Space Quest 4
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       At the Big and Tall store at the Galaxy Galleria, you can occasionally
spot a guy rummaging around, occasionally pulling out a pair of red shorts.
This is Bob Andrews, former Sierra OnLine programmer.

       The games at the software store are all parodies of other games. Here's
a list of the parodied games:
 "Boom" by Morrie Brianarty is a parody of "Loom" by Brian Moriarty.
 "It came for Dessert" is a parody of "It came from the Desert".
 "Defender of the Crown Rib Roast" is a parody of "Defender of the Crown".
 "Where in the World is Hymie Lipshitz (and who really cares)" is of course a
parody on "Where in the World is Carmen Santiego".
 "Sim Sim" from MaxThis is a parody on the Sim games from Maxis.
 "Cluck Egger" lets you design a chicken and fly it over barnyard scenery.
This is a parody on the flight simulator "Chuck Yeager".

       Leisure Suit Larry is mentioned on the recording in Xenon's sewer
control room.

       When you're in the pterodactyl's nest on Estros, you can see something
streak across the sky. This is in fact King Graham being carried by a condor
(from King's Quest 1).

       Luke Skywalker's little red speeder is disguised as the crashed
hovercraft on the Xenon streets.

       The Quest for Glory, Space Quest, King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry
theme music is occasionally played in the Software Store at the Galaxy
Galleria, made out to sound like a PC internal speaker.

       Cedric, the owl from King's Quest 5 has an appearance in the Ms. Astro
Chicken game at the Galaxy Galleria's Arcade.

       The trash can in the Galleria's Arcade is one of the agents from "Get
Smart". Try talking to it, you'll see what I mean!

       During your visit to Ulence Flats, the Blues Brothers appear on stage
at the bar, since they also appear in SQ1.

       There's a secret time code in the game that takes you to Ortega (SQ3).
It's simple: type in the top row left to right, then type in the leftmost
symbol in the second row.

       The robots in the SuperComputer are the Imperial ProBots from the Star
Wars movies.

       In the Control room of the SuperComputer, two programs immediately
come to mind: King's Quest and Leisure Suit Larry.

       The Latex Babes of Estros might be a parody of the Leather Goddesses of
Phobos.

       If you smell the back of Droids-B-Us at Ulence Flats, the game says:
"Smells like another lawsuit coming back to haunt the Two Guys from
Andromeda". The reason?? Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe got sued by Toys-R-Us for
putting Droids-B-Us in SQ1.

       When you first visit the Software Store at the Galaxy Galleria, the
bouncer will tell you that the Two Geeks From Andromeda are in there, signing
copies of their latest release.

       Josh Mandel is disguised as Hymie Lipschitz on the software parody box.

       An Eveready Energizer bunny appears on the Xenon streets.

       It's possible to talk to the ingredients in the Monolith Burger arcade
sequence. Also try smelling or tasting 'em.

       On the destroyed streets of Xenon, if you click the tongue on the dome
in the background, the game says: "The only way your tongue would reach that
far was if you were in a Leisure Suit Larry game!"

       One of the questions in the (fake) hintbook read "I can't find the
one-armed man anywhere." The answer is given as, "Ask Bob". This is a
reference to Twin Peaks.

       The subtitle for Ms. Astro Chicken ("Flight of the Pullet) is a poke at
Spectrum Holobyte's "Flight of the Intruder".

       The Super Computer's hard disk contains King's Quest XLIII and Leisure
Suit Larry IV.

       In the Ms. Astro Chicken game at the Galaxy Galleria, you can sometimes
see a plane fly by with an advertisement for Media Vision.

       The Latex Babes' balance on the ATM machine is 2001. Coincidence?
(submitted by Mark Stogner)

       The music in the sequence where you fight the slug on Estros might be
from one of the Captain Kirk fight scenes from Star Trek. (submitted by Mark
Stogner)