Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

About 5 years after playing The Pirates of Pestulon, I bought it's sequel: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers. I was always wondering what happened to Roger Wilco, after leaving planet Earth in the Aluminum Mallard.

In this episode Roger Wilco returns to his home planet, only to find out that an infomorph of Sludge Vohaul is chasing him in an attempt to finally kill him. When he's attacked by the heavily armed soldiers, a mysterious stranger saves him and sends Roger to Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge.

What's new in this game is the hand painted VGA graphics, a full mouse-driven interface and motion capture animation. Altough this game is still designed by Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy, these big changes always made me think this game was a bit different than the previous games. I think the EGA graphics from Space Quest III looked better than the VGA graphics in this game. Luckily you can still travel back to Space Quest III in the time pod.

Also new in this game is the extraordinary narration from one of the most experienced in the business: Gary Owens. There's lots of humor in his lines, especially when using the smell and lick buttons, which are only in this game to create funny responses. The two guys from Andromeda really prefered to use a text-based parser, just like the previous games.

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Monolith Burger is a popular fast food chain scattered throughout the known universes. With locations such as the Monolith Burger Fast Food Dive in Sector 62, and the Galaxy Galleria location. Monolith Burger offers a completely unhealthy menu for those among you who just can't live without fast food. Their franchises are frequented by uncountable species every day. They even offer a full-featured arcade featuring such classics as Astro Chicken, for those who aren't entertained solely by their food.

The decor, like the menu, is the same throughout the galaxy. Booths with plastomold seats and tables are available for your discomfort, and a menu will be hanging from the ceiling over the counter. When entering their local Monolith restaurant, customers will no doubt be able to notice the delicious aroma of home-cooked food - a smell insidiously piped in by the company in order to mask the odor of the real food.

Roger Wilco visits a Monolith Burger in Space Quest III where he eats a Blattfruit Pie, and again in Space Quest IV. He is also briefly employed at one of the Monolith Burger restaurants.

In the final part of the Crystal Caves series, Mylo Steamwitz builds a restaurant that looks exactly like the Monolith Burger restaurant from Space Quest III! It seems that this concept works so well, other people are trying to copy the franchise!