Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers

Space Quest 4: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers takes the series into the wonderfully chaotic territory of time travel. Released in 1991, it gleefully tosses Roger across multiple eras of his own franchise, meaning you’ll visit both past and future versions of the series—sometimes with the explicit goal of preventing Roger’s untimely death. The game looks significantly better thanks to VGA graphics, but don’t let the colorful scenery fool you: Sierra still delights in cruelly creative ways to end your adventure. The writing leans heavily into parody, poking fun at everything from adventure game clichés to its own earlier titles. It’s fast, clever, and packed with jokes that land with the smug confidence of developers who know exactly how ridiculous their space janitor hero really is.