This game was something of a technical showcase on my family's Tandy 1000 back in the day. It's a rich Sierra adventure, but also one packed with frustrating puzzles and lots of "Sierra deaths." Overall, a great entry in the King's Quest series, but go into it prepared for lots of saving/restoring.
Space Quest was an instrumental part of my upbringing. I literally learned to type playing these games. The universe created by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy has stuck with me in the many years since. Space Quest blends humor, sci-fi, and classic adventure game mechanics to deliver an incredibly fun and rich experience. Drawing from classic science fiction tropes, Space Quest delivers a world of space-aged adventuring with a humble twist. Playing as janitor Roger Wilco, you're thrust into a world of aliens, space conflict, backwater bars, asteroid fortresses, fast food space stations, and more. SQ2 and SQ3 are my favorite of the series and playing them back-to-back provides a super fun story transition. These games stoked my imagination more than any other video game before or since. Don't let the "antiquated" graphics hold you back-- the pixel art is actually beautiful and the gameplay stands up today. I can't recommend this series enough.
