Activision Brings King's Quest, Space Quest to Steam

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  OK so it worked on XP 32, SQ1 was the remake without audio narration, but SQ4 did have the audio. Haven't... : boughton supreme
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    I didn't know there was a talkie version of SQ1, I thought it just got a VGA makeover. : Sapiens
    • Yeah, that's what I meant : boughton supreme
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    Get the latest version of DosBox. These games all work fine on Vista 32bit. SQ1 never had audio narrat... : Bull
    • Sarien.net has the original version as a flash app, if you're looking for a retro-graphics fix =) : genom

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  I like the "may" as if they didn't even bother to test them AT ALL. : MechBFP
  • Because they didn't, why should they care? If they even sell 1 copy they made the effort worthwhile. : avatar_58
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  Definitely boo worthy. That whole 'may' thing is bullshit. Why don't they just come out and say if they... : mrwolf710
  • Maybe they are smarter than we think and dont /have/ a copy of Vista around to test it on. :D : MeestaNob
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  I have the Space Quest collection cd-rom. It installs the games with pre-configured (posibly outdated) ve... : Fighting_Dairy_Farmer
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    but they are selling the game with that wrapper. If it doesn't work then people sure as hell should get ... : mrwolf710
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      They sold the game with a wrapper 20 years ago. It's the exact same game, only 5 times cheaper. If you ca... : caddytwix
      • Well done. I kind of wanted to say some very similar to you but I didn't think anyone would get it. : Fighting_Dairy_Farmer
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        It didn't sell with fucking dosbox 20 years ago. : mrwolf710
        • *facepalm* : Skytram
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        Also It's 2009. I shouldn't have to do anything to make a damn game work. I went through all that crap ... : mrwolf710
        • I'm about to throw a Sprite at you guys. : mrwolf710
        • Agreed. I did all that years ago out of sheer desire to get games I purchased to fucking work. I no longe... : boughton supreme
        • Haha - I remember making boot disks trying to get Ultima VII to work - it needed some insane combination ... : genom
      • If you pay money for a product then the world sure as shit does owe you something -- a working product or... : nudel
  • Not necessarily. First of all which versions of Space Quest 6, King's Quest 6,7 and Police Quest 4 did th... : avatar_58
  • BTW: I have never had any problem running DOSbox under Vista64. If I was going to buy those Sierra games ... : Fighting_Dairy_Farmer
• *sniff* *sniff* Smells like shovelware... Come on Activision, I know you saw LucasArts making some coi... : Esquilax1138
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  For real. If LucasArts can do it, so could Activision. I was surprised when LucasArts said they made sure... : beanman101283
  • It makes me laugh because Activision and Vivendi are a match made in heaven, they think so alike. : avatar_58
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    I bought and played through Fate of Atlantis (from Steam) and it worked great all the way through, althou... : TickHeadDog
    • I'm noticing the long mouse click issues as well, but quite frankly the game looks and runs great conside... : ajvitaly
• Yup. If they can't be bothered to update the games -- or at least test them and make a clear statement on... : nudel

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• And this is coming from a huge sierra online fanboy : avatar_58
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  What's so bad about them? Are all the games included that bad? : helvetica
  • Every one of the Space Quest games is pure gold -- it's definitely not that. He must be referring to t... : SilentDirge
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    There are 23 OLD adventure games between Space Quest, Kings Quest, Police Quest, and Leasure Suit Larry. ... : Fighting_Dairy_Farmer
    • That's not it at all, don't be ridiculous. : avatar_58
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      You did not just diss Zak McKracken and Maniac Mansion. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Put down the goldfish bowl, bro, it's not worth it : drbriefs
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    Just the lack of packaging effort and complete messups with missing games, etc. For newbies they might be... : avatar_58
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      And SQ4 may be the disk version, meaning that it's missing the awesome narration. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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        The best way to play SQ4 these days is using the patches, which gives you the CD version + the superior d... : avatar_58
        • Whaaat? More details please! : Bull
      • SQ4 is the CD version. : Sapiens
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      SQ6 used the same engine as KQ7 and both are Windows-only. Glancing at the Steam forums shows that runni... : Sapiens
      • SQ6 in this collection is the DOS version. : Bull
• It would be cool if Shacknews could specify in the news posting what versions of the game they are. Mayb... : Mecha Tofu Pirate

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  Expecting every company that re-releases old games to remake them is kind of ridiculous, since proper pac : Sapiens
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    If DOSBox is more than enough then that's fine, but if that's true then it'd be very easy for them to tes... : nudel
    • "May work" applies only to King's Quest 7, which was a Windows-only game and thus cannot utilize DOSbox. ... : Sapiens

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• yeeep.... i got so excited when i saw this. God DAMN it i hate Activision : SonicWang
• "Ah... life giving water... nectar of the gods." : Tawler
• Yep, Activision clearly trying to avoid stepping on the toes of retail here in Aus. Oh wait, that was 15 ... : MeestaNob
• You convict dudes should set up some kind of auto-gifting web service where you pay someone in another co... : nudel

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• wait until they add support for modern operating systems. this is kind of a cheap move. : happynoodle
• Give it a week to see if this works on anything other than a Win 95 internet connected PC (that inexplica... : MeestaNob

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• Vivendi had bought Sierra a long time ago, and now, Vivendi & Activision are the same, so... : gzubluck

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• unfortunately, this is not a bad thing. : SolveChrist
• Good. : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  My childhood hates you :( : kungfusquirrel
  • it's not just your childhood that hates him. : freakynipples69