Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

• "מסע בחלל III שודדי החלל של פסטלון" -- Hebrew spelling
• "SQ3" -- Common abbreviated / informal title
• "Space Quest III: Die Piraten von Pestulon" -- German title
• "Space Quest 3" -- Short title

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Sierra's Creative Interpreter (SCI)
• Space Quest series

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User Reviews

Not really the best of the series, but still pretty damn good!	DOS	Unicorn Lynx (132767)
Great game, but sadly falling short	DOS	Terry Callahan (44)
A beginning of a new era	DOS	B14ck W01f (37398)
4 hours worth of - get this, FOUR HOURS worth of fun	DOS	Alex Man (32)
Key SQ entry, one of the very best in the series	DOS	Jayson Firestorm (153)
Representative of a lost era-one of the best	DOS	Stephen Atkinz (7)
Best Space Quest of the series! Roger Wilco at his best!	DOS	OlSkool_Gamer (99)
Not quite the classic it's remembered as	DOS	Colin Rowsell (45)
Roger's back, with a vengeance	DOS	Olivier Masse (421)
The first graphic adventure I played	DOS	Isdaron (675)

The Press Says

Just Adventure	DOS	2000	A-	91
Génération 4	DOS	Jun, 1989	90 out of 100	90
CU Amiga	Amiga	Oct, 1989	87 out of 100	87
Zzap!	Amiga	Jun, 1990	82 out of 100	82
Power Play	DOS	Jun, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Techtite	DOS	2000		80
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Jan 11, 1999	4 out of 5	80
Amiga Joker	Amiga	Dec, 1989	75 out of 100	75
Adventure Gamers	DOS	Nov 06, 2009		70
Aventura y Cía	DOS	Aug 15, 2001		60

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Trivia

Very early on in the game, in fact on only the second screen you come to (depending in which direction you walk), there is a piece of metal that, if you try and pick it up, causes you to cut yourself open and bleed to death, without any warning what-so-ever! This classic over-the-top death seemed to be nodded too in the literature to several LucasArts releases, with wording along the lines of "we don't believe you should die every two minutes for merely trying to pick up an object".