Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
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Developers | |
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Sierra On-Line | |
Publishers | |
Retail | Sierra On-Line |
Digital | Activision |
Engines | |
SCI2 | |
GOG.com Release | ScummVM |
Release dates | |
DOS | March 1995 |
Windows 3.x | March 1995 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1996 |
Windows (ScummVM) | February 11, 2010[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Series | Space Quest |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- 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 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier
- 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 |
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Retail | Requires included magazine to complete the game. | |||
GOG.com | Includes Space Quest IV & Space Quest V. Pre-packaged with ScummVM DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).[2] |
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Steam | Space Quest Collection |
- A demo is available from ScummVM.
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.[3]
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: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter 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 of Space Quest I 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 |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\sq6[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\sq6\SQ6SG.***[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 |
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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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | On by default. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
|
Royalty free audio | ||
General MIDI audio | Also supports the Roland MT-32. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | SVGA |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using ScummVM. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA |
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1, 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 486 | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Motorola 68040 | |
System memory (RAM) | 12 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 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
- ↑ New release: Space Quest 4+5+6 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ space_quest_collection_content · DepotID: 10111 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023