Space Quest is a very famous adventure-series made by Sierra. Instead of a stallward hero you have to deal with space-janitor Roger Wilco to master the adventures. The first installment, "The Sarien Encounter", starts off right as the spaceship Roger is on duty on is being raided and the important star generator is stolen by the evil Sariens.
Several years after the original release, Sierra had a remake programmed that was up-to-date to 1991's technology, including VGA-graphics, sound and mouse-controls. The re-release did get some problems, though, just like the original...