The first in the epic Space Quest series of games by Sierra, and was released in October of 1986.
Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter casts the player as a janitor on board the spaceship Arcada. The player is not given a name but rather asked to enter their own.
This game is available on Good Old Games as part of the Space Quest 1-3 pack, and utilizes DOSBox to play on modern systems. In addition to the games, the buyer also gets the game manuals in PDF format and artworks in JPG format.
As the GOG version of this game is the 1986 original with no remake available, the game uses text-based actions.
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The game runs in a set 4:3 resolution of 640x480. Widescreen is not supported.
The game can be run in a variety of graphics modes. Refer to additional screenshots.
- Surface and Direct3D modes work with even black bars at top and bottom.
- DDraw and Overlay modes have a thick black bar at the bottom.
- OpenGL mode has a thick black bar at the top.
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