| Space
Quest 4 Game Information
Space Quest 4 was released in the winter of 1990/1991 on six high
density disks. In March 1991 Space Quest 4 was re-released
on cd-rom,
now with full speech support! Yes sir, everybody talks in this
game! A funny note: the voices in the game are from Sierra
employees,
except the narrator. The game has 256 colors hand painted graphics,
unlike the 16 colors of previous Space Quests. It was one
of the
first games ever with video captured animation. The game engine
used is the next generation of SCI, the engine we've seen
in action
for the first time with Space Quest 3. But this time, no parser
interface but a point and click, so no more typing! The great
MIDI
music and Sound Blaster sound effects give a huge extra to this
game. Space Quest 4 was an instant success, selling more
copies
than all the previous three together. Which is a good thing because
the game cost about one million dollars (King's Quest 4 was
the
first game ever to cross the 1 million dollars barrier).
The
game was originally sold for $59.95 and was included later on
in
several bundles and collections. The original game came with:
- a box
- six 3.5" game disks (seven with the Macintosh version) and
I don't know how many 5.25" disks. You could choose between
DOS, Amiga and Macintosh formats.
- a Sierra game manual
- a Space Piston Magazine booklet
- optional hint book for $9.95
- Sierra games catalogue
- several leaflets third party companies offering services and products
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