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Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter

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This page is for the original. For the VGA remake, see Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter.

Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter cover
Developers
Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail Sierra On-Line
Digital Activision
Engines
Original AGI
Alternative ScummVM
Release dates
DOS October 1986
Mac OS (Classic) 1987
Windows (ScummVM) July 27, 2010[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series Space Quest
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter on HowLongToBeat
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter guide on StrategyWiki
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter on MobyGames
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter on Wikipedia
Space Quest
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter 1986
Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge 1987
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon 1989
Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter (VGA remake) 1991
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers 1991
Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Game Pack 1992
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation 1993
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier 1995
Space Quest II: Roger Wilco in Vohaul's Revenge (unofficial VGA remake) 2011

Key points

The game has in-game manual lookup DRM. The manuals are provided by all digital versions.
Can be run under ScummVM.

General information

Two Guys From Andromeda official site - The original Space Quest series designers' site
Sierra Help Pages - Space Quest series
Space Quest Omnipedia - A huge wiki for the Space Quest series
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Floppy disk check (requires the original floppy in the drive to play)
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
AGI version uses CPC Copy Protection DRM.[2]
DOS
Mac OS
GOG.com
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Bundled with Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge & Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon.
Pre-packaged with ScummVM
DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[3]
Windows
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Space Quest Collection
Windows
Steam has the original release and VGA remake available (the remake can be found in the legacy launcher). GOG.com only has the original version available.
A web browser version is also available.

Version differences

Space Quest Collection

A compilation pack containing the entire Space Quest series.

All games in the pack are pre-configured to run with DOSBox.[4]

Essential improvements

Space Quest Alternative Launcher

For the Steam release only

An alternative launcher for the Steam version of Space Quest Collection. It allows for both versions of Space Quest I to be launched through the same launcher, and some minor UI and quality-of-life improvements. It also fixes launch issues with the VGA remake that were present in the legacy launcher.

It can be downloaded from the series Steam Community Discussions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\SQ1SG.***[Note 1]
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy/PCjr
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 2.11
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM) 256 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy/PCjr
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/10110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (10110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References