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Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

by Sierra On-Line·published by Sierra On-Line

1 March 1989T19
PCDOSAmigaAtari STMac

Reader score

7.9/ 10

131 votes

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About

Narrowly escaping the events of Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge, Roger Wilco's escape pod floats through space. As just another metallic item of junk, it's soon picked up by an interstellar garbage hauler. Waking up in a pile of trash, quite familiar for this janitor-turned-hero, Roger Wilco must somehow escape. Once given access to the rest of the galaxy, he'll soon find himself having to avoid a collections cyborg for payments overdue, dealing with the corporate prison of software company Scummsoft, and having to digest the greasy food from the galaxy's finest hamburger joint.

Space Quest 3 is a graphical adventure. The mouse is functional for movement and inventory access, however the game primarily relies on a text parser for specific commands and manipulation of objects on screen. In addition to the regular gameplay, there are also various mini-games, such as a simple non-scrolling arcade game Astro Chicken, as well as a radar screen representation for ship-to-ship space combat.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Third person

Engine

SCI0

Included in

Space Quest CollectionSpace Quest 1+2+3

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

3.5" Floppy Disk, 5.25" Floppy Disk

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse

Controller Types Supported

Analog Joystick

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel 8088 / 8086

Min. OS Class Required

PC/MS-DOS 2.1

Min. RAM Required

512 KB

Video Modes Supported

CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy / PCjr, VGA

Sound Devices Supported

Adlib, Game Blaster (CMS), Generic MPU-401 MIDI devices, IBM Music Feature Card, PC Speaker, Roland MT-32 (and LAPC-I), Sound Blaster, Tandy / PCjr, Tandy DAC (TL/SL)

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Also known as

SQ3 — Common abbreviated / informal title

Space Quest 3 — Short title

Space Quest III: Die Piraten von Pestulon — German title

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Facts

Released

1 March 1989

Platforms

PCDOSAmigaAtari STMac

Age ratings

ESRBT

Standing

Top 37% by visits

Tags

Side viewFixed / flip-screenGraphic adventurePuzzle elementsPoint and selectText parserSci-fi / futuristicComedy