Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers 1991
Developed by Sierra On-Line
- Point-and-click, Adventure, Science fiction, Comedy
May the farce be with you! Get ready for a trek through time with everybody's favorite intergalactic sanitation engineer and freelance hero, Roger Wilco. In their latest spaced-out space opera, the Two Guys From Andomeda take on science fiction (and just about everything else!) is a spoofy sendup that will leave you laughing. Roger Wilco embarks on a topsy-turvy trip through space and time in this fourth chapter in the award-winning Space Quest series, Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers. From a nostalgic look at his past in Space Quest I to a terrifying visit to the future of Space Quest XII, Roger's on the run again. And hot on his ion trail are the Sequel Police, deadly crosstime assassins who are out to put an end to Roger and all of his Space Quest nonsense once and for all. Once again it's up to Roger Wilco to save his future- or is that his past?- of the Space Quest series, and keep the universe safe for fair play, bad jokes, and lots more Space Quest Games. In this installment, Roger embarks on a time-travel adventure through Space Quest games both past and future. An infomorph of reborn Sludge Vohaul from Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II chases Roger through time in an attempt to finally kill him. Roger also visits Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros (whose title is a parody of Infocom's game Leather Goddesses of Phobos) and Space Quest I; in the latter, the graphics and music revert to the style of the original game and Roger is threatened by a group of monochromatic bikers who consider Roger's 256 colors pretentious. None of the gameplay takes place in Space Quest IV. In fact, the "actual" Space Quest IV is only seen briefly in the introduction.
Point-and-clickAdventureScience fictionComedyalienstime travelminigamesspaceshippixel arteaster egghumanbreaking the fourth wallpop culture referenceself-referential humormovie referencevideo game characters that play video gamesPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
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Comic, ironic, nostalgic and cool.
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- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- Sierra On-Line
- Publisher
- Sierra On-Line
- Released
- January 1, 1991
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- SCI
IGDB rating 9.1/10 from 21 ratings.
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