Space Quest IV

[Dralafi_XIII]

Anyone else notice some slight vertical stretching occurring with Space Quest IV, regardless of your configuration?

[eriktorbjorn]

Anyone else notice some slight vertical stretching occurring with Space Quest IV, regardless of your configuration?

When I add the game to ScummVM, I'm given the option of adding it as "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (CD/DOS/English)" or "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers (CD/Windows/English)". If I choose the latter, it stretches the game. If I choose the former, it doesn't. There are a couple of other Sierra games where ScummVM can imitate either the DOS or the Windows version. I'm not sure exactly how they differ, though.

[eriktorbjorn]

Looking through my Sierra games, at the very least the following allowed me to add the same data files as either a DOS or a Windows version. From a quick look...

• EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus. The Windows version has stretched graphics.
• EcoQuest II: Lost Secret of the Rainforest. The Windows version has stretched graphics.
• Gabriel Knight: The Sins of the Fathers. The Windows version stretches the graphics and adds some high-resolution graphics. (At least in ScummVM the DOS version has an option to "Enable high resolution graphics".)
• Jones in the Fast Lane. I don't see any obvious differences.
• King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder. The Windows version offers an option to use different mouse cursors.
• King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow. The intro looks a bit different. The Windows version has some high resolution graphics (that the DOS version has an option to enable) and offers an option to use different mouse cursors.
• King's Quest VII: The Priceless Bride. I think the Windows version has better quality for the intro animation, at least?
• The Dagger of Amon Ra: The Windows version has stretched graphics, and offers an option to use different mouse cursors.
• Pepper's Adventures in Time: The Windows version has stretched graphics. The Windows version offers an option to use different mouse cursors.
• Quest for Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness. I didn't notice any difference.
• Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers. The Windows version has stretched graphics and offers an option to use different mouse cursors.

I may have missed some (and there are a few Sierra games that I don't own anyway), and there may be other changes (e.g. I think the music may be different in some?), but I was just trying to get a quick idea of it.