How Speedrunners Broke Space Quest IV (again)

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How Speedrunners Broke Space Quest IV (again)

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@OneShortEye 2 ай бұрын

@johnsanko4136 2 ай бұрын

You keep dancing around them, but you're gonna have to talk about Leisure Suit Larry speed runs eventually

@woldemunster9244 2 ай бұрын

Teehee. Time will come.

@charlottecorday8494 2 ай бұрын

Hahaha

@MrSkerpentine 2 ай бұрын

You’d think someone like Larry wouldn’t like completing fast *screams as I’m dragged by the ankles to horny jail*

@ExStepsister 2 ай бұрын

Cum* @@woldemunster9244

@W3bba 2 ай бұрын

@@woldemunster9244and so will I

@JDLupus 2 ай бұрын

"I wrote a huge-ass text document about Space Quest when I was 16 years old." ~Space Quest Historian. "I know how obsessive speedrun people can get; maybe that's not for me." ~Also Space Quest Historian.

@JDLupus 2 ай бұрын

(Intended as the most light-hearted jest possible 🙂 )

@spacequesthistorian 2 ай бұрын

@@JDLupus😆 Two different kinds of obsessions. One requires good hand-eye coordination - that's the one that's not for me.

@hamishfox 2 ай бұрын

@@spacequesthistorian said the guy who plays two synthesizers at once while also changing patches live

@JDLupus 2 ай бұрын

@@spacequesthistorian Fully understood, haha...! I also know how dangerous a timesink it can be to take on any new ones!

@matt92hun 2 ай бұрын

He's not 16 anymore, probably has to divide his time among more things now.

@jackcphelps 2 ай бұрын

when the "space quest historian" calls the community "obsessive" that's how you know that you're goated legends

@REN-57005 2 ай бұрын

I speedrun hotline Miami

@In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock. 2 ай бұрын

"What qualifies you" * lists a few reasons * "...actually, nothing, really" Bro sounds like every academic ever, myself included.

@MrTLWolfTTV 2 ай бұрын

In regards to flushing Space Quest IV around 14:30, I did that once on stream. Not only did it kick me back to DOS, my ENTIRE STREAM went down. The most amazing timing.

@barry-allenthe-flash8396 2 ай бұрын

I *love* the idea of "Santa Claus" being _the_ Santa Claus, flying around the World on his sleigh Dec 24 delivering toys and getting all impatient, "Ugh, this is taking too long... I have to get back to speedrunning my retro adventure games! That's *all I do* for the rest of the year! Swimfan is probably pulling ahead of me right as we speak!" I mean, it makes sense - Santa is the *ultimate* speedrunner in real-life, I suppose. You don't see the Easter Bunny running around the World in one night, after all. He must boundary break through whole countries on Christmas Eve! 😄

@swimfanTV 2 ай бұрын

I fear someday I will drive Santa completely mad...

@doublemonkey4833 25 күн бұрын

*cues up The Night Santa Went Crazy*

@Just.Kidding 2 ай бұрын

16:08 -"Are there just no railings in this place at all?" OSHA would have some very stern words.

@timothymclean Ай бұрын

OSHA has no jurisdiction over space. See also _Star Wars, Star Trek, Spaceballs,_ etc.

@SuperLlama42 2 ай бұрын

The King's Quest 43 gag really does get more and more relevant with age

@ninjasuperman9538 2 ай бұрын

I would say keep the audio in just because that has always been useful for detecting fake runs

@clarenceoveur9497 2 ай бұрын

Also, as someone pointed below: "Sierra’s sound files often contain cues that trigger visible events on screen. For example, during the opening Sierra Logo, the visual sparkle effect is triggered by cues built into the fanfare MIDI track, which is why the tinkle sound effect & visual sparkle effect are so well synchronized. Often times, when there is silence on lesser sound devices like PC Speaker or AdLib (where there would normally be sound on the MT-32), the lesser devices are still technically playing MIDI, it’s just a silent track inside the same MIDI file. If the MT-32 is playing a 1:56 long track of ambient wind and rain effects, the PC Speaker is playing 1:56 of ambient silence. The game is still referencing a point in time in that MIDI file, even if you can’t audibly hear anything. That’s why disabling sound probably won’t work without outright file replacement."

@TheOriginalElkstone 2 ай бұрын

Roger walks, then walks, flushes a computer brain, walks more, walks into a boss, then climbs a ladder and beams a disk What a hero

@Zanoab 2 ай бұрын

King's Quest 43: 841 PB Datahoarders: I can't wait to backup King's Quest 43

@MordacksOrgan 2 ай бұрын

I’m not sure that an audio skip like that would be possible without outright cheating and replacing the MIDI track with something shorter (as a patch). Sierra’s sound files often contain cues that trigger visible events on screen. For example, during the opening Sierra Logo, the visual sparkle effect is triggered by cues built into the fanfare MIDI track, which is why the tinkle sound effect & visual sparkle effect are so well synchronized. Often times, when there is silence on lesser sound devices like PC Speaker or AdLib (where there would normally be sound on the MT-32), the lesser devices are still technically playing MIDI, it’s just a silent track inside the same MIDI file. If the MT-32 is playing a 1:56 long track of ambient wind and rain effects, the PC Speaker is playing 1:56 of ambient silence. The game is still referencing a point in time in that MIDI file, even if you can’t audibly hear anything. That’s why disabling sound probably won’t work without outright file replacement.

@pendantblade6361 2 ай бұрын

Babe wake up the King's Quest guy uploaded.

@Neontaster 2 ай бұрын

Pretty cool to see the reaction of someone who knows everything about this game but nothing about speedrunning.

@NN-pe6ip 2 ай бұрын

Am I the only one that wants to see a rival to Santa Claus emerge called Krampus? Also, I really want the Santa Claus voice actor back to voice his lines!

@cassielfsw3815 2 ай бұрын

Can't Santa just have his elves get him a better computer? 🤔

@kasocool2812 2 ай бұрын

I've always wondered what he does the rest of the year when he's not delivering presents

@soHatey 2 ай бұрын

Maybe he's been naughty?

@dlelfe3 8 күн бұрын

@@soHatey a good Santa gone naughty

@TheFireFyte 2 ай бұрын

We actually tried to disable the music and use different drivers. It didn't work.

@spacequesthistorian 2 ай бұрын

Dang! I was 99% sure that would work.

@TheFireFyte 2 ай бұрын

@@spacequesthistorian I sourced all the drivers from sq4 floppy and cd, and even got it to run without sound, and it just sits there nicely and does nothing.

@spacequesthistorian 2 ай бұрын

@@TheFireFyteStupid Sierra and their insistence that we listen to their glorious music. 😆

@WannabeMarysue 2 ай бұрын

17:42 Thanks for leaving one swear word in for us swearing fans.

@OneShortEye 2 ай бұрын

Shh... ;)

@spacequesthistorian 2 ай бұрын

I even told him about that before he published the video! So I gotta assume it was left in intentionally. 😆

@Sochsun 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, bringing back my PTSD from the future zombie kill screen all over again

@NoOne-gc5ot 2 ай бұрын

I can only dream of being able to curse as fluently and colorfully as the Space Quest Historian one day.

@DarkMoe 2 ай бұрын

hope Indiana Jones and the Fate of atlantis comes soon, really enjoying these

@TheFireFyte 2 ай бұрын

We are currently in the process of breaking Fate of Atlantis a bit more... Give us a moment.

@bellduke6417 2 ай бұрын

If the runners get the time any lower on these games , one short eye is going to have to bring most guest commentary to pad out the video.

@kinighos58 2 ай бұрын

"Speedrunners are a bit obsessive so maybe that's not for me" "I know it's the floppy version because of the walk icon" I think speedrunning might be for you, and I say that with all due respect as an obsessive speedrunner

@KoyasuNoBara 2 ай бұрын

I took it to mean "I'm already obsessive about this series in general, I don't need to combine it with a category of knowledge that also causes obsession."

@rastas_4221 2 ай бұрын

Man I love the people in adventure game speedrun community. They're not your typical gamers spouting their lingo, very unique personalities.

@darkshoxx 2 ай бұрын

Great Video! Couple comments. 1. Good for you getting some sponsors 👍 2. Absolutely love the format of having an expert in a call who hasn't seen the run yet, and combining that with explanations and footage from outside the call. I hope you can find more people who are well versed in a game BUT have not seen the speedruns. I think that might be quite rare 😅. 3. As always, can't wait for the next one.

@rtyuik7 2 ай бұрын

the Intended run: traveling forward and backward through time, and solving puzzles to learn clues to solve further puzzles, saving early and often, taking notes, consulting with other players, etc etc... the Speedrun: walk around a bit, dodge some lasers

@ohhadivist 2 ай бұрын

I believe the only Sierra game I've ever played was one of the Gabriel Knight games but there is something so endlessly interesting about watching people who are passionate about these games gush about them and explain every little part of how they work.

@niklasbirksted8175 2 ай бұрын

I can confirm that Troels aka Space Quest Historian is a tall liar. He was in no way shape or form annoying as a teenager. And he was pretty good at Quake II+III as well.

@baltasarjimenez2091 2 ай бұрын

Space Quest IV was my first introduction to the series and it was so difficult I never tried one again

@Mr_Top_Hat_Jones 2 ай бұрын

I probably have more hours in SQIV than any other game. One of my favorite games of all time. The Space Quest Historian and OneShortEye together on a SQIV video? I’m fucking done. I’m in heaven. Edit: Wait… *you* had the record with the TAS only strat? 👌 This video turned out even better than I anticipated.

@the_wake_ 2 ай бұрын

A speedrunner being named named Swimfan really transports me back to the era.

@greensleevez 2 ай бұрын

This is what I am here for, insightful analysis of speedrunning is like catnip to me.

@charlottecorday8494 2 ай бұрын

My daughter's middle name is Beatrice. Bet you can't guess what my favourite game is.

@genericname2747 2 ай бұрын

I have no interest in ever speedrunning, but my god are speedrunners interesting people.

@timothymclean 2 ай бұрын

17:43: Before anyone points out that Roger time-traveled to Space Quest XII before the game started, the runners skip the cutscene where that happened.

@OneShortEye 2 ай бұрын

lol

@KoyasuNoBara 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate you pointing that out, because I hadn't realized that.

@honestr 2 ай бұрын

He also travels back at the end of the game.

@KoyasuNoBara 2 ай бұрын

@@honestr yeah, but the speedrun is over by then.

@SageOwl 2 ай бұрын

Chapter 5 Silver Lining speedrun history when?

@commanderuseless1685 2 ай бұрын

Huh, so much for the alternate skip I thought I found about the skate-o-rama :D

@ultimateninjaboi 2 ай бұрын

gotta say. i like the format of a speedrunner taking a non-speedrunning fan/expert on the game through the run. really gives an interesting perspective on things

@novelezra 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely loving how experimental you are being with each video. Each time you do a new one, your framing device is entirely different and it makes things so much more exciting and engaging

@starryknight5555 2 ай бұрын

Getting reactions from veteran players who aren't into speedrunning is so cool

@MonochromeWench 2 ай бұрын

So many OOB glitches in super computer section of the game seems to me like symptoms of a game rushed to market. Next thing i'd expect is a glitch to get past the lasers without using the keypad

@timothymclean 2 ай бұрын

According to the developers, it's really hard to program a game in that engine without some OOB glitches. And some of those OOBs require setup that the QA testers wouldn't have ever considered. I'm mostly curious what spaghetti code powers their collision detection.

@Renk1 2 ай бұрын

Your laser bit was funny to me, as I use lasers in my work on humans. And no, none have been killed by them.

@kasocool2812 2 ай бұрын

"....yet" as lightning strikes outside and you begin to laugh maniacally

@morbid.curiosity 2 ай бұрын

My day has been made. I am addicted to these adventure game videos

@danmanx2 2 ай бұрын

Great video Oneshorteye. I'm still waiting for somebody to find the HOLY KQ3 ship skip. (If that's even possible.)

@daffers2345 2 ай бұрын

That's indeed the Holy Grail of Sierra skips, and about as legendary. It'd be even better than the Hermit skip in KQV. Maybe someday ...

@polygon586 2 ай бұрын

The closest we've come is a way to set the wait timer to zero; but unfortunately that just means it never expires at all.

@asterionarts7490 2 ай бұрын

The familiar cyborg thumbnail awakened some unpleasant childhood memories in me. 😆

@Kyezoar 2 ай бұрын

YEAHH!!! Always so pumped to see another video from ya!

@ICountFrom0 Ай бұрын

I would say the person who died from putting his head into a particle accelerator stream counts as a laser, just not one in the visible range. And thus, a deadly invisible laser, like in the game.

@idontwantahandlethough 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video as per usual man! Really appreciate the work you do. I've literally never played a single game you've talked about on the channel, but it's fascinating nonetheless 🤗

@Zevirem 2 ай бұрын

Of course Santa has a crazy grindset. Have you seen what he does in a single day?

@neolynxer 2 ай бұрын

You really do make me watch the ad with all your jokes.

@krillianlastrange4886 2 ай бұрын

This is a crossover that I didn't expect, but I should have.

@menhirmike 2 ай бұрын

0:18 I was so hoping for the video to show the CGA version while you said “supposed to look”

@wildkinraccoon37 2 ай бұрын

fun fact The 8-bit game "How to be a Complete Ba*stard" from 1987 has a computer in one of the rooms that is you reset it kicks you from the game back to computers Basic - predates the kick to dos in this game by 4 years but is every bit as cruel XD

@patrickjanecke5894 2 ай бұрын

If you walk through the path of an industrial laser used for cutting through thick steel, you're going to have a bad time.

@cecinepasunme 2 ай бұрын

I love how you're starting to have more fun with your videos!

@LemmingRuns 2 ай бұрын

War Thunder tanks can just plow through walls like they're made of paper? Wow nice SQ4 reference.

@bloopscrusts5390 2 ай бұрын

Wow! It always blows my mind how easily broken these point-and-clicks are if you try to bend them a little bit. The fact that the fence just has a big old gap in it that nobody noticed is too funny!

@Hapkumdo 2 ай бұрын

Awesome - I'm always so stoked, when you upload :D

@GoulartGH 2 ай бұрын

ooh, am I lucky; few weeks ago I was wondering how the newer WRs skipped pretty much everything, and now I see that this video is up. great content as usual!

@mox3909 2 ай бұрын

Cool format having the guest on

@mostlyghostey 2 ай бұрын

Everytime you post Im delighted to see what weird speedrun tech you've dug up. I might even be more excited than when summoning salt posts.

@SeanNH94 2 ай бұрын

you should ask Styropyro about lasers that can kill 💀

@NormalPersonCommenting 2 ай бұрын

That dude is going to rule the post-apocalypse with actual laser turrets

@PensiveGoatRuns 2 ай бұрын

I like the Silving Lining reference and the integer overflow visualization!

@mangs856 2 ай бұрын

Wow. Truly impressive. Thanks for showing this off!

@-sk8-437 2 ай бұрын

That rabbit hole montage was very enjoyable.

@snabbott 2 ай бұрын

Flushing trhe SQIV icon is one of the funniest things ever.

@jonerikson5925 2 ай бұрын

ShortEye randomly going down the laser rabbit hole while making the video.

@brittislove 2 ай бұрын

welcome back OneShortEye! It's gonna be a great day, there's a new video!

@Jieuns_Flori 2 ай бұрын

Its time to get Santa a gift of a new pc

@GlichCentral 2 ай бұрын

“Can you die to your own commander damage” is a surprising result to see so high up.

@EdmondDantes224 2 ай бұрын

When they called this game "Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers," I don't think they intended that to mean *the players.*

@hughmarshall3299 2 ай бұрын

12:47 GIRL IN THE TOWER I'M REACHING OUT PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO

@ultimapower6950 29 күн бұрын

Uhhh Idk…. Wolt Nara Kousuru!!!! (With Wolt You Can Do THIS!!!)

@whadadufus 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Keep up the good work.

@DavidKraftIshihama 2 ай бұрын

I guess Roger is only tearing the fabric of space, not time.

@AdriftForWeeks 2 ай бұрын

Always nice to see SQH

@rtyuik7 2 ай бұрын

1:28 - 1:43 -- i dig the 'censor sound' choice

@citroenboter 26 күн бұрын

Aw man I used to play this as a kid and definitely needed a guide often. This game is just incredibly difficult.

@Chronoteeth 2 ай бұрын

i know its not your usual MO, but, I adored your robin hood video! I like hearing about weird point and click games a lot, but I know your usual is speedrunning history, but it doesnt have that much of a pull/hook I feel.

@scottn322 2 ай бұрын

Yay! As a kid this was the first real point and click game I ever played, if you don't count the barely remembered Monkey Island I played at school. I think. But SQIV... man I love this game and have been wondering if you would talk about it.

@horusreloaded6387 2 ай бұрын

Wtching SQH again is a nice feeling. Charming and fun as allways

@IainShepherd1 2 ай бұрын

This game had a stunning art style, has aged beautifully

@mjc0961 2 ай бұрын

It feels wrong to me when framerules are brought up and nobody says "it's like a bus" Curse you Super Mario Bros speed running 😅

@jasonblalock4429 2 ай бұрын

7:20 OK, so... runners play on the older floppy version of the game, to exploit a bug that lets them skip 90% of the game. But *saving time by turning the sound off?!?* Well, that's just dirty pool, old chap! We have standards! 🤣🤣🤣 (Yes, I watched to the end of the video. But in context, that was funny.)

@NeonNijahn Ай бұрын

So many osha violations. No railings anywhere.

@hawkticus_history_corner 2 ай бұрын

I love how people are still finding stuff to break in this game

@LordZordid 2 ай бұрын

There you are getting high on speedrunning and suddenly the drug enforcement agency is bustin' down the door!

@blacksun3185 2 ай бұрын

I absolutely love these videos.

@Malcontentmatt 2 ай бұрын

Love this collab

@GizmoJuggler 2 ай бұрын

This was captivating till the end, and I'm not sure why :D

@Walczyk 2 ай бұрын

SQ4 lol, I just remember dying in the streets over and over

@JacoDeltaco 2 ай бұрын

Yes it awlays a good day when it you upload honestly you are one of the best your video are as good as Summoning Salt In my opinons

@angel30382 2 ай бұрын

HECK YEAH new King's quest video just dropped!!!

@onceuponatimeonearth 2 ай бұрын

Sweet, I'll be watching this tonight!

@Walczyk 2 ай бұрын

3:43 bro!! you look like the main character from Reanimator!!! I love that actor. You will totally see it lol if you see the movie lol.

@atimholt 26 күн бұрын

Wait, time machine works on your second random code input? That doesn't match my memory: We hammered in random codes for hours, finding some easter eggs, and then finally found the way forward by tapping one key near the middle of the pad over and over.