DUN-DUH-DUH-DATACORDER! | Space Quest 6 pt. 4

[@pillage_party_and_papacy]

I know this was made nearly 5 years ago, but the “Do I feel lucky” line is a reference to a movie called Dirty Harry. It stars Clint Eastwood and he plays a cop named Harry who shoots criminals with a 45 magnum colt.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

27:15 - FYI, Heinz is an American food brand that manufactures condiments, sauces, soups, and other assorted groceries; their slogan is "57 Varieties". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_57

[@DosGamerMan]

I once got called a Heinz 57 because of my very mixed heritage. I laughed once I understood what Heinz 57 was.

[@Geno2733]

Made in Pittsburgh.

[@joshuahoblitz645]

Love this series, you've responded to several of my comments and I really appreciate it. Fascinating to know the history of a series my insanely nerdy brother-in-law introduced me to, now I'm a massive nerd to lol

[@spacequesthistorian]

Yay for nerdness! Thank you for the comment. And tell your brother-in-law I salute his efforts. :)

[@COCHESEkramer]

Yessss!! The quest continues..

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

The quest for multiple organisms.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Those elusive organisms.

[@andrewsherman8574]

The etymological root of churlish (churl) is the same as Charles. The root means "man." Churlish gained the connotation of being a male commoner or ruffian.

[@Rycamcam]

Thanks for these great videos! On another note, I never realized this as a child, but this game pales in comparison to Space Quest 5. SQ 5 had a story and character development. This game, so far, is just a bunch of wandering with some poorly fleshed out characters and lame jokes scattered throughout.

[@geo_licious]

Game Grumps (Dan Avidan) is currently playing Space Quest 5!

[@cleverlyblonde]

20:48 Sharpei is possibly an homage to the city you went to in Quest for Glory 2 I believe :) Shapeir the city was called there.

[@ctwargames]

I'm sure it's been pointed out but our faithful space quest historian looks tremendously similar to roger in this game

[@lucyphonic]

Oh my, the puns in this!

[@FlyntOakwood]

That opening door sound reminds me of Day Of The Tentacle 'future' doors.

[@spacequesthistorian]

They most likely got it from the same sample library as LucasArts did with DOTT. It's also used in SQ1VGA and SQ5, not to mention a little-known tv show from the 60s called Star Trek.

[@goodsirbear-7579]

here's a line of dialogue that would have tied in space quest 4 and made his weird attraction to Beatrice make more sense when Roger talks about Beatrice instead of fear the narrator says " Doesn't he remember future son. beautiful mother. Hologram. wow this numbskull really can't keep it in his head"

[@wrsavilleiii]

YAY! *grabs popcorn* Let us continue the journey...

[@johngunn1473]

Holy Shit! Key and Peel stole their “churlish” bit from Space Quest....lol. Looking forward to find out what happens next.

[@spacequesthistorian]

Haven't seen that bit!

[@courtneydoss8572]

Look at that slug butt...MAGNIFICENT

[@spacequesthistorian]

Next week's episode has a GREAT shot of the slug butt.

[@lucyphonic]

I googled for that manual but I think you have to either already have it from the original game or download it when you buy the game. I just really wanted to understand how you solve that datacorder puzzle.

[@spacequesthistorian]

The manual has process-of-elimination type hints, like "this chip goes in this socket and must use this IRK, but *this* chip CANNOT use this IRK and MUST be next to this other chip," etc. etc. It takes for-fucking-ever to do. :)

[@spacequesthistorian]

Also, scans of the manual are readily available online. Here's one from SierraGamers: www.sierragamers.com/uploads/24082/The_Games/Space_Quest_6_Manual.pdf

[@lucyphonic]

Ahh, a logic puzzle, I love logic puzzles.

[@lukaspersson5882]

I thought Roger's trial in the opening of SQ6 was meant to take place soon after SQV...? This Stellar-character sure seems shoehorned in.

[@willin]

I just realized. Morgan le flay from tales from monkey island is Stellar done right

[@JDHJANUS]

Interestingly enough, according to the Space Quest Omnipedia, Wikipedia, and IMDb, Sharpei is voiced by Lucille Bliss, whereas Stellar is voiced by Carol Bach y Rita. However, you are correct that Sharpei and Stellar share the same voice actor, as the end-game credits clearly show that Sharpei and Stellar are both voiced by Carol. To further support this, Sharpei's voice sounds INCREDIBLY similar to the voice of Valanice in King's Quest VII, who was also voiced by Carol Bach y Rita. Do you have any idea where the notion that Lucille Bliss voicing someone in Space Quest VI would have come from? I haven't found any evidence to support this or even show that she was in any way attached to the project. Looking forward to more, as always!

[@spacequesthistorian]

I was going to mention that at the end of the game. Yes, the manual - as well as all the online repositories that took the credits from the manual - got it wrong. The credits in the game are the correct ones. (The manual also says that Denny Delk voiced Cmdr. Kielbasa. He didn't.) As for *why* ... I have no idea. Someone screwed up. It wasn't Scott, 'cos he was personally there directing the voice actors, and got the credits correct in the game itself. Guess whoever put the manual together screwed it up.

[@lucyphonic]

Valanice, go back to KQ7!

[@keimakoh]

Asides from the forehead I don't see Stellar being that much different from a sultry LSL girl. In general I appreciate the design sense in this game, specially Roger's almost emaciated look that makes him look extra pathetic. Can't say the same about dialogue and story thus far... Stellar popping out of nowhere sure seems like an awful waste of what could have been an interesting bit of story. I mean, Roger's continued existence depends on him getting together with Beatrice and siring the son that's going to save him. So what CAN he do if he turns out to like someone else more? But no, she just shows up and he's simply afraid of "angering Beatrice" because ha ha, "strong women" in the 90s, am I right?

[@spacequesthistorian]

Stellar was introduced because Josh (and Mark and Scott, too!) were sick of the corner they'd painted themselves in with in SQ4. To be honest, I don't think they ever planned on doing more Space Quest games after 4, so that's why they thought they could get away with it. So, Josh introduced Stellar to make a bit of a love triangle thing happen. Only problem is, I don't think it quite got introduced the way he intended -- or at least not explained as good as he'd hoped.

[@Sephex]

So when Stellar heard the narrator did she break the...5th wall? I mean, I guess it is a fourth wall break, but it's more like she is doing it through association? You're right, man. That is so damn weird!

[@spacequesthistorian]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who finds it weird. :D

[@DosGamerMan]

I've moved house 5 times since buying this game. I can't find my manual either. That's damn data corder puzzle kicked my arse for days.

[@spacequesthistorian]

I actually did find that manual eventually! No joke, a month or so ago, I was looking at this very video to capture archival footage from, and I came across that remark of mine that "eventually there'll be a video on my channel titled 'I FOUND MY POPULAR JANITRONICS'"... and I went, "I should really do that." Haven't gotten around to it yet.

[@DosGamerMan]

@@spacequesthistorian look forward to it!

[@DosGamerMan]

@@spacequesthistorian did you get round to it?

[@DosGamerMan]

I found my manual!

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

I just noticed at 20:11 in the middle of that orange comand bed looking thing is a snes controller. weird since this is a PC game

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

Oh yea and I hope your Christmas was flakin awsome and your new year is equally flakin awsome!

[@spacequesthistorian]

I remember there being some discussion on whether it was a SNES controller or a Gravis Gamepad back in the day. And I think we actually came to the conclusion that it was a Gravis Gamepad. They looked very similar to SNES controllers but with some subtle differences. Also, merry flakkin' Christmas/New Year to you, too!

[@Darthhelmet86]

I am pretty sure my copy of SQ6 game with the corrected solution on a single sheet of paper. It was either that or I totally cheated after I couldn't work it out.

[@spacequesthistorian]

If memory serves, there were some reissues of the Space Quest Collection where they forgot to include the manuals, essentially rendering SQ6 unwinnable. Sierra had to post the Datacorder solution on the website. From that point on, I think they completely gave up the pretense that it was "copy protection."

[@mjc0961]

I recognize the voice from King's Quest 7 too

[@MagusMarquillin]

Huh, Valanice? How did I not notice that?

[@spacequesthistorian]

Having never played Ki-- oh, you know the drill by now. ;)

[@G00berella]

I clearly enjoyed SQ6 more than you did. Sure, it has its problems and the plot is meh, but I really enjoyed the locations you get to explore, the art style, (and music too), Gary Owens goodness and of course, that mid 90's nostalgia it gives me when we got our first CD-ROM drive. Also, to be fair, the earlier SQ games were guilty of bad puns too. (:

[@spacequesthistorian]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I love SQ6. It's got some great jokes. Most of those are saved for the last bits of the game, though.

[@richardperspective]

I still want to know how the hell a comic book was meant to explain the Datacorder puzzle...

[@MagusMarquillin]

I just took it as Joss meant to make it more in-universe and interesting, how I don't know. But really, they should still have put it in the manual because it would be way more frustrating having the clues on a different screen and having to switch back and forth. I thought it was a fun logic puzzle, even if it did slow the game down and was more like Dr. Brain then Space Quest.

[@richardperspective]

No, it was meant to be a comic. I'm just curious how the very finicky instructions could have been subtly put into comic form.

[@MagusMarquillin]

Yeah, an in-game comic (according to the historian), I don't see a contradiction in what we said. I wonder also how it would have read.

[@spacequesthistorian]

From what I remember, it was supposed to be on a "This Month's Puzzle" page, same as how it's presented in the SQ6 manual. So, not explained in the comic itself. The comic was just for a goof.

[@chaseohara4781]

I'm not sure why they didn't just use Beatrice in Stellar's place... Weird choice

[@ThePorpoisepower]

I prefer the alternate name for this game... Where in Carmen Santiago is Roger Wilco

[@niuguber]

Your son may change after this :-D

[@VitaEx]

Also how and when do roger and Beatrice have a son because it’s only the whole plot of sq iv

[@spacequesthistorian]

They never got around to that in the official series.

[@ShadeMeadows]

Woah, i actually like the idea of this girl! and i find her hot as heck, but then again... a Female Predator was my love, in my Teen years

[@ShadeMeadows]

Heck yeah, younger me! ...Capitalize your "I"s.