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SQ1-3 on Good Old Games

MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
edited August 2010 in General Chat
Space Quest 1, 2, and 3 are now released on Good Old Games. It should be noted that in this release they include the AGI version of Space Quest 1 rather than the remake!

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  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2010
    Really?!

    OH MY GOD.

    THIS IS THE VERSION I PLAYED AS A KID.

    Oh man, I'm going to have to go through these again. These games are AMAZING.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Seconded!
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited July 2010
    Sweet!
  • PimPamPetPimPamPet
    edited July 2010
    Like I posted on the GOG message board, I'm very happy to see that they didn't forget about the originals, but 10 dollars?! That seems a bit much, I got the boxed collection of 1-6 for less than that.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Considering they were all $40+ back in the day each and the Steam collection is $19.99, I'd say it's as good a deal as you can get without going to eBay. Plus it comes with bonus artwork! :D

    But these games are golden and worth every penny. Every last one of them.
  • MajusMajus
    edited July 2010
    YAY!
    Space Quest 3 is so good!
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited July 2010
    Majus wrote: »
    YAY!
    Space Quest 3 is so good!

    They have the entire collection on steam, and yes... YAY! YAY! SPACE QUEST!
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    But the Steam collection doesn't have SQ1AGI.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited July 2010
    Wait, wasn't "may the farce be with you" a Spaceballs tagline?
  • techie775techie775
    edited July 2010
    Too bad you can't get SQ4,5 and 6 with this deal or another package.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Fealiks wrote: »
    Wait, wasn't "may the farce be with you" a Spaceballs tagline?

    That was Schwartz.
    techie775 wrote: »
    Too bad you can't get SQ4,5 and 6 with this deal or another package.

    http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/space_quest_4_5_6
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited July 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    That was Schwartz.

    I know, but I'm sure it said "farce" on my DVD cover.

    Edit: Yeah, it's got "may the farce be with you" under taglines here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/

    Hmm. How interesting. [dramatic thunder]
  • techie775techie775
    edited July 2010
    Wow that's not bad for SQ4-6 for 10 bucks.....
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited July 2010
    Classic games. I enjoyed SQ4 the best of the series. It's the 1- 6 collection does not include SQ1 EGA. It is the first game I have memories of playing, and I'd like to play it again for nostalgia purposes. Now They just need to do another Quest For Glory collection :)
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited July 2010
    Thankfully, I have the original collection release from way bach when (only released on PC), plus the original retail copy of Space Quest VI (PC), and IV (Amiga). I'm glad I bought all those collections back then, seeing as how the new collections seem butchered.
  • Toast_BurnerToast_Burner
    edited July 2010
    Too expensive.
    All 6 are £9 on steam and £4 at amazon.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    No they aren't. All 6 are $19.99 on Steam. And these games are worth it.
  • PimPamPetPimPamPet
    edited July 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    But the Steam collection doesn't have SQ1AGI.

    But the GOG collection doesn't have SQ1VGA.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2010
    PimPamPet wrote: »
    But the GOG collection doesn't have SQ1VGA.
    Why the hell would anyone want that?
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited July 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Why the hell would anyone want that?

    I really liked the art style of the remake, and some of the new jokes and deaths were pretty funny. Still, it's no substitute for the sweet parser-y goodness of the original.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    why the hell would anyone want that?

    Qft
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited July 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Why the hell would anyone want that?

    Because it looks better. As somebody who was born in 1992 and has never played the original space quest games, I'd much prefer the VGA game over the original.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Besides nostalgia and minus the graphical quality, I prefer the artistic style of the original over than the round-edged 50s sci-fi style of the remake.
  • PimPamPetPimPamPet
    edited July 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Why the hell would anyone want that?

    Perhaps because some of us grew up on the VGA version. There's this silly thing called 'nostalgia', that might have something to do with it. Seriously, it's only a few megabytes we're talking about here, why not include both in the package? That way, everyone's pleased.
  • techie775techie775
    edited July 2010
    PimPamPet wrote: »
    Perhaps because some of us grew up on the VGA version. There's this silly thing called 'nostalgia', that might have something to do with it. Seriously, it's only a few megabytes we're talking about here, why not include both in the package? That way, everyone's pleased.

    hear hear!
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited July 2010
    Hehe, yeah, I think it's hard to forget that the VGA version is very old today as well, and it's easily as nostalgic to some as the original is. So people often complaint about the VGA games being for graphics whores. I don't think that argument is as valid today as it was back in '91, when it was released.

    And just in case, I prefer the originals over the VGA, but I can understand that people would want the VGA version. I also played the VGA version of LSL back in the days, and I enjoyed it. The main reason I like to play the original with the text parser is because I simply like to write, and the text parser is a very underrated interface.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited July 2010
    The only text parser game I've played through to the end was Peasant's Quest. Some might find this upsetting.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited July 2010
    Parser games aren't that difficult. They get a bad rep from people complaining that they never know what to type or type a sentence 100 different ways except the way the game wants you to, but I've got to say I don't understand this as I've never run into this problem. Ever.

    That said, even though I prefer SQ1AGI, I love the soundtrack to SQ1VGA. Ken Allen was among my top 3 favourite Sierra composers.
  • TorTor
    edited July 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    No they aren't. All 6 are $19.99 on Steam. And these games are worth it.
    Steam games have different prices in some regions these days. They're £9.99 in the UK (≈$15.70) and 9.99€ (≈$13.00) in mainland Europe.

    For people who are debating which version to buy, it's also worth noting that the Steam version is "sort of" DRM-free. The games come with a simple Windows launcher app with a button to run each game. This app is protected with Steam's built-in DRM, but the games themselves are not. Run them directly with Dosbox and there are no restrictions. The GOG versions are of course fully DRM-free as always.
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited August 2010
    MusicallyInspired wrote: »
    Parser games aren't that difficult. They get a bad rep from people complaining that they never know what to type or type a sentence 100 different ways except the way the game wants you to, but I've got to say I don't understand this as I've never run into this problem. Ever.

    Yeah. I've run into frustrating pixel-hunting situations in point-and-click games way more often than guess-the-verb errors in parser games.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited August 2010
    thesporkman wrote: »
    Yeah. I've run into frustrating pixel-hunting situations in point-and-click games way more often than guess-the-verb errors in parser games.

    Out of interest, did games like king's quest have lists of valid verbs or anything like that in the manuals? Seems like that'd get around it.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited August 2010
    Yes, I believe they did.
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited August 2010
    The only problem with the SQ1 remake is it ruins a particularly funny joke in SQ4 :)
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited August 2010
    Tor wrote: »
    For people who are debating which version to buy, it's also worth noting that the Steam version is "sort of" DRM-free. The games come with a simple Windows launcher app with a button to run each game. This app is protected with Steam's built-in DRM, but the games themselves are not. Run them directly with Dosbox and there are no restrictions. The GOG versions are of course fully DRM-free as always.
    And like all GOG releases, SQ1-3 via GOG has no DRM whatsoever. You download the installer, and that's that. You can put the installer on an external drive, burn it to a disc, do whatever you want with it. No online activation, no launcher, nothing.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited August 2010
    Same thing with Steam. You just pull the games out and run them in an outside installed version of DOSBox. Or ScummVM. Or your old 486. Or whatever. Except it comes with the remake not the original. But GoG comes with some cool new exclusive artwork!
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