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Star Control
''Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV'' is an action-strategy video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. It was originally released for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1990, followed by ports for the Sega Genesis and additional platforms in 1991. The story is set during an interstellar war between two space alien factions, with humanity joining the Alliance of Free Stars to defeat the invading Ur-Quan Hierarchy. Players can choose to play as either faction, each with seven different alien starships which are used during the game's combat and strategy sections. The game was created by designer-artist Paul Reiche III and programmer-engineer Fred Ford. Initially, the concept was based on the space combat seen in ''Spacewar!'' (1962), combined with the action-strategy gameplay seen in '' Archon: The Light and the Dark'' (1983). The alternate title, ''StarCon'', was a play on words referring to Reiche's prior work on ''Archon,'' adapted into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Control 3
''Star Control 3'' is a 1996 action-adventure game developed by Legend Entertainment and Video game publisher, published by Accolade, Inc., Accolade. The third installment in the ''Star Control'' trilogy, the game was released for MS-DOS in 1996 and Classic Mac OS, Mac OS in 1998. The story takes place after ''Star Control II'', beginning with a disaster that disrupts Faster-than-light, superluminal travel through hyperspace. This leads the player to investigate a new quadrant of space, joined by allied aliens from the previous games. The game features a Single-player video game, single-player campaign that is similar to the previous installment, combining space exploration, alien Dialogue tree, dialogue, and Space warfare in science fiction, ship-to-ship combat. As a mainstay of the series, the player engages in Top-down perspective, top-down battles between starships with unique abilities. In contrast to ''Star Control II'', hyperspace flight is replaced with instantaneous fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Control II
''Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters'' is a 1992 adventure shoot 'em up video game developed by Toys for Bob ( Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III) and originally published by Accolade in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game is a direct sequel to ''Star Control'', and includes exoplanet-abundant star systems, hyperspace travel, extraterrestrial life, and interstellar diplomacy. There are 25 alien races with which communication is possible. Released to critical acclaim, ''Star Control II'' is widely viewed today as one of the greatest PC games ever made. It has appeared on lists of the greatest video games of all time. The game was ported to 3DO by Crystal Dynamics in 1994 with an enhanced multimedia presentation. The source code of the 3DO port was licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later in 2002, the game content under CC-BY-NC-SA-2.5. The 3DO source code was the basis of the open source game '' The Ur-Quan Masters''. A sequel, '' Star Control 3'', was released in 1996. Gameplay ''Star Control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |