<s>
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
Chapter	O
I	O
–	O
The	O
Sarien	O
Encounter	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
Space	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1986	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Sierra	O
programmers	O
Scott	O
Murphy	O
and	O
Mark	O
Crowe	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
prior	O
titles	O
like	O
King	B-Device
's	I-Device
Quest	I-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
but	O
had	O
not	O
designed	O
their	O
own	O
game	O
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
reward	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
allowed	O
into	O
an	O
underground	O
complex	O
inhabited	O
by	O
other	O
aliens	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
species	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
provided	O
with	O
a	O
skimmer	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
hovercraft	O
(	O
a	O
direct	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
landspeeders	O
in	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roger	O
travels	O
to	O
a	O
Ulence	O
Flats	O
(	O
a	O
direct	O
reference	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
 '	O
Mos	O
Eisley	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
desert	O
town	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
off	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
Sierra	O
's	O
AGI	B-Application
engine	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
pseudo-3D	O
environment	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
character	O
to	O
move	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
and	O
behind	O
background	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
means	O
of	O
input	O
in	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
as	O
in	O
many	O
other	O
AGI	B-Application
games	O
,	O
was	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
for	O
entering	O
commands	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
keypad	O
or	O
arrow	O
keys	O
for	O
moving	O
Roger	O
Wilco	O
around	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Mac	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
offered	O
basic	O
mouse	O
support	O
for	O
movement	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
cards	O
were	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
1986	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
so	O
sound	O
was	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
PC	O
's	O
internal	O
speaker	O
;	O
owners	O
of	O
Tandy	O
1000	O
,	O
PCjr	B-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
would	O
hear	O
a	O
three-voice	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
while	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
owners	O
were	O
treated	O
to	O
a	O
fifteen-voice	O
soundtrack	O
with	O
notably	O
richer	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
precursor	O
of	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
Planetfall	B-Application
,	O
created	O
by	O
Infocom	O
,	O
whose	O
player-character	O
is	O
a	O
lowly	O
"	O
Ensign	O
Seventh	O
Class	O
"	O
who	O
does	O
the	O
lowest	O
form	O
of	O
labor	O
aboard	O
a	O
spaceship	O
and	O
who	O
appears	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
with	O
a	O
mop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
as	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
adapted	O
the	O
text-adventure	O
puzzle	O
games	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
medieval	O
world	O
to	O
a	O
visual	O
display	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
did	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
the	O
space	O
puzzle	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	O
protection	O
,	O
coordinates	O
in	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
in	O
the	O
escape	O
pod	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
rocket	O
purchased	O
at	O
Tiny	O
's	O
Used	O
Spaceships	O
are	O
only	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AGI	B-Application
version	O
had	O
key	O
disk	O
protection	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
was	O
required	O
to	O
insert	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
floppy	O
on	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sierra	O
released	O
three	O
versions	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
:	O
the	O
original	O
1986	O
AGI	B-Application
V2	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
1987	O
AGI	B-Application
V3	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
1990	O
VGA	B-Protocol
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
minor	O
sound	O
and	O
graphic	O
differences	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
versions	O
are	O
largely	O
identical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
is	O
considerably	O
different	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
being	O
monochrome	O
and	O
completely	O
menu-driven	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
also	O
had	O
an	O
8-bit	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
for	O
the	O
IIe	O
and	O
IIc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
King	B-Application
's	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
III	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Sierra	O
game	O
to	O
feature	O
pull	O
down	O
menus	O
,	O
be	O
hard	O
disk	O
installable	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
specially	O
formatted	O
save	O
disk	O
(	O
except	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
as	O
noted	O
above	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
praised	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
version	O
's	O
sound	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
players	O
"	O
may	O
think	O
they	O
're	O
watching	O
a	O
cartoon	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
band	O
ZZ	O
Top	O
complained	O
that	O
a	O
band	O
seen	O
briefly	O
on	O
stage	O
resembled	O
them	O
–	O
despite	O
this	O
,	O
they	O
re-appear	O
in	O
certain	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
combined	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
surpassed	O
1.2	O
million	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
was	O
eventually	O
remade	O
using	O
Sierra	O
's	O
newer	O
SCI	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
among	O
many	O
other	O
improvements	O
,	O
allowed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
move	O
from	O
its	O
original	O
16-color	O
EGA	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
to	O
256-color	O
VGA	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rebranded	O
Space	B-Device
Quest	I-Device
I	I-Device
:	I-Device
Roger	I-Device
Wilco	I-Device
in	I-Device
the	I-Device
Sarien	I-Device
Encounter	I-Device
to	O
follow	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
new	O
naming	O
convention	O
introduced	O
in	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
,	O
this	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
20	O
,	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
VGA	B-Protocol
graphics	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
were	O
drawn	O
in	O
1950s	O
retrofuturistic	O
B-movie	B-Application
style	O
,	O
it	O
now	O
featured	O
digitized	O
sounds	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
,	O
with	O
text-entry	O
being	O
replaced	O
by	O
an	O
icon	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
leaving	O
Ulence	O
Flats	O
in	O
the	O
VGA	B-Protocol
version	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
pod	O
from	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
appears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
continuity	O
error	O
occurs	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
time	O
pod	O
appears	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
place	O
than	O
in	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IV	I-Application
.	O
</s>
