BUSTIN' OUT AND GETTIN' SLIMED | Space Quest V pt. 4

Getting Cliffy out of jail is just step one of our three-step fecal sandwich. Step two involves going to a place that's clearly a trap for us, and step three is trying to avoid said trap!
Closing theme: "Space Quest III Main Theme" by James Mulvale
(Originally composed by Bob Siebenberg)
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[@AidanMillward]

When you go into orbit of klorox 2 you can hail StarCon and (a nervous looking) Quirk will tell you to investigate it yourself as he’s busy.

[@Sephex]

Roger's mutated face combined with the pose looks like he's disappointed his son didn't do his homework, and he's just learning about this at the parent-teacher conference.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Haha yeah, he does. "Son, your scholastic inabilities are making my face melt. Like, quite literally! God, I'm so disappointed in you."

[@3dtexan890]

The red shirt was always a bad omen on Star Trek TOS. The red shirt crewmen usually got killed..

[@SchuminWeb]

Ah, you missed the opportunity to hail the Goliath when you first go into orbit around Klorox II. You get a few points for it, because Quirk's response tells you that they were in the process of recovering a shuttle. That makes the Goliath's later distress transmission about the mutants make a little more sense, because it provides some context about who attacked the Goliath and why they got into the shuttle bay.

[@merlinyesreally]

"I can't do a sultry voice and I'm not going to try!" Well, not with that attitude, SQH.

[@spacequesthistorian]

You don't want to hear me try. ;)

[@MagusMarquillin]

"Don't make me sultry. You wouldn't like me when I'm sultry." -Bruce Banner

[@spacequesthistorian]

+Magus Marquillin HAH!

[@NixFanBoy007]

You are becoming my favourite KZbinr. Loving your work, you have a great voice such an awesome way of expressing yourself in your narrations. I would love to hear/see you in future Space Quest games. Your passion for these games is so huge and I love your humour. Please keep on making your videos, it seriously makes me smile to see another SQ nerd playing these games. Your voices are almost what I always thought some of the characters would have sounded like in the games. Thank you so much for all your work.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Dude, that is so nice of you to say. Thank you so much.

[@nerdfreed9345]

That village is the only truly terrifying thing I've seen in a Space quest game. That was freaky

[@spacequesthistorian]

There are a number of terrifying places in the Space Quest universe, but that one is up there. (I still have nightmares about the squid cave tunnels in SQ2, though.)

[@AvoozlPlays]

I really do like the mysterious music which plays in some of the locations.

[@spacequesthistorian]

The Klorox II music in particular is so chilling.

[@DarkSoul4242]

Laughs at the "scrap of appears". :) And boy, this part and what comes after was the stuff of nightmares for me as a kid.

[@spacequesthistorian]

I've gotten a few similar comments. Yes, the Klorox II bit is truly nightmarish. I think it has a lot to do with that music. So creepy!

[@Terezar]

I was never too concerned about Rogers shirt in SQ5, but that is likely because I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in that series, it was the gold shirts that tended to get ganked, not the red shirts. I love that this scene is the only time you get to really see where drooles mouth is, since he drinks by putting the glass on top of his head. Come to think of it that would explain why the mouth piece for his headset is right in the middle of his dome. Also, I always heard WD-40 speaking with a sarcastic tone of voice in my head whenever she said Captain Wilco or Sir, like Cliffy made her obedient but she can still resent it.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Having grown up with TNG, I didn't understand the "red shirt" joke back when I was a kid. I still haven't seen any of TOS, but it makes sense now. SQ5 actually seems to parody TOS more than it does TNG - Captain Quirk, having the Captain always go on away missions, Cliffy's scuffle in the Space Bar, etc. The TNG parodies are more visual (e.g. the LCARS-like control panels). Oh, and I thought Droole just put the glass on top of his head for a goof. :)

[@SchuminWeb]

When it comes to Droole's putting the glass on his head, considering that he doesn't have a mouth in the same way that Roger and Flo have, I have always assumed that up top there is where Droole's mouth is, and that he was drinking his drink.

[@ShadeMeadows]

Or that the machinery in 'is head helps with that!

[@kocy33]

Really appreciate your playthroughs :) thanks for also for sharing all this input on these old adventure games. One can really feel the enthusiasm you have for these games and it feels contagious and made me more interested. Keep it up. :)

[@mikePWNDyou333]

I just want to say I love the way you play through these space quest games. I never played anyone of these but the are super cool games. And you make them that much better, keep up the good work and I’m looking forward to many more play throughs to come 😁

[@spacequesthistorian]

Wow, thanks! That's really nice of you to say. :)

[@ideamissing]

YOU: ... I can't do a sultry voice and I'm not going to ME: (laughing and coughing so hard I shoot coffee out my nose)

[@spacequesthistorian]

Ouch. That can't be good.

[@dragonfurry69]

Harry Caray was a big baseball announcer back in the day. I remember him from the Cubs.

[@spacequesthistorian]

I did not know that. Cheers!

[@jedizen5312]

I love how several events make this feel like an origin story of some kind. If there is ever a 'Space Quest' movie, I hope it's based on this game.

[@spacequesthistorian]

My feelings about SQ5 being sort of a "not-really-a-Space-Quest-game" aside, this game does have a terrific story and actual characters to interact with -- so I think you're right, this would be the best candidate for a movie.

[@jedizen5312]

@@spacequesthistorian Why do you say this one feels less like a 'Space Quest' game?

[@dudarino666]

Im so glad you do these. I like to play these games every 7 years or so it seems. Somethings I didn't know, like a good bit of star trek references. This series is the best sci fi comedy adventure ever. I wish they got the same attention that the new Kings Quests games do,.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Thanks, mate. Really glad you enjoyed 'em. :)

[@robodragonn9506]

Is it me, or did WD-40 quote star trek a couple times (possibly spock specifically)? Like, my trek knowledge is pretty rusty, but her line about sending an away team and her line about how the colonists either can't answer or won't answer were both super familiar, and I've had zero exposure to this game before watching this playthrough.

[@spacequesthistorian]

They may not be direct quotes, but they are definitely from the Star Trek vernacular. They're always going on about not answering hails and sending off away teams. (Also, IIRC, Star Trek TNG was really hitting its stride around the time this game was released.)

[@kaelside]

The Beverly Hills 90210 music played in my head when you mentioned it... :D

[@DavidXNewton]

I'm very impressed that "Corpse Corps" didn't trip you up - I didn't know how to pronounce "corps" for a very long time. And what an atmospheric episode - the Star Trek direction of the game really comes out in Klorox II.

[@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones]

As others have mentioned, Harry Caray was quite a character. Will Ferrell portrayed him a few times on Saturday Night Live. Those skits are on YT. They’re definitely worth checking out. They’re some of Will Ferrell’s funniest SNL skits, and they’ll certainly give you some insight into Harry Caray.

[@ThePorpoisepower]

Rogers movement in this game is both the smoothest it's ever been (with possible exception of SQ 6, Where Roger's got this kinda dopey goofball slouch that I really like). However his legs seem to move faster than the ground he's traversing like he's moonwalking forwards or something.

[@Proatgtag]

I've been out of pocket for the last week, but I'm slowly but surely catching up. Expect lots of comments as I have the time to watch through all of your videos!!! Looking forward to more, as always!

[@ryster1300]

Finally a Tuesday I'm off work to say something on the day of upload. Love the work man. Keep it up

[@spacequesthistorian]

Thank you! Glad to have you here. :)

[@G00berella]

ha, never picked up on the longer hallway thing.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Me neither, until just now when I played it again for the millionth time.

[@kaelside]

Hahahah! Off they fuck :D Gets me everytime lol

[@spacequesthistorian]

Unintentional catchphrase away! :D

[@Artillatron]

Oh, Beverly Hills 90210, how 90's it was

[@spacequesthistorian]

"D'oh!"

[@MissPopuri]

I wonder if the Activity Log guy, Harry Kerry, was a play on the American sports broadcaster, Harry Caray. Apparently, he was frequently known to go off into tangents that make no sense whatsoever when he spoke.

[@spacequesthistorian]

That would seem to be the case. You're the second commenter to make this connection, so I'm taking it as fact. :)

[@lancebaylis3169]

WD40's position as science officer is strangely prescient of Seven Of Nine on Star Trek Voyager - taking on a similar role and with an eerily similar characterization. SQ5 came out a full 4 years before she joined the cast of that show, though....

[@talongaudio939]

90210 is the California postal/zip code for Beverly Hills.

[@anastronautcartoon]

LOL Cliffy won't run because they didn't want to draw the running sprites! It's easier to display a talk bubble :P And Klorox II was scarier than a horror movie for me too when I was a kid.

[@MagusMarquillin]

Yeah, the effort dosen't make sense if he's not going to be running anywhere else, so they took that limitation and made one of the funnier jokes in the game, fitting with Cliffy's character. But I do wish more Adventure Game protagonists could have been built with a running toggle ala Quest for Glory. There's usually certain scenes where s/he should not seem so leisurely, and upping the speed slider doesn't really change that. It's only a little more common since 2.5D games came about.

[@anastronautcartoon]

Agree. However, if Cliffy's running sprites were made, they could have used it in several places. Also Droole has only one "getting off the seat" animation with him running seriously.. so yeah they didn't want to invest more on unnecessary animations.

[@MagusMarquillin]

I think Droole just gets stir crazy on the tiny Eureka - living at his station apparently - so any chance to get off ship he sprints at.

[@spacequesthistorian]

I think it may also have been a space consideration issue. SQ5 only came on floppy disks, and it was already a big game, so they may not have had room for such "extraneous" animation that would only be used once or twice.

[@anastronautcartoon]

Of course, that would be the main issue. Quest for disk space ;)

[@micahbush5397]

1:52 I'm guessing the corridor isn't really that long, they've just painted the wall or use a holographic projection to make it look much longer than it really is.

[@richardperspective]

Another week closer to the terrible maze...

[@spacequesthistorian]

There's going to be so ... much ... editing in that episode.

[@gilm0075]

After SQ, do a Rex Nebular playthrough!

[@spacequesthistorian]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaa-nope. I've played Rex Nebular and it is ... not my jam.

[@gilm0075]

I like you, but I don't like you.

[@spacequesthistorian]

That's fair. :) Actually, I already played Rex Nebular with my friend Frederik. We got very drunk and invited Francisco Gonzalez into the playthrough. Then we ragequit after about 4 hours. It's all here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGa8mJZspKaenas

[@ShadeMeadows]

Mutants! 👀

[@derosiflo6524]

They wrote "ACTUNG VERBOTEN" but it's Achtung (Attention) Geez, they can't even do the stereotypes right

[@spacequesthistorian]

Really? I didn't notice that.

[@derosiflo6524]

Space Quest Historian no you have more Trivia haha

[@spacequesthistorian]

Yeah! Thank you! :)

[@kazriko]

Speaking of the bar exploding on you, have you ever read the Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series?

[@kazriko]

90210, yes, some tv series about some zip code in California...

[@spacequesthistorian]

I haven't read the books, but I know of the game (it was designed and written by Josh Mandel).

[@lollipoop6127]

Why were people saying that red was a suspicious costume colour?

[@spacequesthistorian]

Because red shirts in the original Star Trek series were security officers and they were usually involved in grisly deaths whenever they were on screen.

[@buttsworth]

You have wasted your life.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Haven't we all.

[@trentcunningham2416]

So I gave you shit on a different video about being to critical . .... sorry about that. my bad ...I have been having a rough time as of late. ButI have been enjoying your videos .... Thanks man

[@spacequesthistorian]

It's all good. Glad you're enjoying them!