure out how to get past the locked door at 4.10

[cainster]

god I was like 12 when I first played this on our family's Apple IIe...I can't believe it's been that long....

[error42]

Type: "Opne door" - Response: "I'm sorry but you may want to OPNE the door but I certainly wont" \\ Type: "Open dooor" - Response: "I don't know what a dooor is but there certainly are none around here" \\ Type: "Open the f#cking door!" - Response: "You need a card key" \\ Dammit!

[SanAnger]

Great game. Thanks for the upload man. Those days......

[teemuruskeepaa]

@SanAnger Oh God! All the right sentences. This would have taken me a week already

[BattlestarGentoo]

This was so much fun. I always played that game with my friend on a 486 8/16Mhz instead of studying for school. :)

[ihatebetax6]

hello

[747RocksJax]

Wow... I remember this...I loved this game..LOL

This got me addicted to all the other Space Quests...

[LutzfromPS2]

I remember this game. Its been ages since i played this. I miss this game so much. I have to go and buy it again. Know where is can get a copy?

[Nocito87]

abandonia. com

[ShinRockman]

On Steam PC Service for like 19 bucks you can get the whole collection

[LochNessCO]

Love that 8bit sound.

[FistPenis]

It was not known that you were a master of the rock!

[racer927]

I love the sound of the rock

beep-BEEEEEP

[Brendude]

Hey why didn't you get sucked out into space when you pressed the airlock button without your space suit on?

[MegaStevenlim]

i love roger wilco!!! EGA graphic love it!!!

[MegaStevenlim]

i love EGA graphic!!! love sierra adventure classic games!!!

[Dorkdufus]

get orat part

give orat part to hologram

[StrawberryGuy86]

This game was remade in VGA in the early 90's.

[Nkatsikanis]

I never completed this game but spent many hours when I was 5

[bohemiozzz]

I have that original! On a shelf over my bed!!!!!

[DressuOut]

do you have to type in all them commands ?

[Erkynar]

um... yes.

[TheResock]

Oh man the memories (:

[oohnumques]

I remember getting this game for my 8th birthday. So much fun. They should make a Space Quest movie. Get Bruce Campbell to star.

[DressuOut]

yeahh!!

Great idea, I'd pay to see that

[bohemiozzz]

Bruce Campbell is cool!!!!

[jrusso7660]

oohnumques,

Space Quest WAS made into a movie. The concept was worked and rehashed and released under the title "Galaxy Quest" and starred Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.

I know, it's a disappointment to Space Quest fans how much they dismembered the original plot, but they did seem to keep alot of the Space Quest smack, especially when they went to that planet and found those cute little monsters that were really viscious underneath their cute facade.

[hpmendoza]

Galaxy Quest was never supposed to be a Space Quest film. Galaxy Quest was always planned to be (and is) a detailed spoof of what it takes to create Star Trek.

The reason there can be any parallels drawn between Space Quest and Galaxy Quest is BOTH of them are parodying common cliches in science fiction. Think about how many tv shows and movies from the 60's have desert fights.

And the cute creatures from Space Quest ("Pinkunz") were a mix of Star Trek Tribbles and Star Wars Ewoks.

[Galimah]

Very exciting. I can see that u are very skilled in this game

[bohemiozzz]

I LOVE this game! One of my firsts in my 286 with 1 mg of RAM and 30 mgs of Hard Disk.

I love Graphic Advens. I wish there were a film of this.

I am watching this like a movie. :)))))

Roger Wilco is one of the BEST!

[Nkatsikanis]

I had this for my amstrad 286

[bohemiozzz]

My old IBM PS/1 286 gave me many of the best times of my life, talking about computers, games and fun.

I still have it, under a mountain of dust, in a dark corner of my room... too much good moments. Too much good moments...

[Nkatsikanis]

i cry

[Nkatsikanis]

Remember mate all joy is a gift of God. The past can look very rosy :)

All the joy of the past is given by Jesus and He uses it to give us a desire of more Joy which can only be found in him. Hope this helps :)

[linuxlyon76]

jesus knows me well!

[Nkatsikanis]

best news I've heard all day, look forward to our discussion of the game in heaven friend

[vBotics]

Ahhh...Good memories. Anyone got a copy/video of Oo-Topos?

[RantingPriest]

It gives me a nostalgic feeling watching this; I'm from 1981, I distinctly remember being amazed by how these games looked, and nowadays when I look at it I think to myself: how could I have ever appreciated these crap graphics? :P Still, respect to the Two guys from Andromeda.

[natlinxz]

I knew what to do in this game...but I needed a walkthrough because the typing is gay.

[bohemiozzz]

Yeah, man: Only the precise word in the precise moment... xDDDD

[maj212212]

thank you dad for having this game

i finished it in a day :D

hard though

now im playing the second game....ahhhh hard

i had to check a walkthrough...man i suck

[vovchiko]

The one of its kind..

It played great on a 286. This game creates a thriller of its own.

[DKongfreak]

I loved to watch my dad play this!

[ACE454ND]

@DKongfreak

Thanks for making me feel old.

[NoirXT]

Just hearing the music... oh the memories

[thirdwise]

the kind of game that isnt full of action, but that just adds to the excitment when somethin does come...i remember if you seen an enemy you die...???right??

[thirdwise]

where's the part that the voice is saying "you did not knock"?

[thirdwise]

i cant wait to show my brothers this vid...i almost forgot about spacequest....i was young (born 1983) and it used to scare me while watching my brothers play..lol

[sammymarlo]

I love this game!! Roger Wilco rules! I still play this and other Sierra games today in DOSBOX.

[SolomonRacer]

And if you run windows XP, Vista, or windows 7? (Or linux or mac) Dosbox is meant to help those with no access to dos. By the way, is this abandon ware?

[saintaureus]

no, you can buy it on direct2drive.

[SolomonRacer]

Alright, thanks.

[quixote22]

i totally remember this game. the first 5 minutes of this video represented 2 months of frustration. I cant tell you how many times I kicked the bucket in this game. "you hear a noise"...aaaarrrggh

[pleaseoceancloud]

Omg. When I was like 6ish I used to play this. I never got past the first few screens.

[carnalito81]

I ask people all the time If they played these games as a kid. 9/10 people don't know what the f*ck I'm talking about. what a shame. These games where so cool. Me and my dad used to rock these sierra games when it was 256 EGA hahah. =] awesome.

[cstubing]

Maybe because EGA was 16 colors, not 256, so they don't understand you. :P

[carnalito81]

yeah my bad, i had my info screwed up. I had It early on though. It was baddass, end of story.

[cstubing]

Yeah, i had it back in the day too in amazing 4 color CGA. My other favs back then were California Games, Winter Games, King's Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry.

[forumspy]

Yeah same here, so far found 1 person that knows these games xD

i loved them <33

[Stathgar]

I'm amazed by how hard this game is; it's a wonder anyone makes it all the way through. (Personally, I never managed to get off the ship at the beginning.)

[ajakmetro]

just love the game.....till now...thanks

[Jadriam]

The prolouge sounds so serious until the word "janitor" drops. As a child that really made me laugh.

[TWheels94]

Omg this brings back memories from junior high. I remember the spider robots used to scare the hell outta me! lol.

[Sheeanmcguire]

No

Just

No..

[BrianErzen]

I still remember "put rock in geyser" when I was a little kid playing this game, I had no idea what a geyser was, that stumped me and I had to call the hintline.

Once of the best games ever, I would LOVE to see a new Space Quest or Kings Quest game done again....

Thanks for these awesome walkthrough videos!

[farmhandfilms]

It'd be good if they could make it all simple and pixelated just like these, with one note songs, etc.. Games these days aren't as charming.