In SpaceQuest, a point-and-click adventure classic from Sierra circa the Mid-80s, you play as the semi-inept Sanitation Engineer (i.e. Janitor... i.e. the creepy, slow-minded old guy who used to lurk around your highschool looking at the cute young goth girls just a little bit longer than a grown man should, but he had a mop and cleaned up your hallway vomit after a night of underaged drinking, so everyone was just kind of okay with the freaky creep... or was my highschool just weird?) ANYWAY, Roger Wilco is a hopeful, kind-spirited dope with the desire to be a brave, quick-to-the-draw space cowboy, who, over a series of six games, ends up being Sci-Fi's answer to John McClane. In that he is always in the wrong place at the wrong time, and, despite being outnumbered, out gunned and unprepared, he is the last best hope for everyone. Unlike McClane, he has no background in armed or unarmed combat, he trips over his own feet, and spends much of his time hiding or fleeing in terror. All animated in the majesty and glory that late-80s and early-90s video game programming could offer. This game was the fucking best. You had to outwit zombies, catch the energizer bunny, fight sandworms, outsmart interstellar car salesman, and seduce some Latex Babes from Esteros. NOW, you can by all six episodes on Steam, as long as you have a PC. Me and my Mac Pro weep.
RATING: (Fills Me With) 96% Pleasant Nostalgia
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They are particularly creepy zombies. It looks like a scene from
'Dawn Of The Dead meets A Clockwork Orange.' |
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