[gamecola]

I don’t ask for much out of an adventure game. Give me a vaguely coherent plot, a functional interface, a sense of what to do next, and constructive feedback about my actions—honestly, this is like asking for a car with a discernible front and back end, a steering wheel that moves when you turn it, a gas pedal that isn’t hidden in the trunk, and lights on my dashboard that display icons of unbuckled seatbelts and gas pumps instead of Morgan Freeman and apple pie. Is this really too much to ask?

No. For what might be the first time in adventure game history, no, that is not too much to ask. And we have Space Quest: Vohaul Strikes Back to thank for that.

Read the full review on GameCola.

[konistehpunk]

images of the junk yard scene from space quest iii. also, if you were interested, here’s a rip of every bg in the game. (thanks napalm22)

Watching Space Quest Let’s Plays, and man, I am craving Monolith Burger something fierce.

[guysfromandromeda]

Excellent doodle of Roger Wilco grabbing the wire in the garbage freighter in Space Quest III. Not pictured: irate rat jumping his ass for stealing said wire.

Artwork by Anas Abdin, creator of Anastronaut — a sci-fi adventure game which, coincidentally, has just released a sequel that features a cameo by Guy From Andromeda, Scott Murphy! How’s that for coincidence?

[masseffectandmartinis]

Slot Machine of Death in Space Quest 1: The Sarien Encounter. When you play the game of slots, you win or you die… homeboy. Video games are too easy these days. Get off my lawn, kids.

Also one of my best gaming memories.

[guysfromandromeda]

Our ol’ pal Frederik Olsen had some fun with imgur’s meme generator today, and we’re so glad he did.

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A Year of Adventure #3: Space Quest I & II

[dogwi]

Join Kosta Andreadis as he plays through some of the most seminal adventure games of all time over the course of 2014. Click here for part one, which took us back to King’s Quest I and here for a look back at King’s Quest II and III.

During the adventure game genre’s infancy, Sierra found...