Memorable Moments and Lines from Space Quest 4

[Rosecrow98]

"We're glad you could play SQ4, as usual you've been a real pantload."

[ZacksQuest]

"NIIIEEEEU... Help, a giant branch has penetrated my vital organs and I can't get up!"

[lordwindowlicker]

Space Quest IV is easily one of my top 3 adventure games, of all time. Great video!

[ManekiNeko1972]

Actually, the throwing of a bunny at the Sequel Police was a line in the first Space Quest if you were shot. It actually suggested as one of four choices "Throw a bunny at the sequel police". Also in the first editions of it (prior to stuff being removed for legal reasons), throwing a bunny at the sequel police, after getting the text dialogue would kick you back out to DOS. (I used to play the first version. Yep, I had Radio Shock and ZZ Top in the bar).

[AdvntStrife]

After attempting to use the hand icon on Roger: "Hey, keep your hands off yourself... this is a FAMILY game..."

[Bikutolu]

I got stuck with the Sequel police in the mall, so in desperation, i DID throw the bunny on them, and burst out laughing with the reply, even though they zaped me while i where....

[8BitDanooct1]

"What's goin' on in there?"

There is NO reply!

[Sheepy007]

I've got to say space quest 4 has some of the best voice dub i've ever heard in video game history

[JeXsXsXe]

Hahaha

What's going on in there?

Very funny: 2:30-2:52

[WalterZarl]

Lets Boogey Girls! *Dance* * Dance*! Love you Roger

[CescoPisicoli]

Epic game and for it's time!

[kookoon]

Thanks for reminding me I've played this shitty game.

[ReadmanJ]

Any Idea on who does Roger's Voice? cool vid, Space Quest rules! <3

[Akril]

@ReadmanJ Jeff Bender, a programmer for Sierra at the time. (And thanks!)

[leeand00]

@Akril Really? Wow I thought it was Don Pardo.

[PhantomJerad]

Very well you give the Warm walkway a warm kiss Now you both feel special

[Vaibrato1]

Don't throw the bunny at the sequel policeman!

[jekblom123]

"GASP! Why you male sexist pig!!"

[sheriffayez]

the narrator of this game is Gary Owens

[JosephCollins]

@sheriffayez

I KNEW it! Gary Owens, the one and only! He's a swell guy who's been in a lot of cartoons and other things. He was Space Ghost! Also, Powdered Toast Man.

[MegaFromhell]

There is fan game Space Quest 12

[topbluffa1]

can i buy this game for my pc?

[Akril]

@topbluffa1 As I said in the description box, Vivendi Universal released Space Quest 4 in its new Space Quest Collection, so yes, you can buy it and all the other games in the series.

[topbluffa1]

did you say the space quest 5 version you bought dosnt come with voices?

[Akril]

@topbluffa1 @topbluffa1 None of the versions of Space Quest 5 have voices. Sierra On-Line had some financial difficulties while the CD-ROM version of the game was being developed, and a "talkie" version was never released.

[SantomPh]

@Akril are they compatible with 2000s operating systems (XP, Vista etc?)

[Akril]

@SantomPh As I said in the description of this video, they are compatible with Windows XP. I don't know about the newer systems, though.

[BaneOfFreeSpeech]

@Akril I have windows 7 and the Space quest colletion works on my computer.

[Akril]

@BaneOfFreeSpeech Okay, thanks for confirming that. I'll add that info to the description.

[Blackerer]

@topbluffa1 yup, on gog (good old games) or sq collections

[spopt36]

"the air smells damp and oppressive, like a wet nun"

best SQ quote ever

[D081]

oh wow i never knew it was gary owens NOW i remember! ahhh. thanks!! <3

[lbgundead]

This is actually hilarious hahah

[HardWarUK]

Haven't laughed so much in a long time! Why are these games still not on retail shelves - they're timeless!

[Akril]

Thank you!

[jameshks098]

"the air smells damp and oppressive, like a wet nun"

LOL

[funut]

That sounds like Weird Al's voice at 1:32!

[topbluffa1]

lol like a wet noun.

[flavoredwallpaper]

"the air smells damp and oppressive, like a wet nun"

Oh wow, good ol' space quest. And I actually enjoyed the 6th game. But that's probably only because of the narration. Good times...

[saintaureus]

Ha ha, the writing in Space Quest was great. Awesome video.

[iamRAYZILLA]

Don't throw the bunny at the Sequel Policeman - he may have a hare trigger!

[Tunacaitsith]

Seriously is guy to busy being dead to talk to you lol

[edusuntrebor]

Which is worse? Discovering that something tastes like dead gerbils?

... or knowing how a dead gerbil tastes?

[spyro303]

The line about only getting 16 smells in EGA had me hysterical!

[Akril]

Thanks. That's one of my favorite lines.

[scecilio]

It's a real shame they don't make games like this anymore, else I'd still be a gamer.

[Akril]

Adventure games are still being made, but just about all of the commercial ones are 3D now. Fortunately, nowadays there are a lot of free adventure games being made in the style of the classics, though the quality can be extremely variable.

[flavoredwallpaper]

Epic game. Probably the best in the series.

[poopskinTheLiar]

"The pipes have the tangy taste of 100% real steel, basted with slime, and rusted to a delicate crunch."

-TASTEing the Sewer pipes

[sacrednic]

When using the Talk icon on the bunny.. "He's too coooool to talk to you".

When tasting one of the buildings in Xenon ... "mmmmm... wild berry!"

lol .. great game ..

[ratix98]

"okay! you get your last licks on the bank"

[olivel89]

Bahahaha - Absolute gold at 2:02 and 2:17!!! XD

[Akril]

Thanks!

[GarethGWR]

If you own the CD-ROM version you can listen to ALL the narration, voices and sound effects from the game by copying the resource.aud file to your hard drive and playing it with a freeware program called Game Audio Player.

If you listen to it though, you'll be there for quite a while as the whole thing has a play time of around 2½ hours. Good stuff though :)

[Akril]

I've known about GAP for years. It's a very useful program, because I've heard dialogue in audio files from various games that is never actually used. I've actually created a few websites documenting those unused clips.

[FallGuy82]

"Why you male sexist pig!"

Best line in the game. I also enjoy Roger trying to leave the mall in drag.

[zeldafanboy345]

"Help! A giant branch has penetrated my vital organs and I can't get up!"

[CshireCat]

"Seriously- do you really think he has TIME for that? He's too busy being dead!!"

[mattstorm360]

@CshireCat *trys to talk to dead guy* so how do you fell today?

[mattstorm360]

@CshireCat i think he gots time. lots of time.

[mattstorm360]

@CshireCat i think he gots time lots of time.

[FooJones]

"We're glad you could play Space Quest IV.  As usual, you've been a real pantload!"

I loved this game. And after all these years I had no idea you could make Roger dance in Sax. That's great!

[happy7117]

I KNOW I have heard this narrator's voice before! It's on the tip of my tounge.

Who he is?

[Akril]

Like it says in the video's description, it's Gary Owens.

[FooJones]

That's Gary Owens. He was the newscaster Dinosaur on the children's tv show Dinosaurs.

[edusuntrebor]

He also was Space Ghost and Powdered Toast Man on Ren & Stimpy.

[ManekiNeko1972]

He's also the announcer from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

[Diamondfist1]

Thanks for including Roger dancing in Saks! FUNNY! I did the toilet flush of SQ4 too! (I saved first). Thank you for doing this! If you are still thinking of doing this for SQ5, please do so. It's a great game, even though it's not a "talkie" Would you like me to offer any suggestions? Thanks!

[Glavenopolis]

A sequence from Xenon's gutter examining/tasting/smelling/

"It looks as good as it tastes...

It tastes as good as it smells!!

..... It smells like garbage.."

I love this game!

[NermanQ]

There's also the one on Xenon where he tastes the street.

[phlegmuffin]

You kind of ruined the video with your unnecessary commentary and explanations...

[ThatNickGuy28]

My favorite line that I've had stuck in my head since I first played this game when I was a kid, is:

"You lick a thick smear of filth off the street. Finding the taste unpleasant, you quickly swallow it. What a smart person you are!"

[shadyparadox]

IMO, that's only second to Roger's

"Ugh! Now that was a BITTER section. I don't think I wanna lick the road around HERE anymore!"

...which is the best line in the history of computer and video games.

/watch?v=ASVhrf09-E0

[SierraMultimedia]

Excellent video Akril :)

[FallGuy82]

"The air smells damp and oppressive. Like a wet nun."

I love this game.

[brockway22]

Excellent

[IronBobcat2278]

Gary Owens was the best

[vainihminen]

What happens if you flush LSL4 or KQ

[Akril]

Nothing that affects the game, as far as I know.

[SonicDestroyer12]

I think one of them speeds up the "doom timer".

[schlunder116]

fake

[palahniuk]

i hate people who think they're being so clever by saying something is fake. if you'd actually done some research, instead of acting like a know-it-all, you'd know that the voice over is real.

[TerranRich]

@palahnuik And if you used your brain, you'd realize he doesn't really think anything here is fake, he's parodying the people who post "fake" and mean it.

[Akril]

Yikes, I never noticed that. Bizarre...

[FallGuy82]

"Why you male sexist pig!"

Best line in the game next to "Zap, zap! You're dead!"

[Attila226]

You can also use the smell and taste actions on the Latex Babes of Astros.

[ratix98]

"the air smells damp and oppressive, like a wet nun."

[Anony1200]

I can't believe you forgot the "Change machine" one.

[SonicDestroyer12]

MrWhitman has that one in one of his "Ways to Lose" videos for this game.

[Anony1200]

But still,the change machine is in the video still,and it is undeniably the best line in the game.

[danooct1]

"The change machine looks like a time machine, more than the time machine looks like a time machine...for a change."

[SonicDestroyer12]

^_^ True, so true.

[battybuddy]

What's going ON in there?

[danooct1]

"There is NO reply!"

[Jadriam]

You flushed it and made the game crash? LOL

[Akril]

The game doesn't really crash, it just exits without saving.

[strangeloved]

supreb supreb supreb!!!!!!!!

this vid smells like cotton candy, roses and fresh roasted peanuts!!! :)))))

[edusuntrebor]

but tastes like dead gerbils

[strangeloved]

lol, your mother should have warned you about licking strange areas! :)

[SchlossRitter]

Thanks for the good work on this and the great commentary.

[TomSFox]

I discovered a new good one, but I don't know whether it works in the CD version:

If you talk to the trah can in the Arcade there is a Get Smart reference.

[Akril]

It does work. I just didn't include it here.

[shadyparadox]

/watch?v=a4iEGwcrqWA

:D

[MrWhitman]

I'm surprised that you didn't take a shot of Roger Scratching his butt (do absolutely nothing for five to ten mintues).

[Akril]

I thought that didn't quite fit in with most of the other clips in this collection (in which the dialogue is the source of most of the humor). There weren't enough visual gags to balance things out.

[Schraffster]

"Damp and oppressive, like a wet nun"? Dear lord, I love these games.

[Akril]

Yeah...they just don't write lines like that for games like these anymore.

[UnpoeticCircle]

Narrator's voice always reminded me of Leslie Nielsen, hehe...

[kutekitty87]

haha brings back good memories! this was the first sq i played and i still love it. its amazing how many different responses u can get by doing everything u can think of in these games!

[shadyparadox]

Nice. I didn't know about ENT, the hair, the dead gerbils, or the bunny.

[Akril]

Thanks. I discovered most of these messages from exploring the game's various resource files.

[shadyparadox]

I uploaded a short clip of Wilco myself yesterday. Glad it wasn't just part of yours or it would be pointless.

[Akril]

I wouldn't call such a thing pointless. I've seen a couple of the clips in this collection uploaded as seperate videos on YouTube already. I just thought it would be more convenient to have a lot of these sort of moments all in one video.

[TomSFox]

"Help! A giant branch has penetrated my vital organs and I can't get up!"

Those are hilarious!

And I'm in favor of you making one of SQ5.

If you don't, I might steal you the idea and make one myself. So... think about it.

[TheCoffeeGrind]

Ah, I love these type of videos, Akril. Continue makin' 'em!