Space Quest - My Kingdom for a Starship

[@PowerPakGames]

I'm back. More videos this month, hopefully with less deaths.

[@justguy-4630]

Welcome back

[@SmoothMaths]

@@owengrant9066 I wish we could get more games like Day of the Tentacle which had really excellent puzzles, but plenty of point and click games coming out nowadays are better than space quest 1. Don't see what's wrong with complaining about a bad parser, a crap arcade sequence, required save scumming, a "puzzle" that requires you to stand in a specific spot and look at the ship in order to know that a required item exists, etc. I guess you could consider it part of the fun to hunt for required items and figure out what arcane commands are needed and stuff like that. There is something charmingly antagonistic about the game design, but it doesn't seem like a more thoughtful or intelligent game. It just hates you.

[@Volvary]

Would love to see your take on the Quest For Glory series next. QFG1 is my childhood and has a "modernized" version (no text entries) if you want to take a break from trying to find the correct words in a lexicon. (Although by the time QFG started, the lexicon was so improved that speedrunners are breaking the game by typing only a few letters per prompt in the original text based version)

[@PowerPakGames]

@@Volvary Quest for Glory is definitely on the cards with how much it's been requested, though I'd like to keep these Sierra games in a somewhat chronological manner, so I need to escape the AGI period first...

[@Volvary]

@@PowerPakGames Godspeed with that! Somedays you'll make it to the EGA era

[@derwahnsinniche]

This man has suffered for our entertainment like a roman gladiator

[@GmodPlusWoW]

"Are you not entertained?!" Oh, we are, Jack. Very much so.

[@strikeforce1500]

At least gladiator were treated like rockstars, this game just treat him like crap

[@JStryker47]

@@strikeforce1500 And unlike poor Roger, gladiators didn't get killed - contrary to popular belief.

[@WannabeMarysue]

8:59 "maybe next I'll remind Roger how to breathe" Space Quest 2 Foreshadowing 😬

[@FelisImpurrator]

And just when we needed him (read: my ADHD needed another hour long gaming retrospective), he returned. Perfect timing.

[@0meAcat1]

Extremely stooked!

[@heyitsmort7744]

Heyyyy shut up shut up stop yelling at me

[@pachi1014]

The adhd needing another gaming retrospective hits too hard, i just almost finished dungeon chill's yesterday. I use them as bg noise for crocheting haha

[@garrettcarrett8634]

You don’t have to tell us about your disabilities

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@garrettcarrett8634 And you didn't have to subject everyone to this useless comment, but here you are.

[@amraphen24]

I have to appreciate how you gradually started thinking the way the game wanted you to, and began catching more traps and hidden interactions before they could screw you over. It's one of those skills no one should ever have to learn.

[@sevejohn1]

Count me in as looking forward to King's Quest III. On one hand, the game makes a lot of steps forward for the series. It has a lot more story, its more focused, it doesn't just dump you in a field and ask you to solve random puzzles. Its the first game in the series that really feels like the King's Quest that comes later. On the other hand, boy does this game make some choices. Some absolutely wild choices.

[@GeekMasterGames]

I already knew immediately the beam puzzle would get to you. Both Guys from Andromeda acknowledge it as one of the most frustrating puzzles in the game, because the solution isn't communicated to you in any way.

[@Vatterju]

I'm so glad this series isn't dead, unlike poor Roger over there

[@Chonkems]

poor roger, taken in his prime.

[@ChaosPootato]

All deaths should be Orat basketballing you. The sound and the look at the camera are just perfect

[@TheWarmestFuzzy]

I'm crying foul, that coin has two fantasy series on it

[@witchboy44]

It’s Sci-Fi fantasy 🤓

[@alexfvghn]

@@witchboy44uhm, its akusally science-fantasy 🤓👆

[@Just.Kidding]

@@alexfvghn sci fi is fantasy

[@PerpetualDaydreamer]

The dread I felt when that bridge cracked... Those animations were great. Thanks for showing more of these games, this has been super fun to watch!

[@lancebaylis3169]

The remake of the game that Sierra put out about 5 years later using their more advanced SCI game engine took the opportunity to give the player ways to bypass or at least better understand the more obscure puzzles of the original. The crashed spaceship actually has the survival kit and pieces of broken glass in the sand outside, with the glasa helpfully glittering in the sun to make it super obvious. It's made easier to force the spider droid to encounter Orat (the original game requires a very specific set of events to happen to make sure Orat is triggered inside the cave at the same time the spider is chasing you; the remake just spawns Orat in the cave all the time). The arcade Skimmer sequence can be skipped, as can the fruit machine in the Bar (through use of a magnet you can find back at the start of the game). While these quality of life changes don't really change the overall game, they do make some of it's more 'ambiguous' puzzles easier to figure out. It's still possible to go into the caverns without picking up the glass shard in this remake, but if you don't try to pick up the now super obvious glass pieces that literally sparkle for you, then it's more the player's own fault than in the original. 🤣

[@robinx5851]

Don't stop uploading Pak, I love your content. From your hits like Iron Lung, the Doom mod and Signalis, to your game demo recommendations. I discovered some real gems because of those. Keep it up!

[@ReverendTed]

26:58 - "Ulence Flats", eh? Is that in the Encyclopedia under "Flats, Ulence?"

[@neonhalos]

surprised he didn't pick up on that joke lol

[@ReverendTed]

@@neonhalos We all have a brain fart now and again.

[@MisterTwo-40SX]

A joke that I did not comprehend until thirty years after first playing the game :)

[@branovices]

It seems like these don't get the views they deserve, but I'm really glad you make them. No other KZbinr does trepidation, bewilderment, and frustration as well as you do, and these games are perfect for that haha, keep it up! I never played these but always wanted to, so it's nice watching you play, especially when you don't know what you're doing. It feels like getting the full experience that way.

[@kaelang12]

Gee, it sure is cold outside- almost like there's no kind of atmosphere. Makes me feel all alone, more or less.

[@sidneytaske7222]

YAY SOMETHING I CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER! Thank you :D

[@sammyjones8279]

Took the thoughts right outta my head ♥

[@landoncore92]

When you use the Cruelty Squad theme around 20 minutes it fits so perfectly lmao incredible work

[@ihaventsleptinweekz]

You can really feel the creeping insanity in this video. big fan

[@secretlyashark8271]

I’m happy this is here I have been rewatching the King’s Quest videos

[@namemycactus]

I know these aren't the most popular vids. But they make my brain happy so thank you

[@PseudoEmpathy]

IT'S COLD OUTSIDE, THERE'S NO KIND OF ATMOSPHERE, WE'RE ALL ALONE, MORE OR LESS, LET ME FLY, FAR AWAY FROM HERE, FUN FUN FUN, IN THE SUN SUN SUN

[@abunchamates]

Yeass

[@SuperGameFan77]

Hell yeah, another PowerPak video about a game that came out before I was born.

[@EPICWEEGEEFACE]

Showing Dandy from "Space Dandy" when you pointed out that its a different game, but IN SPACE made me chuckle

[@amcclory77]

10-year-old me in 1987 managed to solve the glass/laser puzzle in a couple hours, but completely failed to find Orat's cave and had to resort to the hint book. I thought Orat was the sand monster that grabs you if you go in the wrong direction, and tried to have the spider follow me into the desert.

[@karizake]

You killed all the "evil" Sariens; the good ones are all back home.

[@LunaRoseManor]

I was summoned by the Red Dwarf theme tune.

[@vookatos]

Hell yeah, love those videos on early point and click games!

[@Zel-Veraan]

Point and click but your character is the pointer.

[@patricelamey7712]

Just finished the Signalis video when this uploaded. Excited to watch another great vid!

[@TrueMapleLeafer]

Been one of my favorite watches since the DOOM My House video

[@ramonpena872]

I very rarely watch 20 minutes of somebody's video and click subscribe. Well deserved, great content. And great ear for music, seems like some of the best games of the times are really spreading in influence.

[@XaleManix]

Oh, magnificent, a new powerpak video! Time to watch this one seventeen times.

[@emerald_dolphin13]

So glad to see this, was jusy rewatching the House video, and then saw the kingquests, and thought to myself "I never could finish the first space quest". And now we're here.

[@IainShepherd1]

In 1986 there were many with this tolerance for punishment … Only one remains. Hats/helmets off to you, sir.

[@TheMeanIguanaFilms]

I'm not even playing this game and I screamed at the jetpack screwover

[@krillianlastrange4886]

If you go back to King's Quest, 3 is both my favorite and also the most brutal and tricky.

[@veryrancid3128]

Those deaths were a big part of the charm. We wanted to see how many ways can wilco die. I loved these sierra and lucas art adventure games!

[@mzjalic324]

Dan from Game Grumps played through a bunch of these games and talked about playing them as a child, and the process of figuring out the puzzles over months of trying which I really recommend checking out to see a bit more of these games!

[@rancid83]

Oh boy, KQ3 is gonna be a wild ride.

[@hemangchauhan2864]

HELL YEAH , someone tackling the adventure game series no one talks about anymore

[@wymanrtaylor]

Man if you play all of these, I will be so psyched

[@freddiegibson5448]

Holy Shit I'm so happy, found this channel through the King's Quest videos a month and enjoyed every video since

[@dropkyaku]

I had an interesting Space Quest walkthrough as a kid, it covered the first 3 games and was written as a play-by-play telling of the game by Roger Wilco. I dont know if it was an official guide or not, but I must have read that thing a hundred times back then. I remember having a very similar guide for Quest for Glory games, where the walkthrough was written as a sort of novel detailing the main character's travels through the games.

[@rileytimes]

I can't say what my job is but I have a very important job and an EXTREMELY boring task came up and this saved me and made me do it. You're a literal hero. Thank you.

[@donoteatmikezila]

He just doesn't miss, lads.

[@hamishfox]

Ah space quest. Such an amazing series. Space quest 4 was one of my absolute favourites as a kid. I just watched the space quest historian do a playthrough not that long ago.

[@twixx1]

Ah so good, nice to see a fresh playthrough! Look forward to hopefully seeing the rest of the series

[@jedgrahek1426]

These are so wonderful, for anyone who has childhood memories of messing around in these games. Your humor and attention to detail are wonderful, too.

[@brandnamepending4817]

god i love this series so much, i cant wait to see what next sierra will do to you.

[@williamm.1608]

I still laugh sometimes thinking about the dwarf appearing and stealing your treasure chest in the Kings Quest video. I was delighted to see a space quest video pop up the other day! I think I only played one of the later space quests… but that was also around the time I began to give up on the sierra game torture and leaned into Lucas Arts

[@myrtlemack0]

NEW LONG VIDEO FROM POWERPAK YESSSS

[@ab_pza97]

Wishlist: Kings Quest III & IV & finally Owl’s Quest please

[@gamemeister27]

Yeah just watching the video, I couldn't help but feel like this was a real game. The first two King's Quest games were more like vague attempts at being a game, but they hadnt quite figured it out yet. You'd get plopped down in the middle of an entirely open area with no indication of what even is a puzzle. This one has what are almost like contained worlds with clear progression.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

I've only ever actually played the VGA version of this game, but man Space Quest and Quest for Glory were the big games of my childhood. I didn't have consoles growing up, just a PC, so point-and-click adventure games are my gaming roots.

[@chrisviklund]

omg, I actually had totally forgotten that dreaded slot machine, think my mind wanted to save me... thanks for the reminder :) great video mate.

[@Hannah-ud8yt]

youre like my favroite youtuber, I found you for life is strange abridged but im staying for the video game content that i love so much. I love your humor and your way of showing the games is so entertaining and easy to understand. keep it up my man!

[@justguy-4630]

I love Nine Souls. Found and watched it from your review as well. I didn't know they announced a release date. Been busy.

[@eqaterine]

Thanks for saying how much litres it is!!!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

THANK YOU!!!! I absolutely love your Kings's Quest videos, I was waiting for this one! 😀

[@GoplayDarkSouls.]

Highlight of the day: a new video from power pak

[@leviaaron500]

I have had the worst day ever and I was not gonna go to bed without at least one W. Bless this channel, bless this video.

[@tto129]

Be brave m8 you have all my support ! Hope you'll have 10 good days in compensation for this one ! Greetings from France !

[@leviaaron500]

@@tto129 Already stacking them up! All the love, mon ami!

[@frakillwe123]

that game is actually insane man i love those video seeing those old games where many "make sense" things we have in today's age did not exact at the time

[@HydroOptimist]

Can't wait for pyrochinical to make this a 10 hour video

[@shenanitims4006]

I remember playing this on my cousins’ Tandy. Jeebus, the amount of guesswork going into vocabulary was amazing. Eventually discovering the word that trumps all words: look.

[@hamzahsajjad7952]

That red dwarf theme immedately after introducing silly sci fi is wonderful

[@KiySeph]

Really enjoy these videos from you. Hoping that you'll go through the more obscure Sierra releases like Manhunter: NY and SF - would really like to see your frustratio- I mean takes on those games.

[@PowerPakGames]

I see you. I know what you're doing.

[@spoonfulof]

Can't wait for King's Quest III! And rather glad now that I never got to Space Quest, only King's Quest and QFG.

[@refanatic2000]

i love these old school pc game reviews/playthroughs the most. i really hope you keep going with the kings quest and sierra games. great, great, GREAT job man. keep up the awesome work

[@tahustvedt]

Space Quest 3 is peak Sierra Adventure gaming. It's amazing.

[@StormsparkPegasus]

I had the Apple IIGS versions of all of these games. They were great, especially the music.

[@HarrIock]

I've been so excited for this, I checked your channel yesterday to make sure I was still subscribed.

[@jasonblalock4429]

Oh boy. Between KQ3 and SQ2, I'm not sure which will have you raging harder. Looking forward to it! 😈😈 Oh, and funny thing. Yes, that was ZZ Top in the bar, and Sierra got sued over it. The SQ series actually became a bit infamous for being a lawsuit magnet, forcing multiple revised versions over the years.

[@MichaelBacaArtist]

One of my favorite Sierra titles, next to Kings Quest 3! Loved this game a kid but didn’t finish it till I was an adult…

[@abunchamates]

I love the Red Dwarf music in the background

[@Enceladeans]

After King's Quest III MyHouse will no longer be the most cursed video game experience of your life.

[@o-wee-wan]

I'd love to see you play more of the series. Space Quest gets a LOT better with future installments. :)

[@danielhathaway8817]

That was a powerful and distressing wormhole to my childhood. Ah, GAMING IN THE 80s AND 90s, how I have not missed ye! Well done, m8!

[@dessibel13]

I’m way excited to see you play Leisure Suit Larry.

[@libetslament]

ME LITERALLY SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO THANK GOD

[@Otokichi786]

Space Janitor "Roger Wilco," is completely unlike the usual, studly/Rambo-like hero, who dies in an amusing variety of ways in the game.;) I played the VGA version, which has a number of things to find/use and an "autonav" for the surface skimmer. I felt somewhat triumphant after getting the Golden Mop. Then it was time for Space Quest 2... Roger, I think, is the distant ancestor of "Ryley Robinson" of "Subnautica," since he's the "Non-Essential Systems Maintenance Chief."

[@DominatorHDX]

My personal favorite of the series and my all time favorite adventure game of all time: Space Quest 4 - Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers. The CD/Talkie version with Gary Owens as the narrator is a blast. I can highly recommend it if you've never played it. I does have some quircks and tricky parts but it's well worth it. Hope you will play it and post a video of it just like this one 😉

[@Zel-Veraan]

I've been waiting so long for your next video. I adore your video style.

[@Luis0n7i]

This video, and the King's Quest ones, has to be one of the most entertainingly infuriating one I've ever watched. I genuinely swore out loud in public in exasperation after the jetpack part. Holy f*ing hell, WHY would ANYONE design a game like this?!?! Thank God I'm not playing it, and thank YOU for playing it, PowerPak. Have been really enjoying your content recently :)

[@liamholt5623]

PowerPak : while I sadly don't have the finances to support you, please know you have at least one huge fan none the less

[@swempytimes]

Are you serious right now? My favorite game series talked about by one of my favorite KZbinrs? SOLD!

[@ElectricSquidEntertainment]

I'm so excited for the inevitable kingdom hearts video! Favourite franchise of all time, and I love your content!

[@stug3719]

Yesss!! I'm back for the Sierra Quest series. Love your videos.

[@overestimatedforesight]

The sheer temporal dissonance in discussing Space Quest and making a comparison to Helldivers is something to behold.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

It seems almost serendipitous that this video released on the day of an unprecedented solar storm, with the Aurora Borealis faintly visibly in British skies. I could just about see it from the roof of my local this evening, and even in its subdued and muted form above an overly-luminous metropolis (even the edge of the London area is still blighted by light pollution from the capital), I was awed by its majesty. It wasn't quite like seeing the Milky Way from the heart of Zion National Park, but it was still a sight to behold. I wonder if Roger ever gets to see such colourful plasma storms in his adventures? He undoubtedly gets to marvel at the wonders of colourful beams disintegrating his body, but hopefully he'll get to mellow out as he watches the aurora. Probably while waiting too long in the area and getting eaten by a giant fuzzy tardigrade.

[@dunkno]

I adore your Sierra Entertainment videos

[@CaptJABRONIE]

Wasn't there an ancient Space Quest spiritual successor Kickstarter by some of the old team or something? Whatever happened with that? God I'd kill for another of these. That kings Quest reboot was really fun

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Well space quest did end up being a series.

[@jasonblalock4429]

"Spaceventure," from the original two creators. It's been in development for over a decade at this point. A couple years ago, KS backers got a "finished" version which was incredibly buggy. Supposedly they're still working on it, and supposedly it'll eventually get a full release in online stores, but there's no telling when/if they'll ever actually finish it.

[@safebox36]

I'm kinda curious about Police Quest. It's a game that I've not seen many people talk about, much less play. Like I know nothing about it. It's mere existence is something that I keep forgetting about till someone else brings it up.

[@Ovog95]

This game was my jam as a kid, but I never managed to complete it. This is the only one I have managed to complete tho, when I retried it much later on like, 2010. However, this does not stop my enjoyment of the series, and one day I'll complete the other 5 games (as well as the remake).

[@Virikel]

This series only got better with each entry. I remember being a kid playing one of the games, and it came with an hilarious fake space tabloid, and it had certain information you'd need in the game.

[@fahadisom]

Another 10/10. Keeping killing it Pak

[@harfharfful]

This video is criminally underrated. Here in my feed, another video popped up of someone clearing a culvert drain, and it has 14M views. Humans are wrong. Good luck with KQ3.

[@MDK-fo7jw]

Appreciated the SS1 soundtrack, it deserves more love.

[@buttercup_jones]

I love Kingdom Hearts. When your video on it comes out (if it ever does), I have a shiny thumbs up and a comment waiting for you.

[@melangearrakis]

spacequest 3 is one of my fav games

[@szkraft220]

oh my gosh i was JUST checking your channel yesterday for new videos and you just made one on the successor to kings quest? oh this is gonna be good