Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon, the third game in Sierra Entertainment's Space Quest series. In this game Roger Wilco discovers the sinister activities of a video game company known as ScumSoft run by the "Pirates of Pestulon".

The game uses the SCI0 adventure game engine that also powered Leisure Suit Larry 2 and 3, Kings Quest 4, and more. This engine allows 320x200 pixels 16 color graphics, fluent cartoon animation and text parser + mouse control. The engine is also hailed for the ability to create 3D games, which meant the player could move their character around the screen and behind objects.

Thanks to this engine, Space Quest III has better graphics and cool music and sound effects. The locations in this game are fanciful and well developed. Combined with Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe's humor makes Space Quest III one of the best adventure games Sierra has ever made!

See also Comparison between CGA, EGA and VGA graphics if you're curious how Space Quest III looks in CGA.

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