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

I like how the avatar of the Pushy Sales Clark zooms in further and further as he keeps upselling you.

If you order the big nine buck meal or maybe more than one item from the menu Roger throws up... I'll investigate and report back!

You have to choose yes, but Roger doesn't get charged for any of the additonal things the clerk sells him.

I figure when you go to Phleebhut you'll show us the whole spiel there.

Sorry Merus, Ortega it is! It'll be a short trip, anyway

Roger set's course for Ortega and sooner than you'd think we're there



>stand
>look window



>push red (this'll open the floor door)



Roger heads south of the ship and then to the west



Looks like our next stop is going to be Phleebhut

Wow, I didn't expect Roger to just melt. Awesome death there. XD

Guess Phleebhut will probably have something to keep Roger Wilco from becoming a bloody melted puddle.

This is what happens when you don't listen to me, you melt into a fine paste on the surface of an alien planet. Remember: Merus is always right.

Man, the deaths in this game freaked me out something fierce as a kid. Particularly the "Sudden Decompression Sucks" one and being shot in the head.

Astro Chicken is interesting enough, but we all know the sequel is better.



EDIT: Better? Also, I'm sure I've seen Ortega before in an Easter egg in Space Quest IV... On that note, all of the narration in these games is at least ten times funnier if you picture it being red by Gary Owens.

Dude, image's not working there. Might wanna host it instead of direct linking to MobyGames. ^^;

EDIT: Yeah, that works now.

There's only one place Roger can go it seems: Phleebhut. Roger scans for the system and punches it, before he knows it he's landed his ship on the purple(?) planet of Phleebhut.



>look window



>push red (yup, this works!)



Hmm... Maybe he just wants to talk? I mean he kinda looks friendly, right, right?

>look around



Roger, on a whim, heads east to explore the planet



>look around



I tried a number of difference words to get a closer look at those pods but nothing seemed to look (aliens, alien, pod, pods, overhang, etc,) If I go east from here I just end up back at the ship. Roger backtracks one screen to the west and then north



>look around



Since it's the only thing around Roger headstowards the giant blue monster

As Roger approached the Giant he noticed a small alien family parked out front



As the blue alien retreated into the "World O' Wonders" Roger took in the scene

>look around



Roger approaching the door notices a small table with a glass lid, upon closer inspection:

>look table



>open table



That Antarean Slim Devil was a little to friendly

*rewind*

Roger heads on into the shop



>look around



>look shelves



Roger tries to talk to Fester but he seems more interested in selling Roger things

Fester Blatz has all sorts of things for sale!



All of those things look great, but Roger doesn't have any money... He tries to stall by looking at the Postcards on the counter



If Roger doesn't want to kicked out of here he better come up with something to do in here...

That Thermoweave Underwear really sounds like something Roger's gonna need if he doesn't want to become a melty puddle again. I wonder if there's some way to make some buckazoids on Phleebhut?

Also, love that nod to King's Quest with the RobertaLand postcard.

In a bid to buy more time Roger leans over to

>kiss alien



While Roger was leaning in to kiss he noticed the stones in the display case

>look table



Roger has some of that! The gem he found on Labion!



>sell gem



>no



>no



>yes

With 425 buckazoids now burning a hole in his pocket Roger starts buying

>buy chicken hat
>buy stick
>buy underwear

after each purchase Fester replied:



Well with nothing else to buy Roger heads back out into the Purple Desert



Arnoid here is flashing an awful lot as he moves from invisible to visible, it looks like I missed a shot of him... No worries you'll see what he looks like soon enough



and with that he sets me down

Roger doesn't trust this robot one bit... There's no way he'll ever let him get to his ship... Think fast Roger!

Ok, there's two ways Roger can defeat the Arnoid Terminater unit. I'll be showing you both, with the maximal scoring one first.

I remember this mainly from the article I saw at HG101 months ago, but.....

I'm guessing that 400,000 Buckazoids has got to be shipping and handling, because the whistle was free. =P

I like to think that Roger was stupid enough to think it was 'free' when it was a 'free trial'. Also, he's been in suspended animation for a while - we don't know how long the interest has been accruing.

And this is only the beginning of the troubles Roger will have over that damned whistle...

Last night I realized that I haven't been sharing the music with you guys so far, and that's a real shame because it is all fantastic!

Music inside the Rat's Nest.

Escaping the Freighter, The Navigation Screen, and first Arnoid cutscene

Monolith Burger (I can't get this tune out of my head)

Ortega

Phleebhut

The World 'O Wonders

Enjoy!

Why am I not surprised that the Monolith Burger theme is the same as the one from Space Quest IV? At least SQ3's Monolith Burger doesn't feature any inane burger-building mini-game...

As soon as Roger is set down he heads south, then east making a beeline for those suspicious looking pods, he's got an idea... He quickly heads to the back of the overhang making sure to stay well away from grounds directly below them. Let's hope it works!



Once in Place roger waits and watches... he notices the foot prints appearing in the sand and crosses his fingers... He certainly hopes that the alien pods are like every other alien fauna he's run into, deadly.


Success! Roger takes a moment to admire his handiwork



An invisibility belt! Roger is gripped by Techno-lust! But how is he going to get it? If only he had something that could extend his grip and grab the belt safely? Some sort of claw on a stick... or an Orat on a Stick! Roger maneuvers himself to the side of the junk and

>use stick on belt



looking over the belt Roger notes that it is low on power.

Now the alternative:

As soon as Arnoid sets Roger down he panics and heads westward, noting that he can enter the giant tourist tap Roger heads in and up:



Once off the elevator Roger heads up to the second floor frantically looking for something, anything to fight Arnoid with... while searching he sees the elevator descend.



These pulleys will have to do, when Arnoid gets close enough to Roger

>throw pulley



the pulley runs along its track, smashing into Arnoid and sending him into the machine works... As Roger heads towards the shaft wondering how he'll get back down Fester appears to give you a ride.

Now that Roger has money again, he can finally play the game that is taking the universe by storm - Astro Chicken. Besides he's hungry again... Killing robots is hard!

After defeating Arnoid Roger heads back to the Mallard and blasts off of Phleebhut never to return and sets his nav system for Monolith Burger and beofe he knows it he's there! Before Roger plays AstroChicken he grabs a Big Belcher Combo and sits down to eat it, Once he's done its time to play!

>play game



Let's Play!



I was able to land Astro 10 times using only 2 buckazoids! My reward this secret coded message!



But what does it mean? If only I had a decoder! Wait Roger does! He got it in the happymeal

>use decoder ring



That isn't very helpful... Good thing as I child I used this code with friends to write secret messages to each other and can read it without the decoder!

The message reads:

Help us! We are being held captive by scumsoft on the small moon of pestulon. an impenetrable force field surrounds the moon it must first be deactivated it's origin is unknown to us. Scumsoft security is armed with jello pistols. We're counting on you whoever you are.

Two guys in trouble

Roger doesn't have anything else to do and that name, Pestulon, is in the title of his game so it must be important! To Pestulon! Wait, where is Pestulon? Roger has no clue but the only place he hasn't been is Ortega, so the answer must be there. To Ortega!



(with a quick stop to evacuate the contents of his stomach)

Getting hit by a Scorpazoid (they appear randomly):



Head south too far from anywhere:



Go too far north:



Step under the pods:

Walking into the Gears:



Get caught by Arnoid



Fall down the Elevator shaft after defeating Arnoid:

I'm guessing the elevator shaft death scores ten points less because it's closer by than the pod monster, but I think that it takes a lot more guts to smack Arnoid with a pulley to grind him up with gears than it does to hide near a pod monster and let it make mincemetal of him. Then again, I bet those extra points also have to do with getting Arnoid's belt with the added pod monster threat.

Also, I love how creative the north and south borders are. Struck by lightning or snake food? Sweet.

Since it's tough to see in stills, Astro Chicken is essentially (Lunar) Lander; you have to both steer him to the pad and also slow him down enough that he doesn't splat when he touches it.

I think I found the gear/pulley solution before the pods, I can't remember. I do remember trying 5-6 times to reach the ship in time. ;p

The pods are way more dangerous, because it's a little hard to get in position and you only have a limited amount of time.

Roger, having emptied his stomach all over the plasteel floor of Monolith Burger is now ready to head to Ortega, he sets the ships nav computer to it and punches it into lightspeed




>stands

>look underwear



>wear underwear



>push red

Roger heads out onto the volcanic surface of Ortega



Now that he doesn't have to worry about melting Roger does some exploring, only to come to the realization that he can only go one way



shaky!

One screen south and Roger stumbles upon, some scumsoft men working on technical stuff (somehow I didn't take a picture of the men working and Roger hiding behind a rock... just screens of narrative exposition, sorry!)

>look men



>look equipment

staying behind the wall of rocks Roger moves east



>look ship



Roger heads back west and waits, after awhile the men finish they're work and move off to their ship, which shortly thereafter blasts off into the sky



Leaving Roger alone on this barren planet



To play with all their expensive toys!

One of those Scumsoft men seemed to be spending a lot of time looking into that telescope... Roger decides to take a gander himself

(you can't see them in the pics but there are colored rings being shot out of that thing up to the moon, Pestulon)



Looking over the equipment again Roger takes everything he can get his hands on, which consists of the aliometer's pole and a thermal detonator

>take pole



>take detonator



Eastward with the skull fighter gone Roger can progress further up the volcanic slope



He then heads up the Volcano, eventually reaching the rim



Roger heads in



Down those stairs leads Roger here



>climb ladder

At the top Roger takes a moment to admire the view before dropping the thermal detonator into the hole

>drop detonator



(image shaking while the black hole flashes whites

Well, a man can only admire his handiwork so much... Roger heads abck down off the device

>climb ladder



That's not good, the ground wasn't very firm to begin with...Roger rushes back to his ship (the image will now shake periodically,) only to find



That the only bridge out of town has been washed away, so to speak... Roger quickly goes through his pockets looking for something, anything that would get him out of this predicament and only one thing comes to mind... that aliometer pole

>use pole jump



Success! Roger finds the rest of his trip to the ship uneventful and is soon off of the unstable, uncool Ortega. Let's see if we can find that moon

>look screen

>2

>1



>2

>5

Which means Roger is now hurtling to his destiny at light speed! What will Pestulon hold for Roger and how will he free the brave programmers entrapped within?