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An alternative launcher for the Steam version of Space Quest Collection. It allows for both versions of [[Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter]] to be launched through the same launcher, and some minor UI and quality-of-life improvements. It also fixes launch issues with the VGA remake of Space Quest I that were present in the legacy launcher.
 
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Revision as of 10:49, 15 August 2018

Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Engines
SCI2
Release dates
DOS March 1995
Windows March 1995
Mac OS (Classic) 1996
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier on Wikipedia
Space Quest
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter 1986
Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge 1987
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon 1989
Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter (VGA remake) 1991
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers 1991
Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Game Pack 1992
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation 1993
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier 1995
Space Quest II: Roger Wilco in Vohaul's Revenge (unofficial VGA remake) 2011

Key points

Can be run under ScummVM

General information

Two Guys From Andromeda official site - The original Space Quest series designers' site
Sierra Help Pages - Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
Space Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the Space Quest series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Requires included magazine to solve complete the game.
DOS
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Space Quest IV & Space Quest V.
Pre-packaged with ScummVM
DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[1]
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Space Quest Collection
Windows

Version differences

Space Quest Collection

A compilation pack containing the entire Space Quest series.

All games in the pack are pre-configured to run with DOSBox.[2]

Essential improvements

Space Quest Alternative Launcher

For the Steam release only

An alternative launcher for the Steam version of Space Quest Collection. It allows for both versions of Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter to be launched through the same launcher, and some minor UI and quality-of-life improvements. It also fixes launch issues with the VGA remake of Space Quest I that were present in the legacy launcher.

It can be downloaded from the series Steam Community Discussions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\sq6[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\sq6\SQ6SG.***[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.
300px
Graphics settings (GOG.com version)

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

This game supports the MT-32 and General MIDI for music.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes SVGA
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 456
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1, 95
Processor (CPU) Intel 486
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7.1
Processor (CPU) Motorola 68040
System memory (RAM) 12 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References