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Re:The Space Quest II Master Disk Blunder by lance_ewing on Friday May 24, 2024 @01:45PM (#40468590)
I can't remember what the specific puzzles in Space Quest II were that I got stuck on. I think the first one was probably still down on the planet. And I can't say for certain now why I was able to finish SQ3 so quickly. I guess things just seemed to flow. I certainly finished SQ3 quicker than any other Sierra game I played, by quite some margin. The others took at least a few weeks, if not months.

This was obviously back in the days before the Internet, and I hadn't yet discovered BBS boards either, so it was just me and my brother trying to work it out.

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Re:The Space Quest II Master Disk Blunder by brandall10 on Friday May 24, 2024 @02:48PM (#40469274)
That's amazing you guys got through that game so quick with no outside help. They did sell hint books that started off blank with a marker to uncover the hint. I got one for most games I played. As a rule I'd get stuck on some part for more than an hour, come back a day later, and still be stuck, then I'd uncover a hint. Generally using it a half dozen times to get through a game.

https://www.sierragamers.com/hint-books/

Fun fact - Sierra made more $$ on hint books for the first LSL than the game itself due to piracy issues.

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