Who better to clean up space than Janitors? Space Quest I, II, III

Well sitting on a conveyor belt heading towards grinders doesn't seem like the ideal place for a world saving hero to be...

>stand (yes you have to type this command in before Roger will do anything else)



Roger tries turning around and outrunning the conveyor belt but no matter how fast he moves that inevitably ends with:



*REWIND*

>jump



Roger wasn't really aiming for that beam (he figured the piles of jagged metal junk would break his fall, he'll take it)

>look around



Well, at least we're safe... Roger, at random, decides to head to the west in search of way off this bar, that doesn't involve this:



yup, we're not going to do that at all, westward



At least it looks like Roger's getting somewhere!

I forgot to post it earlier but here's the music for when you are walking around the Freighter!



>look around



>look droid



Roger contemplates calling out to the droid but then he remembers this dream he had where his life was being narrated to him and he was told that the robots on this ship had no respect for organics... He heads over to the machine and

>climb down (sound effects here)



He backs the grabber back a little until it lines up with the balcony and

>exit grabber



and walks south...



whoops.



>look around



>look rats (they appeared one by one... and ominous music plays)



Hmm... Well the way out is clearly marked by the ladder there in the upper-right corner... but what else is around? Roger pokes and prods getting numerous generic messages... he also spends some time walking in and out the of lights admiring the cutting edge lighting effects of 1989 (?!)Roger takes a closer look

>look lamps



>look wires



>look hole



The great thing is that Roger understands all of this because of the "My First Space Electrician" kit his mom got him so many years ago... Oh the memories! Memories won't help him get into that sweet looking ship though! Roger sure the ladder will help though!

Those awesome little avatar-sized pictures of the results of Roger's graphic demise on the Game Over window are one thing that's already making Space Quest III really stand out compared to its predecessors. Love the squished and ground Roger pics there. ^_^

Roger heads over to the ladder and

>climb ladder



Roger finds himself back in the ship graveyard

>get ladder



With a means of vertical transportation Roger heads back through the tube, into the eye and back to the Aluminum Mallard (sounds terrifying, I know)

>use ladder



>climb ladder



well the hatch is obvious enough but what's this gaping hole in the back?

>look hole



Well that didn't help

>open hatch



and find ourselves in the ship!



>look around



Ohh, a button! Lets push it

>push button



Lame! What else can we do? Well that monitor is conspicuous enough

>look computer



An Aux. Reactor, huh? All that snooping has paid off! Roger knows just where to get one of those! He exits the ship (going through the hatch again), down the ladder (grabbing it) climbs out of the eye, through the tube, back to the ship graveyard, back up the bucket, across the conveyor, onto the beam, into the grabber, onto the balcony, down the chute, and into the rat nest, where he goes over to the hole and

>get reactor



Roger uses the ladder to get out of the nest, and retrieves it again, and heads back to the tube...



This isn't good!

Next time the hunt begins in earnest!

Haha! I'd forgotten about that. =D


Huh, you know, I think SQ 3 might've started this. I know the Quest for Glory games picked it up as well, and all the further SQ games had it. I don't remember any in the King's Quest or Police Quest games, and someone who had a more naughty childhood than I will have to chime in about Leisure Suit Larry.

I was so pissed when those mice beat me up the first time.

Still a little shaken and stunned by the vicious attack Roger goes through his pockets and finds that his recently acquired reactor is missing! Roger doesn't feel great about stealing from sentient giant rats that have to live on a garbage freighter, but he also has an overwhelming urge to not join them here, back to the Rat's Nest. Roger goes through the tube, through the ship graveyard, up the buckets, across the conveyor, onto the beam, onto the grabber, across the balcony, down the chute and back into the nest. Roger notices that the lights once again are lit. He grabs the reactor again and uses the ladder to exit, grabbing it as he goes (ouch!) Back through the tube, into the eye, up the ladder onto the Aluminum Mallard and into it:

Roger, not having had the "My First Spaceship Construction Kit" as a child doesn't really know where to put the thing but that hole in the flooring looks promising...

>look floor



>use reactor



Hmm... where has Roger seen wire (the UL approved variety)? Oh yeah, all over the tube! Roger exits the ship, climbs out the eye and enters the tube:

>get wire



Back to the ship!

>use wire



Everything works?

>look computer



A Warp Motivator... I've seen one of those! But it looks to heavy to lift and I certainly couldn't climb the ladder using it... How could I? I've got it, the grabber! Back to the junkyard! By now you know the way to get there so I'm not going to recount it here, Roger makes his way to the grabber and settles into it:



(see Roger there in the background?)



Okay how does this thing work?

>look controls



That couldn't be simpler!

Roger pushes down on the claw button

>push claw



Okay so my aim isn't the best, let's move a little more to the east and try again!

>push claw



Alright, Roger's got the motivator! Now to drop it off. I hope we won't need additional wiring



>push claw



Success! Roger heads back to the other u-turn, onto the balcony and down the chute (again.) Then back to the Mallard to run that diagnostic program one more time

>look computer

We see the same 3 screens we saw previously and then this one when it gets to the warp motivator:



Booyah! Roger 1, stupid junk freighter 0!

Roger heads up to the cockpit

>sit pilotseat



>look around

>look control panel



Damn, what do I need to type to actually figure out how to get out of here? and what's that poking into Roger's lower back?

>search seat



Booyah, again! Free money! Roger 2, Universe 0.

>look screen



hmm... what to do first?

>1



I mean

>7



>1



>8



>H



Well that isn't very helpful... But Roger (and I) have watched enough Star Trek to know that the first thing you do is put your shields up!

>F



So, all we have to do know is blow ourselves a way out of this damn thing!

>[Spacebar]



Roger did it! The game automatically dumps us into the navigation screen:



>1



The navigation system begins scanning each sector scrolling to the right and then dropping a line when it reaches the last, Roger scans the whole gird and comes up with

Ortega:



Phleebhut:



and, Monolith Burger:



And now it is up to you Talking Time! Where is Roger going first?

My vote goes to Space McDonald's Monolith Burger first. Gotta see how a fast food restaurant chain in space looks.

I showed a few of them in narrative, here's the rest of them!

Trying to walk on the curved rail:



Waiting around in the grabber (or I guess they aren't harmless):



Walking off the Balcony (not into the chute):



Falling off the Mallard (the lethal variety):

Returning to the Rat's Nest without the ladder:



Cutting the engines several meters above the "ground":



Blowing a hole out of the Freighter without turning on the shields:

Are the death images hosted on a different site than the rest of the LP images? I can see the ones in the regular entires, but none of the deaths show up when I'm at work.

Yes they are, if it become an issue I can host them myself

So we have one vote for Monolith Burger... I'm going to wait until we have at least 3 votes for something before moving on! Got to give the people what they want and a little interactivety wouldn't hurt either!

VOTE!

Oh! Forgot the vote thing. Roger has woken up from an N-year nap and is hungry, and wants to spend them buckazoids on a burger.

Hamburgers are the best!

Roger's been asleep a long time. He's probably rather hungry by now, so he'll be getting a burger with that loose change.

Agreed. Given the two other options it really seems like the correct choice. Set a course for Sector 62.

Monolith Burgers it is!

Roger aims to please and the multiple voices in his head are in agreement: He must eat. Roger heads to sector 62:



>2



Cut Scene!



Warp speed is full of pretty colors

Roger soon finds himself orbiting the future of fast food...



>look around



>look alien



>talk alien



>kiss alien (it worked before!)



Okay we get it no one want to even acknowledge that Roger exists, fine he doesn't care *sniffle* he just came for some damn food, into the line!



Damn! I can't get food either?! Well, this screen is bust Roger moves to the west (how is that even possible in space on a space station?)



Ohh, that ship is blue!



Roger heads over to the dock to get a closer look, only to discover that its unlocked?! He heads in...



That's not good!

ouch... that's just not nice, Roger was only looking! As Roger slowly gets to his feet, making sure he's all there and everything is in working order he notices the aracade machine behind him

>look machine



Astro Chicken? That sounds fun but Roger's sooooo hungry, maybe after he eats. To the menu

>look menu



Roger can't decide whether everything sounds delicious or disgusting He's only got seven buckazoids, so the big belcher combo is out. hmm, hmm, well might as well spend it all on something good, God knows how long its been since Roger's last meal

>(F6)

>look clerk



>talk clerk



What the hell

>kiss clerk



>Talk clerk



Green freaks with giant eyes are never any help... Roger looks at the menu one more time and orders a

>7



Jeez, is Roger ever going to get to eat?

The disgusting alien thanks us for our order and then goes about "assembling" it. Before, Roger knows it he's holding a giant paper sack full of greasy food-like items, and sits down to devour them



At least Roger got a Decoder Ring out of it



Not sure what good it is to him, but Roger no longer questions what items he takes/steals and keeps, not after using his stained jock-strap sling a rock at a sentient monkey man, killing it. With a full "meal" in him Roger returns to the Astro Chicken machine

>look machine

>use money



Damn! Roger completely forgot about keeping a buckazoids for the arcade machine! Damn, guess he'll have to come back when he's got some money

Eastward to the Mallard!



There you go Talking Time the Monolith Burger! Where to next? Phleebhut or Ortega? You Decide! If you really, really like the Monolith Burger and want to see just what Astrochicken is, don't worry I'm sure we'll be back!

Now for the one death in Monolith Burger.

Entering That blue ship again:



VOTE!

My vote goes for the planet that shares the same name as a Mexican food company and Dragon Quest III's Hero's father.

Maybe this comes later, but Roger usually throws up when I eat at Monolith. Monolith Burger: Just follow the trail of empty wrappers!

If you flip that, the bottom line says "CASE OU812:".

Ortega sounds hellish. Roger should investigate it.

I'm going to go against the grain and suggest you go to Phleebhut. In fact, I'm going to compel you.

Looking at the screenshots of ordering from Monolith Burger, I noticed that getting the extra foodstuffs is one of those "But thou must!" situations, except there's two "Yes" options instead of a "No" option to give a false sense of choice. Oh, those fast food places, trying to sell you stuff you didn't want. XD

I'm guessing we'll be back to the Astro Chicken machine when you have more buckazoids and we know what crazy purpose it has in the game.