Space Quest: The Sarien Encounter's original requirements:
- 8088 / 8086 or better CPU
- VGA/EGA/Tandy (16 colors) or CGA (4 colors) or Hercules (2 colors)
- 256KB RAM
- MS-DOS 2.11 or greater
- 1.5 MB Hard drive space
- Supports: Joystick, Hard Disk (Key Disk)