Knowledgeable Sierra folks..

[troflip]

Weird question:
Can anyone think of a time in any of the Space Quest series where you get an inventory object from an alien?
(bonus points if the alien has the ability to teleport)

[lance.ewing]

SQ3?

Edit: Actually that might have been invisibility.
Edit 2: And it might have been a robot.   

[troflip]

Hmm, ok, that's not too bad. I wonder if I can do anything with that.

I'm trying to brainstorm some Easter Eggs for Cascade Quest. I was thinking maybe a character (or parody thereof) from a Sierra game could make a cameo and give you something. I was imagining something like an alien from Space Quest teleporting next to you, asking if your name is Roger... and then gradually realizing that he's in the wrong game, and beaming away (embarrassed) - and perhaps leaving something with you.

Ideally, it would be something that was a bug in a Sierra game, and then referenced satirically in a sequel. I thought there was something like this, but I think I was thinking about the Ultima series. There was a talking horse character in Ultima 4 that was supposed to give you an important clue, but it was left out due to a programming bug. In Ultima 5, the talking horse was there again, and as a joke he gave you the important clue for the previous game.

I dunno if I'm making any sense, haha. But if anyone has any ideas for "Easter egg" cameos, post them here?

[troflip]

Or I guess it could be a character apologizing for a particularly nefarious "you forgot to pick up this item you need at the end of the game", e.g. https://www.gamefaqs.com/top10/2620-the-top-10-dead-ends-in-sierra-games-spoilers

(ideally an alien or wizard or something, so it would make sense that they teleport in and out)

[lskovlun]

There is the robot that gives you the gun in SQ1... whose coding had a bug that has been described elsewhere on this forum:
http://sciprogramming.com/community/index.php?topic=1601.msg9017#msg9017