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Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

1 March 19897.9/ 10 · 131 votesT6

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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

Languages (1)

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)

Box art

Also known as

SQ3Common abbreviated / informal title

Space Quest 3Short title

Space Quest III: Die Piraten von PestulonGerman title

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Facts

Released

1 March 1989

Series

Space Quest

Platforms

PCDOSAmigaAtari STMac

Age ratings

ESRBT

Standing

Top 37% by visits

Tags

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