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Contents Availability Version differences Essential improvements Space Quest Alternative Launcher Game data Configuration file(s) location Save game data location Save game cloud syncing Video Input Audio Localizations Other information API System requirements Notes References
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This page is for the original. For the VGA remake, see Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter.

Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Publishers
RetailSierra On-Line
DigitalActivision
Engines
OriginalAGI
AlternativeScummVM
Release dates
DOSOctober 1986
MacOS(Classic)1987
Windows(ScummVM)July 27, 2010[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
SeriesSpace Quest

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Space Quest
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter1986
Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge1987
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon1989
Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter (VGA remake)1991
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers1991
Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Game Pack1992
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation1993
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier1995
Space Quest II: Roger Wilco in Vohaul's Revenge (unofficial VGA remake)2011

Contents

  • 1 Availability
    • 1.1 Version differences
      • 1.1.1 Space Quest Collection
  • 2 Essential improvements
    • 2.1 Space Quest Alternative Launcher
  • 3 Game data
    • 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
    • 3.2 Save game data location
    • 3.3 Save game cloud syncing
  • 4 Video
  • 5 Input
  • 6 Audio
    • 6.1 Localizations
  • 7 Other information
    • 7.1 API
  • 8 System requirements
  • 9 Notes
  • 10 References
See Also
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter (1986) - MobyGamesSpace Quest 1 Walkthrough – The Sarien EncounterSpace Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter (1991) - MobyGamesSpace Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter

Key points

The game has in-game manual lookup DRM. The manuals are provided by all digital versions.
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 series
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

SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail

AGI version uses CPC Copy Protection DRM.[2]

GOG.com

Bundled with Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge & Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon.
Pre-packaged with ScummVM
DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[3]

Steam

Space Quest Collection

Steam has the original release and VGA remake available (the remake can be found in the legacy launcher). GOG.com only has the original version available.
A web browser version is also available.

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.[4]

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 I 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 that were present in the legacy launcher.

It can be downloaded from the series Steam Community Discussions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game data location

SystemLocation
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\SQ1SG.***[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

SystemNativeNotes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics featureStateWSGFNotes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedFor DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowedSee the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
RemappingFor DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivityFor DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remappingFor DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Button prompts
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lostFor DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

LanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English

Other information

API

Technical specsSupportedNotes
DOS video modesCGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy/PCjr
ExecutablePPC16-bit32-bit64-bitNotes
Windows64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)2.11
Processor (CPU)Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)1.5 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy/PCjr
Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)1.0 GHz1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)256 MB512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)30 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible DirectX 9 compatible

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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/10110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. ↑ New release: Space Quest 1+2+3 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  2. ↑ Sierra's AGI CPC Disk Protection - last accessed on May 2023
  3. ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  4. ↑ space_quest_collection_content · DepotID: 10111 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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