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Does anyone know why in the VGA remake of PQ1, the bartender Woody Roberts was replaced with a woman?? This totally screws up the continuity of the continuity of the series, since Woody Roberts get left in the trunk of a car in PQ2!!! I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Jim Walls had left Sierra, so what was the reason(stupidy) for that change??
JT
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PQ1EGA was one of my favorite games of all time. I played it to death. I was excited when I saw a VGA remake at the store but I didn’t have a PC. I finally got the PQ Collection and played the VGA remake last year. I have to say it was pretty horrible. I didn’t even notice the continuity issues. I was too busy hating the dumbed-down icon system, the pointless driving, and the complete destruction of the old Lytton. The driving was probably the worst part. The original gave you freedom to drive anywhere with or without your lights on. And it really ruined the police procedure part of the game when you could just click on someone and have the game do the procedure for you instead of actually needing to know the procedure. The original is simply better in every way and I even prefer the graphics and sound. I had the IIgs version though, so it had excellent sound. It had a charm the VGA version lacked. PQ1VGA is a touchy subject for me.
I did like the VGA version of Quest for Glory, though. That got it right. I haven’t played Space Quest VGA or LSL VGA yet. I’m sure I’d like them except for the continuity issue in Space Quest too since in SQ4 you go back to SQ1 with its VGA graphics. Very awesome segment.
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The only problems I had with the QFG VGA was a bug that altered the graphics perodically, but it could be dealt with by saving and restarting and then restoring. The other problem I had is that when you visit Erasmus, you can only play the mage’s maze the first time he asked you. There isn’t any way to directly ask him to play the game with you (unless, I’ve missed something all these years).
Also, on a side note, in The secret passage after you kill the troll, there is no treasure stash..I’ve always wondered why they took that out..
LSL 1 VGA and SQ 1 VGA, I have no complaints about. The only thing in SQ1 VGA, I am aware that they changed was getting past the grate monster underground. You can’t just walk against the wall, you actually have to use something to neturalize it. A far better solution and does not at all effect plot continuity.
As for the Ulence Flat Scenes in SQ 4, I’ve always wondered what they were thinking, since SQ1 VGA had to be on the drawing board when they were finishing SQ4. What I think would have made a great in-game joke, would be if that the Ulence Flats suffers some kind of glitch that causes its to revert to CGA graphics after Roger leaves….
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I think there was a way to play the game whenever you wanted because I don’t remember ever having a problem and one of my strategies was to play it over and over to raise my magic skills until dust started approaching, and then I’d rake leaves to build my strength, sleep at Erana’s and repeat the next day.
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I hope someone will post a note about doing it soon…I just finished playing through all five games last week as a fighter, and am going to play as a mage next month. It’s been a good seven years or so since I’ve done that…I think I’m having an early midlife crisis…I finished SQ5 today and will start on six tomorrow. I think I only played that one once, because by the time XP came around I could never get it to run on it.
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