Two Guys From Andromeda
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| Gender: | Males |
| Species: | Humans impersonating Andromedan Swineoid |
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The Two Guys from Andromeda were the authors of the Space Quest series. They claim to have been born sometime in the distant future and having originated from the Andromeda Galaxy. At some point they were abducted by the ScumSoft company from the Andromeda System and were forced into service as programmers. They were known for such classics as Astro Chicken its later sequel Ms. Astro Chicken. They were trapped at their job were saved by Roger Wilco from the clutches of the Pirates of Pestulon. After they passed through a black hole that had sent them back in time[1] they landed on earth in the late 1980's where they were hired by Ken Williams to work at Sierra On-line and began designing games. Showing gratitude to Roger Wilco for saving them they swore to immortalize him by making him a star of his own computer game[2], and the Space Quest series was born. At least one of the Two Guys confirmed that disks containing Roger's journal was from their era and were most likely accurate.[3]
The Two Guys later split, Mark Crowe became known as the One Phoney from Andromeda,and the Galactic Inquirer exposed him to be a human from Earth that had impersonated an Andromedan. Although it hasn't been entirely confirmed rumor has it that Scott Murphy the other former member of the Two Guys from Andromeda is also Homo Sapien, he has appeared as an apparent human for the release of Space Quest 6. It is unclear how they originally ended up in space. All is certain is that he somehow was returned to Earth by Roger Wilco sometime in the distant future.
They would later later get back together and return to space. They lost their space ship when one of them walked out on their 10,000 buckazoid tab in the StarCon Academy lounge. They later went on to advertise their latest game in the Space Quest X era.
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[edit] Behind the scenes
The two guys consisted of Mark Crowe, who did most of the music and visual art in the early games, and Scott Murphy, who was the programmer and the beard-bearing member of the two.
The first four games in the series were designed by both Crowe and Murphy. After Space Quest 4, the team split up, and Space Quest 5 was designed solely by Mark Crowe. Space Quest 6 was designed by Josh Mandel, although later work on the project was done by Scott Murphy, making Mandel the "third guy from Andromeda".
A self-proclaimed Gal from Andromeda, Leslie Balfour, was the co-designer with Scott Murphy on the cancelled Space Quest 7 project at Sierra.
In Space Quest 3, the Two Guys from Andromeda enter the Space Quest universe as internal game characters. The scenario goes that those two arrived eventually to Earth and entered Sierra Entertainment, creating hence the Space Quest games.
When assuming this identity, the Two Guys are pictured always wearing a mohawk wig, disco glasses and a mask with a long animal-like snout, since referred to as 'Andromedan'. Space Quest 3 offered a cardboard Andromedan Snout in its package as a gift to the players.
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[edit] Space Quest 4
The Two Guys don't actually make a full appearance in SQ4, but they do provide commentary when quitting or restarting the game.
At one point during the game there is a crowd surrounding Software Excess. One of the customers says that the Two Guys are inside signing their latest game.
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"See ya on the chronostream, time jockey!" (info)
"See ya on the chronostream, time jockey!"
"Are you sure you want to restart?" (info)
"Are you sure you want to restart?"
