Dilandau3000 plays Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter (VGA) - Part 5 of 17

Now it's time to explore the desert...where everything wants to kill you.

Kerona Desert

Map (by Will Mallia)

Manual

The bad news is, your pod has crashed. The good news is, there's no more detonation timer.

From here, you might as well head east. Before you move to the next screen, a big blue worm will pop out of the ground. If you go in any direction you shouldn't, this thing will eat you. You will die.

To the east of the pod, you will see a skeleton of some sort of creature. Move south, and you will see some purple plants. Take some; Roger will take some leaves. They'll be sticky, but they'll be useful. If you use the smell icon on the plant, you'll find out it is a Polymoss Shrub.

South from the plants is what looks like foot bones as well as another plant. You'll see these plants as you explore around the skeleton. East of that screen, there is a chance that an orb will fall onto the ground from out of nowhere as you move around. It will grow legs, and Roger will immediately recognize it as a Sarien Spider Droid sent after him to make sure Roger is dealt with...permanently. If this thing gets too close, it will blow up and take you with it. To avoid it, go one screen east. This will allow you to get on the skeleton, where the droid cannot reach you.

Follow the path, which looks like the spine of a worm-like creature. Be careful as you go, as there is a crack. When you step on the cracked spinal disc, the cracks will get worse, and if you walk on it one too many times, it will break and you will fall along with it. You can also make the game unwinnable this way, too, so keep walking along the spine. At the end, there is a sign. If you approach it, you will fall down a trap door and end up in what looks like an underground cave.