S P A C E   Q U E S T   I V 
                             (Sierra On-Line)

                              (Playing guide)


First,  collect  the rope from the bottom right screen. Go to the top right
and  hide  behind a pillar. Take the rope from your inventory and click the
icon on the ground. Roger should now create a snare. Wait for the rabbit to
stumble  into  the  circle before clicking the hand icon on him in order to
make the catch.

Go  to the land-speeder on the left and take the LAPTOP POCKET-PAL COMPUTER
from   the  glove  compartment.  Head  to  the  north-west  corner  of  the
intersection  and OPEN THE SEWER GRATE on the floor. CLIMB DOWN. Roger will
fall into the Sanitation Office.

OPERATE  THE  DESK  BLOTTER and take note of the message. Collect the EMPTY
JAR.  OPEN  the  DOOR  by TURNING the WHEEL and leave the Office. Scoop the
GREEN  SLIME  from the sewers and into the jar. Make sure that you run away
as the slime is deadly if it touches you!

To  leave  the  sewers, CLIMB THE LADDER down the WEST side of the complex.
When  Roger  is  peering  out  from the safety of the manhole, wait for the
Sequel  Police  to leave before climbing out. If Roger takes too long to do
this,  the  manhole  cover  will  become  too  heavy and you'll have to try
again.

Walk to the ship and click the hand on the OPEN HATCH behind the rear strut
as  QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. If all goes well, Roger should cram himself in the
landing gear compartment. Walk LEFT but stay concealed. Wait for the second
time-pod to appear and watch the pilot walk up screen. Using the hand icon,
quickly click on the POD and climb in.

Now  that  you  are  in  the time-pod you have to use the SQIV Space Piston
Manual  to identify certain scientific codes. Make a note of the symbols on
the Navigation Computer as you'll need these later. Punch in six codes, and
tap  [RETURN].  Enter  another  six digits and you'll warp through time and
space to the distant galaxy of Estros.

Climb  out of the pod and walk to the LEFT of the Plateau. Wait for a large
show  to  pass  overhead  before  climbing  down the nearby stairway. There
should  be a pterodactyl waiting for you. Once you have been dropped off in
the  nest,  SEARCH  THE  POLICEMAN.  Walk  to  the  RIGHT  side of the nest
and.....fall through!

ESTROS

Having watched Roger plummet towards the ground and then land in the water,
wait  for  the  Latex  Babes to appear. Hang on until the conversation ends
before  climbing  into their submarine. Once again wait for the 'hands-off'
sequence  to finish, when the giant sea-slug is staring you in the face. As
the  tentacles  begin  to  wrap  around  Roger, PRESS THE RED BUTTON on the
chair. This will shock the creature and it'll back away. Walk over and pick
up  one  of  the  AIR  TANKS  to  the  RIGHT and choose that item from your
inventory.  When  the sea-slug pulls you towards it, click the TANK icon on
the  SLUG'S MOUTH. The Babes will rush back treating you as a hero and then
it's off to do some shopping!

THE SHOPPING MALL

PICK  UP  THE  CASH  CARD that the Latex Babe leaves behind. Use the moving
walkways  to  make  your  way  to  Big  &  Tall where you must buy some new
clothes.  Now  that  you  have  a  decent  set of threads, walk to Monolith
Burgers  and  APPLY  FOR A JOB. If you get sacked your boss will give you a
job  again but you only get TWO chances to earn a minimum of 26 Buckazoids.
When  you  do get sacked, make sure that you PICK UP THE CIGAR BUTT that he
throws at you.

Next,  enter  the Women's Clothing Store and BUY A DRESS before dressing up
in  drag.  You  now  have the perfect disguise to fool the bank machine. Go
down to the Bank, INSERT THE CARD and empty the account.

Enter  the  Software  Shop and BUY THE SPACE QUEST IV HINT BOOK. Go back to
the  Clothes  Shop  and enter the changing rooms. Roger will now put on his
normal  clothes.  Walk into the Arcades and play Ms Astro Chicken if you so
desire.  You  can keep playing until it overloads. Make your way to the top
right of the amusements and WAIT.

The  Sequel Police should now appear. When they start to follow you, make a
dash  for the Skate-O-Rama. Swim to the top of the dome and wait. When they
appear,  two  laser  blasts  will narrowly miss you and the recoil from the
guns   will   send   them  shooting  in  the  other  direction.  Leave  the
Skate-O-Rama,  go  back to the arcades and climb into the time-pod. Consult
your  hint  book  and get one half of the code to enter into the Navigation
Computer.  The  remaining  symbols  can  be  found  on  the  piece of paper
discovered earlier.

THE ULENCE FLATS

Most  of the shops here have been closed down and the only remaining source
of  excitement is the Bar. Make you way inside to see what's going on. Walk
in  front  of  the  Monochrome  Boys and they'll throw you out of the door.
Select the hand icon and click it on the HOVERBIKES. Now sit back and watch
another 'hands-off' sequence.

Having  lured  the robots from the bar, make your way back to the right and
inside.  However,  if  they  charge  towards you on their bikes you have to
simply jump out of the way at the last moment. Having returned just PICK UP
THE BOX OF MATCHES and then leave.

Make your way back to the time-pod and clamber inside. You will now need to
make  a  return journey to Xenon so hopefully you remembered to scrawl down
the various digits. Enter them and you'll appear back in the Hanger Bay.

XENON

Walk  over  to the door on the RIGHT. You'll find that it is locked. Choose
the  jar of slime from your inventory. DISSOLVE THE LOCK WITH THE ACID then
use the hand icon to OPEN THE DOOR.  When you walk into this tunnel for the
first  time,  make sure that you have both the BOX OF MATCHES and the CIGAR
BUTT.

Now  you  have  to  LIGHT  THE  CIGAR BUTT. The smoke emitted will make the
lasers appear. Use the eye to take a CLOSE LOOK AT THE KEYPAD on the RIGHT.
The  numbers  that you must enter are the ANGLES OF ROTATION OF THE LASERS.
You must make the lasers face VERTICALLY.

Having  walked  through  the  laser  tunnel  you'll now be inside the Super
Computer.  First  of  all,  use  the  eye icon to LOOK CLOSELY AT THE SMALL
TERMINALS ON THE RAILINGS. Make a note of the PLUG SHAPE and then return to
to the time-pod.

The  correct  codes  for  The Mall will be shown on the Navigation Computer
just  before  you leave the arcades for the first time. Warp back to travel
to  Radio Shock and PURCHASE THE CORRECT PLUG. Go back to the pod and leave
for Xenon again.

INSIDE THE SUPER COMPUTER

From the tunnel go up the screen. Turn LEFT and take the stairs on the LEFT
and  go  DOWN. Wait for the Droids to appear on the RIGHT, before returning
to the previous screen and backtracking to the first Super Computer screen.
Head WEST to the Programming Chamber.

Once in the chamber, USE THE HINT BOOK to OPEN THE DOORS. Enter the code on
the  KEYPAD.  When  inside,  trash  the  Droid icon by dragging it over the
toilet.  Finally,  bin  the  Brain  which  will  start the the 'Formatting'
sequence.

Now that the Droids have been disabled and the formatting sequence has been
initiated,  make your way out of the Programming Chamber to the elevator on
the  FAR LEFT of the Super Computer. Go UP and walk NORTH then RIGHT. Enter
the tunnel.

Walk  across the bridge and use the arrow keys to force Roger back into the
white  beam. CLIMB DOWN the ladder on the LEFT to retrieve the FLOPPY DISK.
Choose the Disk icon and INSERT THE FLOPPY IN THE DRIVE.

Click  on  the  BEAM UPLOAD to get Vohaul into the Super Computer. Click on
the  DISK  UPLOAD to transport Roger Jnr. into the computer. Finally, click
on  Roger's  name  and then on BEAM DOWNLOAD. Roger will be put back in his
body and the Evil Sludge Vohaul will be formatted!!!

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