This page deals with the development of Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter (VGA and EGA remake versions).
Changes and cuts[]
Early versions of the game had a different animation for the light-speed effect when Roger uses the escape pod to leave the Arcada and fly to Kerona. This image appeared in Sierra's InterAction magazine, and in an advertisement on the back cover of the Space Quest I comic book adaptation's first issue. For some reason, the early light-speed animation did appear in the remake's 16-color EGA conversion.
Cursor 25 : Unlike the original version, you never get the Keronian Ale that you drink at the Bar as an inventory item. However, it was planned to be an inventory item in the SCI version as well. The script and messages of it are still present in the code and the graphic of the actual item was removed, but the cursor still exists.
View 52 : Two unused death animations present in the code. The first one shows Roger being cut in half by a chainsaw, and the second one shows him being incinerated, standing on one foot. Both of them show Roger in the Sarien uniform, minus the helmet.
The last loop of View 145, that contains a lot of animations related to the ship you buy at Tiny's to leave Kerona. That last animation consists of two frames, showing a button labeled "LOAD NAV DROID". It was probably intended to mimic the original version of the game, where you needed to input a command to load the droid onto the ship. In the remake, it is done automatically.
View 501 : Slash Vohaul is the only character in the game that doesn't have a oval shaped speech portrait, unlike the other ones. In the code though, there is an empty red oval speech portrait, in the same animation as the pink squared portrait that the game uses for Slash Vohaul's dialogue. The first frame of the animation is the used square shaped speech portrait, and the third frame of the same animation is the unused oval shaped one. The second frame of the animation is empty; it doesn't exist anymore.
Credits[]
The game credits in manual are not accurate for example the manual states that Scott Murphy is a director he did not work on the game: see SM timeline. The credits also list Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy as the game designers. They only designed the original version the game is based on. The in-game credits are probably more accurate. The below list of credits is taken from MobyGames appears to be based off both manual and in-game credits.
- Executive Producer: Ken Williams
- Creative Director: Bill Davis
- Directors: Douglas Herring and Scott Murphy
- Producer: Stuart Moulder
- Game Designers: Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy
- Art Designer: Douglas Herring
- Lead Programmer: Jerry Shaw
- Composer: Ken Allen
- Animators: Desie Hartman, Douglas Herring, Jerry Jesserun, Deena Krutak, Nathan Larsen, Vasken Sayre, Diana Wilson, Arturo Sinclair, and Russell Truelove
- Background Artists: Jay Allan Friedmann, Douglas Herring, Andy Hoyos, Eric Kasner, Nathan Larsen, Suzi Livengood, Jennifer Shontz, Arturo Sinclair, and Willis Wong
- Programmers: Hugh Diedrichs, Dave Jamriska, Randy MacNeill, and Jerry Shaw
- Music Director: Mark Seibert
- Space Quest 1 Theme Based on the Original Composition: Mark Crowe
- System Development: Dan Foy, Pablo Ghenis, Eric Hart, Robert Eric Heitman, J. Mark Hood, Larry Scott, Christopher Smith, Jeff Stephenson, and Mark Wilden
- Sound Effects: Ken Allen, Orpheus Hanley, and Mark Seibert
- Additional Material: Gano Haine, and Bridget McKenna
- Quality Assurance: Sharon Simmons
- Box Design: Terry Robinson
Opening Credits (manual)[]
- Note: The credits in manuals do not match in-game credits and appear to be inaccurate.
OPENING CREDITS Executive Producer: Ken Williams Creative Director: Bill Davis Directors: Scott Murphy Douglas Herring Producer: Stuart Moulder Game Designers: Scott Murphy Mark Crowe Art Designer: Douglas Herring Lead Programmer: Jerry Shaw Composer: Ken Allen
Opening Credits (ingame)[]
The following hard-working, self-sacrificing people, who probably deserve a lot more money for their unreal efforts, made this thing possible: 1 THE ARTISTS - Doug Herring, Vasken Nokhoudian, Nate Larsen, Arturo Sinclair, Deena Krutak, Eric Kasner, Desie Hartman, Willis Wong, Jerry Jessurun, Russ Truelove, Jay Friedman, Diana Wilson, Jennifer Shontz, Andy Hoyos, Jane Cardinal, Maurice F. Morgan. MUSIC/SOUND EFFECTS - Ken Allen, Mark Seibert, Orpheus Hanley. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT - Mark Hood, Chris Smith, Jeff Stephenson, Robert E. Heitman, Pablo Ghenis, Dan Foy, Larry Scott, Mark Wilden, Eric Hart, Chad Bye. 2 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL/SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS - Bridget McKenna, Gano Haine, Doug Herring, Jerry Shaw. THE NEARLY INCREDIBLE PROGRAMMERS - Jerry Shaw, Randy MacNeil, Dave Jamriska, Hugh Diedrichs, Christopher Carr.
Final Credits[]
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