Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

Following his humorous adventures in previous game, Roger Wilco is relaxing at his favorite pub somewhere in time and space when heavily armed soldiers enter the room. Carrying a parting message from Roger's old nemesis, Sludge Vohaul, they plan to get rid of the janitorial hero, execution style. That is, until a man with an over-sized hair dryer helps Roger escape through a time rip into the future. Now Roger Wilco has woken up on his home planet, some time in a meta-fictional Space Quest XII. It is a grim, dystopian future: the series has gone to ruin without its hero, and Vohaul rules supreme. Roger must find a way to avoid Vohaul's henchmen, fulfill his destiny, and learn about a few surprises that await him in his own future.

Preceded by Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Followed By Space Quest IV.5: The Voyage Home
Followed By Space Quest V: The Next Mutation
Series Space Quest (4)
Added March 8, 2020
Published By Sierra On-Line
Developed By Sierra On-Line
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Title screen A (DOS) from mobygames.com
Intro. Roger is relaxing in a bar while a little alien is puking outside. Everything seems to be completely normal (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Time Rippers work for Vohaul... and they don't seem to be friendly! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger is zapped into the future - to Space Quest XII!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Exploring the hostile, atmospheric, post-apocalyptic Xenon in Space Quest XII. A close-up on the interior of the tank (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the many ways to die, in full screen: spotted by a hideous mutant!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Text descriptions and cute wandering bunnies (DOS) from mobygames.com
This is what happens when you use the Hand icon on Roger... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Another day in Space Quest IV, another death - this time, eaten by a slime! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger's untimely demise is illustrated by this darkly humorous screen (DOS) from mobygames.com
There are quite a few cutscenes in the game - this is one of them (DOS) from mobygames.com
Inside the time pod. You'll need to figure out those codes several times... Luckily, the CD version removes the copy protection (DOS) from mobygames.com
You've arrived in Space Quest X! The imaginary game's subtitle is... interesting. This is what the game tells you when you attempt to smell yourself (DOS) from mobygames.com
Your ex-lover in... Space Quest X! (DOS) from mobygames.com
You are in a giant eagle's nest! You are so surprised that you open your icon menu at the top (DOS) from mobygames.com
Oh wow, that's a big... thing (DOS) from mobygames.com
Sometimes, you'll have to react quickly... very quickly!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Let's go shopping!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The boss of Monolith Burger is a rather BOARing person. You certainly can PIGture a nicer one... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Minigame: part-time job at a fast food restaurant! Making burgers!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The game's precise text feedback is an absolute joy. This is what it tells you when you try to use the tongue icon on this robot's ear... (DOS) from mobygames.com
The shopping mall is undoubtedly one of the coolest locations in the entire series. Where else can you go zero-gravity skating?.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The software store is hilarious! This is just one of the detailed game parodies you'll find here. I think we all know which game is the target of the joke... (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger wears a woman's dress! The female robotic seller's response is priceless (DOS) from mobygames.com
A more typical death screen - yet the description is sometimes specific to the circumstances of Roger's death (DOS) from mobygames.com
The arcade of the future! (DOS) from mobygames.com
It's Mrs. Astro Chicken. Yay! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Playing Mrs. Astro Chicken (DOS) from mobygames.com
You're a VGA man stuck in an EGA world... Boy, I remember this place! (DOS) from mobygames.com
They're so... poor in black and white (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the generic responses to tasting random stuff - this time, the front of a space shuttle (DOS) from mobygames.com
Over the course of the game, you'll accumulate quite a few items... The inventory here is superimposed over the game's final location (DOS) from mobygames.com
Flushing the game down the toilet? Seriously? Why?!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The opening sequence (EGA/TAndy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Wandering in Space Quest XII (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Arrived in Space Quest X (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
This could be trouble... (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Inside the fortress (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Clothing store at the mall. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Outside the arcade. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
In the mall. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Time pods nearby. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The hangar of the Xenon Super Computer complex.(EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer complex.(EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
A tunnel guarded by lasers. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Inside the super computer. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Exploring the super computer. (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Yes! This super computer is big! (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Vohual has taken control of your son's body... Not the best of circumstances! (EGA/Tandy) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Game installation screen (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Game options menu (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Title screen. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: The story so far... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger is being tracked through space... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger gets a surprise visit from the Sequel Police! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: It's Sludge Vohaul! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger is saved by the Time Rippers. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: A Time Ripper! (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Opening a rip in time. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger flies through the time rip. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Intro: Future Xenon skyline. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Starting location. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Wasn't that vehicle in StarWars? (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Is that a tank? (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
That Energizer Bunny seems to be everywhere... (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
The Super Computer complex looms over the city. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Building. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Getting zapped by a droid. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
A game over screen - since this is a Space Quest game, you will be seeing screens like this a lot. :-) (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
The Two Guys from Andromeda ask if you want to restart the game. (Windows 3.x) from mobygames.com
Space Quest IV... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Intro: The story so far... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Intro: It's Roger's old nemesis - Sludge Vohaul! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger is saved by the Time Rippers. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Intro: Roger flies through time. Note that the Amiga version lacks the cycling effect that the DOS version has! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Start of the game - Future Xenon - Looks bleak! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The sewer. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Out of the sewer. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The bad guy's ship. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Flying off in the sunset. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The home of the Xenon master computer, now controlled by Vohual. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The landing bay. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Roger sneaks into a time pod. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The dumb copy protection. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Inside the time pod. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The planet of Estros. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Getting carried off! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Into the eagles nest. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Captured and on a sub. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Vohual captures your son! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The shopping mall of the future. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Roger shops for some new clothes. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Mrs. Astro Chicken! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Playing Mrs. Astro Chicken. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Working at monolith burgers. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Radio Shock. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The computer software store. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The slop... er... bargain bin. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
It's Sim Sim! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
It Came for Dessert! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Mall - the Skate-O-Rama (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The software store is crowded at the moment. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Outside Radio Shock. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Outside Monolith Burger. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Trying to escape from the Sequel Police while floating in the Skate-O-Rama. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Floating up in the Skate-O-Rama. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Traveled back to Space Quest I! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Outside time pod in Space Quest I era. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Droids B Us is closed right now. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Tiny's Used Spaceships. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Outside the bar. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Inside the bar. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The Monochrome Boys. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
A locked door... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Laser tunnel. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer - this thing is big! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer - elevator. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer - Outside a control room. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Xenon Super Computer - Windows 3.11 like GUI. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Time to save your son! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
The Two Guys from Andromeda show up in the quit menu. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Title screen... from mobygames.com
...and sub-title screen from mobygames.com
Intro, in Japanese :) from mobygames.com
What's the first place our hero goes to? Bar, of course! from mobygames.com
The evil Vohaul talks to Roger from mobygames.com
Roger is dropped on a strange planet... in the far future, Space Quest XII! :) from mobygames.com
Roger is admiring the inferior graphics of the PC-98 version :) from mobygames.com
The famous Sierra "VGA interface" from mobygames.com
Close-up for more interaction from mobygames.com
One of the many, many funny death scenes... from mobygames.com
Yeah... not a pretty sight. Instant game over, too from mobygames.com
Exploring a room. Talking to the pipes won't help, Roger from mobygames.com
Sewer exploration from mobygames.com
Be quick, Roger! from mobygames.com
Ahh, the copy protection of the floppy version... How good of you to retain it for the PC-98 version, too... from mobygames.com
Punching in coordinates for the Time Ripper from mobygames.com
Roger is in Space Quest III! Very dangerous! from mobygames.com
Yeah, now that's more like it! from mobygames.com
Cut-scene: Roger is carried away by a giant bird! from mobygames.com
Inventory screen from mobygames.com
Wow... hehe... I mean... you don't look... errr... very *dangerous* to me... ya know what I'm saying? Hehehe... from mobygames.com
There are worse tortures in the world, I guess!.. from mobygames.com
...but is any worse than THIS?!?!.. from mobygames.com
Now I now why they ported this game to PC-98. Because it has a TENTACLE MONSTER!!.. Hahaha!... Good one, isn't it?.. from mobygames.com
The famous Skate-o-Rama from mobygames.com
Software shop is always full :) from mobygames.com
Radio SHOCK :) from mobygames.com
The famous Astro Chicken mini-game! from mobygames.com
You know, I just wish my boss weren't such a... pig :) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1991

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

Setting/Theme:
Comedy Sci-Fi

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