Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers walkthrough

About this walkthrough

This is a complete walkthrough for Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers.

Using this walkthrough will get you through the game with the least amount of time and wandering around, but may spoil the game and fun of exploring.

Items which can be picked up as inventory items and items which can be constructed by combining or using other items are written with bold text for emphasis.

Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

- Watch the opening cutscene.

Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II

- After the cutscene, go east.
- Take the rope.
- Go west, and then again west.
- Interact with the crashed hovercraft. Open the glove box to get a PocketPal(tm).
- Go north.
- Stand behind the pillar. To get maximum points in the game, you need to have Droid-O-Death to pass you at least once.
- Use the rope on the ground.
- Wait for the bunny to walk on the rope, and then use the hand icon on it to get the bunny.

Getting the bunny.
- Look at the corroding battle machine.
- Take the unstable ordnance.
- Put the unstable ordnance back in the corroding battle machine.

- Go east, and then again east.
- Open the sewer grate to enter the sewer maintenance office.
- Take an empty jar from the table.
- Move the desk blotter to trigger a hologram.
- Turn the round handle (that provides no description when trying inspect it) on the wall to open the door to sewer maze.

Location of the handle.
- Enter the maze.

- Go north, and then keep going west as far as you can.
- Go south until you see a ladder and an intersection.
- Go to the intersection, but don't proceed further. Wait for the green slime to come after you.
- When the green slime comes, use the jar to get a jar of green acid.

Getting the acid.
- Immediately after it, climb the ladder.
- Watch how the Sequel Police arrives.

- When the path is clear, go to the street.
- Go east.
- Enter the shuttle through the landing gear, but don't use the front gear or you will get killed.
- Watch the cutscene.
- After the cutscene, go west.
- Enter the time pod.
- In the time pod, look at the display and memorise its content.
- Use the code that came with the manual to activate it. If you are playing a later version with no copy protection, just hit any buttons six times and then enter.

Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros

- Push the button to exit the time pod.
- Go west. From there go south, and keep walking around until a large flying creature captures you.
- After the cutscene, search the dead Sequel Police to get a wad of used chewing gum.
- Interact with the wad of used chewing gum to open it. Just make a mental note of possessing that for now.
- Climb out of the nest through the small hole.

- After being surrounded by the latex babes, enter the submarine.
- Watch the cutscene.
- After the cutscene your restraints will open. Immediately push the button on the chair.
- Pick up an oxygen tank.
- Shove the oxygen tank down the sea slug's throat.

Killing the sea slug.
- Watch the cutscene.

- After the cutscene you are in the shopping mall Galaxy Galleria, don't try to exit the shopping mall as there are invisible Sequel Police there. The shopping mall has a circular ring, so going either left or right will eventually bring you to where ever you want to go.
- Pick up an ATM card from the ground.
- Go to the ATM machine next to the software store. (You can't enter the software store because of the crowd.)
- Try to use the ATM card in the ATM machine.
- Go to BIG and Tall clothing store.
- Talk to the automated sales clerk to buy new trousers and boots.
- Give buckazoids to sales clerk.

- Go back to the software store.
- Search the bargain bin until you find a Space Quest IV hint book, take it.
- Give buckazoids to clerk.
- Go to Monolith Burger.
- Talk the manager twice to get a job. The job is a minigame, which can be omitted, however, in order to get full points in the game it must be played. If you ever run out of money in the shopping mall, you can always get more in this minigame, although only few buckazoids at the time. The minigame is easier if you slow down the game speed.
- After you get fired, go to the shopping mall entrance to pick up the cigar that the manager throws at you.

- Go to Sacks dress shoppe.
- Talk to the clerk.
- Give buckazoids to clerk.
- Go back to the ATM machine.
- Use the ATM card in the ATM machine.
- Withdraw funds, clean it out.
- Go back to Sacks dress shoppe, go to the dressing room and change back to your usual clothes.

- Go to the game arcade.
- Enter through the left door.
- If you wish, you can play Ms. Astro Chicken, which is a minigame. It is not needed to complete Space Quest IV, and it doesn't give any points either, but it's available at the arcade.
- Walk around the arcade machines to the other side of the room. The Sequel Police will arrive. Immediately after they arrive, leave the game arcade through the right side door.

In the arcade with the Sequel Police.
- Go to Skate-O-Rama, but be sure not to go to the main entrance of the shopping mall, as the Sequel Police is there. Walk right from the game arcade, and enter Skate-O-Rama using the stairs in front of Hz. So Good store (Radio Shock in some versions of the game).
- At Skate-O-Rama, get the Sequel Police to follow you by "swimming" up to the roof, and then immediately come back down and try to exit the area before getting shot. The best approach is to enter from where stated earlier, then go right up, and from there come down and go left, which leads near the game arcade.
- Go back to the game arcade.
- Read the Space Quest IV hint book, page four about where to go with time pods.

Space Quest IV hint book.
- Check the wad of used chewing gum to complete the destination code.
- Enter the time pod.
- In the time pod, look at the display and memorise its content.
- Use the code you just acquired to go to the next destination.

Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter

- Push the button to exit the time pod.
- Go south.
- Enter the bar. Try to walk across the room or interact with the biker gang.
- After having been throw out of the bar, push the sand bikes outside the bar.
- Watch the cutscene.
- After the cutscene go back to the bar, walk east and avoid the bikers who are out to kill you. The best way to clear the bikers is to stop when you hear the sound of an incoming vehicle, and at the very last moment click to the side to avoid it. Clicking too early will give bikers time to hit you.
- Enter the bar.
- Take a book of matches from the bar desk.

Location of matches.
- Exit the bar.
- Go north.
- Enter the time pod, but be aware that you will be attacked by the bikers again. Avoid them just like last time.
- Use the code that you memorised in the beginning, which will take you back to Space Quest XII.

Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II

- Push the button to exit the time pod.
- Go east, and then again east.
- Use the jar of green acid on the door.
- Open the door.
- Use the book of matches to light the cigar.
- After the lasers are visible, use the terminal on the wall to rotate them into upright position, so that you can pass through. The number you enter is how many degrees the laser will spin clockwise. Getting them close enough to right positions will allow you to pass through unharmed, but in order to get maximum points, you need to find the exactly correct positions.

Lasers repositioned.
- Walk forward after getting the lasers right.

- After you exit the tube with lasers, stop and don't go further. Wait for the guard robot to arrive, and just when it is about to turn in the intersection, go back into the tube to get away from it.
- Wait a couple of seconds, and then go back. If you successfully distracted the guard robot, it should be seen going north now, leaving the platform to west available.
- Go to the computer plugin terminal, and look at how the socket looks like and memorise it.

Checking the socket type.
- Return to the time pod.
- Use the code that you memorised in the game arcade to take you back to Space Quest X.

Space Quest X: Latex Babes of Estros

- Push the button to exit the time pod.
- Go to Hz. So Good store (Radio Shock in some versions of the game).
- Browse the catalogue, and buy PocketPal Connector. Make sure to get the model that corresonds to the plugin you saw in Space Quest XII.
- Return to the game arcade.
- Enter the time pod.
- Use the code that will take you back to Space Quest XII.

Space Quest XII: Vohaul's Revenge II

- Push the button to exit the time pod.
- Go east, and then again east.
- Walk through the tunnel.
- If you get the message about the guard robot, distract it like last time.
- Go west, and then again west in the maze.
- Before entering through an opening, stop in front of the computer plugin terminal.
- In the inventory, take a battery out of the bunny.
- Put the battery inside the PocketPal(tm).
- Use the PocketPal Connector with the PocketPal(tm).
- Use the PocketPal(tm) with the computer plugin terminal.

- Go through the opening to the west.
- Read the Space Quest IV hint book, page seven about what to do inside super computer.
- Use the terminal on the wall and enter the code from the hint book.

Entering the code.
- Go into the room that opens up.
- Use the computer to drag and drop the guard robot into toilet.
- Use the computer to drag and drop the brain into toilet.
- After the countdown begins, you have a limited time to finish the game, so it is advisable to save before proceeding further.

- Exit the computer.
- Keep going east, until you reach an intersection, from there go north.
- Keep going along the corridor until you come to a place with two set of stairs leading down. Use either one of them to go down.
- Keep going west, until you come to an elevator. Use the elevator to go on the upper level.
- Go north, and keep walking along the corridor until you come to a doorway leading to the final room where Vohaul is in the body of your son.

- Fight with Vohaul until you have the option to climb down the ladder to retrieve a fallen diskette.
- Use the diskette in the disk drive unit.
- Choose the following options: Disk Upload, Beam Upload.
- Doublecheck that Roger, Jr is selected, and not Vohaul which can happen if doing the previous step in reverse order. Choose: Beam Download.
- Watch the cutscenes and credits.

The game is finished!


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Time pod codes

Here you can find the codes for time pods to go from one game to another. This list does not contain the code for Space Quest X latex babes part, which can be reached by entering a random code in most game versions, and by checking the copy protection code from the game manual in some other versions.

Space Quest XII.	Space Quest XII.
Space Quest X (shopping mall).	Space Quest X (shopping mall).
Space Quest III.	Space Quest III.
Space Quest I.	Space Quest I.

Deaths

There are many ways to die in Sierra On-Line adventure games. Some players want to explore these, as Sierra used to have humorous deaths. For this game, here is a list of deaths. Note, this list may not be complete.

Get shot by the Sequel Police anywhere in the game.	Get shot by the Sequel Police anywhere in the game.
Get too close to a zombie.	Get too close to a zombie.
Get caught by Droid-O-Death.	Get caught by Droid-O-Death.
Go down to the sewer while carrying unstable ordnance.	Go down to the sewer while carrying unstable ordnance.
Fall into the hole near sewer entrance.	Fall into the hole near sewer entrance.
Get in contact with green slime.	Get in contact with green slime.
Enter the shuttle through frontal landing gear.	Enter the shuttle through frontal landing gear.
Fall off of a high place anywhere in the game.	Fall off of a high place anywhere in the game.
Try to run away from the latex babes and get shot.	Try to run away from the latex babes and get shot.
Get eaten by the sea slug.	Get eaten by the sea slug.
Leave the software store without paying.	Leave the software store without paying.
Bang the change machine twice.	Bang the change machine twice.
Walk into the force field too many times.	Walk into the force field too many times.
Lick the force field generator.	Lick the force field generator.
Get run over by the biker gang.	Get run over by the biker gang.
Step out of the time pod on Ortega (easter egg).	Step out of the time pod on Ortega (easter egg).
Walk into a laser beam.	Walk into a laser beam.
Get killed by a guard robot.	Get killed by a guard robot.
Enter a wrong code for the locked door.	Enter a wrong code for the locked door.
Delete Space Quest IV from the computer.	Delete Space Quest IV from the computer.
Try to leave the area after the countdown has started.	Try to leave the area after the countdown has started.
Go into the boss room before starting the formatting sequence.	Go into the boss room before starting the formatting sequence.
Upload Vohaul into Roger Jr's body.	Upload Vohaul into Roger Jr's body.
Fail to solve the final puzzle in available time.	Fail to solve the final puzzle in available time.