![]() Though, for me, the most satisfying puzzle involved converting my Datacorder to a Homing Beacon. I particularly enjoyed the send up of the Windows environment in one sequence where you could tinker with the system and actually beat it. The puzzles themselves ranged from the ridiculously easy to the deliberately obscure, but overall most of them were a lot of fun. Although, this did serve to make some of the earlier puzzles seem more difficult than they really were. This lack of plot was most noticeable in the first section where you wander around trying to do things without really knowing why you are doing them. Broken up, as it was, into individual sections that couldn't really be called Acts, it resulted in limited room for exploration and a feeling that movement was restricted to relatively few screens. Episodic gameplayįor me, though, the lack of a strong plot only served to highlight the rather episodic nature of the game. On the other hand, Space Quest fans might argue that storyline has always been of secondary, even negligible, importance to this long running and very popular series. It has only the flimsiest of storylines and the plot does not become apparent until well into the game. A perfect tonic for those poor souls who actually play such games seriously.ĭespite the humour - some might say because of it - the game has some disappointing aspects. For example, one character is Dr Hayden Beleauxs - how many will remember that Hayden Rourke played Dr Bellows in the TV series I Dream Of Jeannie? On a similar note, the CD ROM version of the game is narrated by Gary Owens whom some mature players may remember from the 1960s comedy show Laugh-In.Īction-arcade games also cop a serve, notably More Dull Kombat and a clever send up of Super Street Fighter which is lampooned as Stooge Fighter 3 featuring Larry, Moe and Curly and which puts these particularly mindless fighting games very firmly in their place. Those of you who delight in identifying obscure references will have a fun time with this game. To name just the most obvious, Star Trek, Star Wars, Aliens, Indiana Jones and even Asimov's Fantastic Voyage, all are parodied lovingly, if unmercifully. Review by Gordon Aplin (August, 1995) Roger Wilco returns in this latest episode from Sierra complete with bad puns and tongue-in-cheek references to earlier Space Quest games and popular science fiction films and TV shows.
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