The Pain Train stops for no one! Since my first video on how to inflict excruciating damage to our beloved Space Quest games, there have been significant improvements in said output of damage. Behold, children, the fruits of our diabolical labors!

Thanks, of course, to the dastardly BDSM sadists of the SQH Discord, particularly James Howard, PickledDog, EpicPotatoFiend, and Brandon Blume.

SantaClaus' flawless run of the Root Monster with Pain graphics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRavBxHI34

Check out my previous video on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHHlEM6yI2A

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Space Quest IV is an undisputed classic, but it is also extremely vicious. Here are just a few of the worst things this game can throw at you — out of a long list of many.

How to avoid the Sequel Policemen on Estros: https://youtu.be/48ixUsPQy0Y

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Sierra released a frankly absurd version of Police Quest II in Japan where a lot of the graphics were redrawn in a pseudo-anime style. Yes, this is real.

This is an edited version of a livestream I did. Check out the full livestream VOD: https://youtu.be/KupKT9_8Rn8

Edited by Josh May.

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Lo and behold! 20 years after its initial release in 2004, GBAGI — the interpreter that lets you run Sierra AGI games on the Game Boy Advance — has been fixed, thanks to intrepid code-spelunking nerds in my SQH Discord.

Get the latest (fixed) version of GBAGI: https://github.com/Davidebyzero/GBAGI

Watch my previous video on Space Quest on GBA: https://youtu.be/ZN0FByl1bos

Watch my full playthroughs of SQ1 and SQ2 on the GBA here (the old, un-fixed versions):

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An unofficial Game Boy Advance interpreter lets you play Sierra AGI games on... well, the Game Boy Advance. I took Space Quest I and II for a spin, and here's how that turned out.

Download GBAGI and give this a whirl for yourself: http://www.agiwiki.sierrahelp.com/index.php/GBAGI

Check out my full playthroughs of SQ1 and SQ2 on the GBA here:

IBM PC image from r/retrobattlestations (user: ddewaele)

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I had the great privilege to be invited to the Adventure Game Fan Fair convention in Tacoma, Washington — the first ever adventure gaming convention in America. Here are some of my favorite stories from the event.

Check out the livestreams from the convention here: https://www.youtube.com/@AdventureGameHotspot/streams

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The 7th Guest was a jaw-dropping monster in 1993, but contemporary reviewers always seem to give it a hard time. Why is that? And does its sequel, The 11th Hour, warrant a similar treatment? Well... yes and no. Let's have a look.

== CREDITS ==

"Ultimate Doom - Ultra-Violence Speedrun in 19:43"

"Myst Longplay (Original Version)"

"Swinging Banana"

"Trash to Treasure: 1993 Mitsumi LU005S 1x Speed CD ROM Drive found in Trash"

"Wing Commander - Intro/opening credits - (Roland MT-32) MS-DOS Game"

"Let's Play Maniac Mansion (Full Playthrough)"

"DOOM 2 super shotgun - SSG"

"Hollywood Babylon TV Series with Tony Curtis"

"Restart Windows 95 in MS-DOS mode in the BACKROOMS #DOScember"

"The 7th Guest: 25th Anniversary Edition - English Longplay"

"The 7th Guest (CDi) - Full Playthrough [Part 1/2]"

"Install the Digital Video Cartridge in a Philips 450 CDI"

"The 7th Guest VR | Full Game Walkthrough | No Commentary"

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Police Quest II is an improvement over the first game in the series, but does that make for a compelling game that's "so realistic, it was used to train law enforcement officers"? I beg to differ.

PQ2 point-and-click patch: https://pakolmo.netlify.app/pq2pnc

Mugsy's Revenge cover by Hazel: https://remix.kwed.org/remix/3569

Download my remixed soundtrack here: https://spacequesthistorian.bandcamp.com/album/police-quest-ii-a-fair-and-balanced-ep

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Featuring input from Roberta Williams and Al Lowe. User interfaces in adventure games have come a long way since the early days of text-only parser games. But which UI is the best of all time? Is it the Sierra icon bar or the LucasArts 9 verbs? The answer will surprise you because it's none of those.

Watch my full interview with Al Lowe: https://youtu.be/J4zlrUmVBpU

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It is death to peer beneath my magenta robe! Loom is a celebrated classic from veteran game designer Brian Moriarty. For some reason, I decided to play through the entire game in the "worst" way possible: In 4-color CGA mode with PC speaker sound.

This is an edited version of a livestream. The full VOD can be found on my 2nd channel @SQHDump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVyDeGZWLM

Edited by Josh May.

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