Star Control 3

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Description

Since the events in Star Control 2 the Ur-Quan have been pacified and the captain who bravely destroyed the Sa-Matra has had a horrible vision of the future. Suddenly without warning, all Hyperspace travel in the universe has stopped. Top scientists have pinpointed the cause of this disturbance somewhere in unexplored space in an area known as the Kessari Quadrant. Hastily assembling a fleet of ships as and an untested Precusor star drive... a loose alliance of alien races known as The League of Sentient Races sends a task force to the Kessari Quadrant. You are its commander.

Star Control 3 features a new 3D star map, new alien races to discover, new worlds to explore and colonize, new artifacts to research and a new isometric Hyper Melee battle system for inter-starship battles.

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Alternate Titles

• "Star Control: The Kessari Quadrant" -- Stardock reissue on GOG.com
• "Star Control: Kessari Quadrant" -- Stardock reissue on Steam

Part of the Following Group

• Star Control series

User Reviews

Much better than everyone wants to make you believe	DOS	vulture (17)
A half-decent game that tends to be more tedious that entertaining.	DOS	Kevin Olson (8)
An exceprt from the SC3 staff meeting...	DOS	Vance (101)
Enraging on every level	DOS	APFelon (21)
Cut SC3 some slack!	DOS	Vaelor (381)
Horrible. Simply is.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4645)
A good game of diplomacy	DOS	lucian (40)
Simply terrible.	DOS	WizardX (117)
Great adventure, fascinating story - poor strategy part	DOS	Wimp (81)
Not a bad game, if you judge it on it's own merits.	DOS	Marrsy (58)

Critic Reviews

PC Games	DOS	Dec, 1996	A-	91
GameSpot	DOS	Oct 03, 1996	9 out of 10	90
Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Feb 01, 1997	83 out of 100	83
Power Play	DOS	Nov, 1996	81 out of 100	81
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Dec, 1996		80
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	DOS	1996		80
PC Games (Germany)	DOS	Nov, 1996	78 out of 100	78
PC Joker	DOS	Dec, 1996	62 out of 100	62
Mac Addict	Macintosh	Aug, 1998		60
Mac Game Gate	Macintosh	1998		20

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

Star Control 3 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Novel

A novel titled Star Control: Interbellum was published by Prima and written by author W. T. Quick. The book supposedly contains story and events that takes place between Star Control 2 and Star Control 3... however the popular opinion is that the author has never played or was ever given the plot to either game. Also the player character of both games is given a name for the novel, "Commander Omega".

Screenshot capturing technique

This game will dump a screenshot to a .PCX file if you hit PRTSC during gameplay.

Star Control III

Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III owned the character rights to the various alien races, Accolade owned the Star Control copyright. When the original creators declined to make the new sequel, Accolade gave them an ultimatum; sell the character rights or part three would be made with entirely new characters, no continuity involved whatsoever. The creators decided to make some final money off of their creations. A side note to this is that none of the original artists involved with Star Control II were even approached to work on Star Control III.

Information also contributed by Aaron Grier, Vance, and WildKard

Related Web Sites

• The Pages of Now and Forever (This site could perhaps be called the heart of the Star Control fan movement on the 'net.)