DOS Days

Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge

Released: 1987
Published by: Sierra Online, Inc.
Developed by: Sierra Online, Inc.
Author(s): Mark Crowe, Scott Murphy, Jeff Stephenson, Chris Iden, Robert Heitman



System Requirements

System Requirements 8088/8086 CPU, 256 KB RAM, DOS 2.0.
Graphics support for Hercules, Tandy/PCjr, CGA, Composite CGA, EGA and MCGA/VGA
Audio support for PC Speaker and Tandy/PCjr only.
Joystick optional.
Original Media Three 5.25" 360 KB (DS/DD) floppy disks or Two 3.5" 720 KB (DS/DD) floppy disks.
Installed Size 1.3 MB


Introduction

After his encounter with Sludge Vohaul in Space Quest I, our intrepid space janitor is back in action to foil Vohaul's evil plan to infest the planet Xenon with door-to-door insurance salesmen.


From where can it be run?

The game can be run from floppy disks or installed to your hard disk (recommended). To install to a hard disk, insert Disk 1 into your floppy drive and run INSTALLH.BAT C:

If you are playing the game from floppy disk, it is recommended you have a formatted save game disk handy to allow you to save the game.

Game Audio/Video

Game Audio:

Game Introduction (video):

How to Setup

There is no setup utility with this game. It automatically detects if you are running on a Tandy or IBM PCjr and will play Tandy 3-voice audio if detected.

 

Copy Protection

There is no direct copy protection to play the game, but the user manual is necessary when going through the story.


To Start the Game

If running the game from floppy disk, insert disk 1, type SIERRA and press ENTER. If running the game after installing to your hard disk, go to the game directory and run SQ2.BAT.

 

Problems

Issue:
Cause:
Resolution:

 


To Quit the Game

Press Ctrl-Q in-game and hit Enter to return to DOS.

 


Supporting Documents

Here are the original documents that came with the game:


Save Games

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Versions of the game known to exist

Version Date Comments
2.0D March 1988 Uses AGI interpreter version 2.936.
Installer is a batch file called INSTALLH.BAT. No other setup utility.


Patches

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Original Floppy Disk Contents

The floppy disks have a specific volume label: 'SQ2 DISK 1', 'SQ2 DISK 2' and 'SQ3 DISK 3'

Disk 1 of 2 (3.5" 720 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\     
INSTALLH BAT         1,247 03-18-88   9:50a
_INSTALL BAT 1,010 03-18-88 9:51a
SIERRA COM 3,121 03-18-88 9:51a
AGI 39,424 03-18-88 9:51a
AGIDATA OVL 8,192 03-15-88 3:57p
CGA_GRAF OVL 1,024 03-15-88 3:56p
JR_GRAF OVL 512 03-15-88 3:56p
EGA_GRAF OVL 1,024 03-15-88 3:56p
HGC_GRAF OVL 1,536 03-15-88 3:56p
VG_GRAF OVL 512 03-15-88 3:56p
IBM_OBJS OVL 512 03-15-88 3:56p
HGC_OBJS OVL 1,024 03-15-88 3:56p
MAKEPATH COM 74 04-22-87 12:05p
HGC_FONT 3,072 01-26-87 3:47p
_SQ2 BAT 38 10-08-87 9:26a
OBJECT 331 10-15-87 9:48a
WORDS TOK 6,828 11-02-87 9:07a
PICDIR 444 03-14-88 8:18a
LOGDIR 426 03-14-88 8:18a
VIEWDIR 720 03-14-88 8:18a
SNDDIR 210 03-14-88 8:18a
VOL 0 70,309 03-14-88 8:16a
VOL 1 161,310 03-14-88 8:17a
SQ203248 QA 18 01-01-80 8:40a
24 file(s) 302,918 bytes
402,432 bytes free

 

Disk 2 of 2 (3.5" 720 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\
OBJECT                 331 10-15-87   9:48a
VOL 0 70,309 03-14-88 8:16a
VOL 3 13 01-08-88 3:12p
VOL 2 411,581 03-14-88 8:18a
SQ203248 QA 18 01-01-80 8:40a
5 file(s) 482,252 bytes
244,736 bytes free

Disk 1 of 3 (5.25" 360 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\     
AGI                      39,424 18-03-1988  9:59
AGIDATA OVL 8,192 15-03-1988 15:57
CGA_GRAF OVL 1,024 15-03-1988 15:56
CPC COM 8,048 19-09-1985 16:47
EGA_GRAF OVL 1,024 15-03-1988 15:56
HGC_FONT 3,072 26-01-1987 15:47
HGC_GRAF OVL 1,536 15-03-1988 15:56
HGC_OBJS OVL 1,024 15-03-1988 15:56
IBM_OBJS OVL 512 15-03-1988 15:56
INSTALLH BAT 1,247 18-03-1988 9:59
JR_GRAF OVL 512 15-03-1988 15:56
LOGDIR 426 14-03-1988 8:19
MAKEPATH COM 74 22-04-1987 12:05
OBJECT 331 15-10-1987 9:48
PICDIR 444 14-03-1988 8:19
SIERRA COM 3,121 18-03-1988 9:59
SNDDIR 210 14-03-1988 8:19
SQ203248 QA 18 01-01-1980 8:40
VG_GRAF OVL 512 15-03-1988 15:56
VIEWDIR 720 14-03-1988 8:19
VOL 0 70,309 14-03-1988 8:19
VOL 1 161,310 14-03-1988 8:19
WORDS TOK 6,828 02-11-1987 9:07
_INSTALL BAT 1,010 18-03-1988 9:59
_SQ2 BAT 38 08-10-1987 9:26
25 File(s) 310,966 Bytes

 

Disk 2 of 3 (5.25" 360 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\
OBJECT                      331 15-10-1987  9:48
SQ203248 QA 18 01-01-1980 8:40
VOL 0 70,309 14-03-1988 8:19
VOL 2 215,534 14-03-1988 8:19
4 File(s) 286,192 Bytes

Disk 3 of 3 (5.25" 360 KB DS/DD):

Directory of A:\
OBJECT                      331 15-10-1987  9:48
SQ203248 QA 18 01-01-1980 8:40
VOL 0 70,309 14-03-1988 8:19
VOL 3 196,056 14-03-1988 8:19
4 File(s) 266,714 Bytes