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Ur-Quan
The Ur-Quan are a Character (arts), fictional race of predatory Extraterrestrial life, alien caterpillars in the ''Star Control'' series of video games, created by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford (programmer), Fred Ford. Introduced in 1990, the Ur-Quan are the primary antagonist of the first game, leading a Science fiction, galactic empire that seeks to enslave Earth. They reprise their role in ''Star Control II'', which expands on their history as former slaves who since vowed to fiercely defend themselves. During the game, the Ur-Quan enter into a civil war over their ideology, giving Earth an opportunity to defeat them. In ''Star Control 3'', which was developed by a different team, the Ur-Quan ally with Earth against a different antagonist and their role is scaled back. They appear once again in ''The Ur-Quan Masters'', the 2002 open source remake of ''Star Control II.'' Reiche and Ford developed the Ur-Quan based on the concepts for unique Starship, spaceships in ''Star Contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ur-Quan Masters
''The Ur-Quan Masters'' is a 2002 open-source fangame modification, based on the Action-adventure game, action-adventure science fiction game ''Star Control II''. The original game was released for PCs in 1992 and ported to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer in 1994. It has been frequently mentioned among the List of video games considered the best, best games of all time, with additional praise for its writing, world design, character design, and music. After the ''Star Control II'' copyrights reverted to creators Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford (programmer), Fred Ford, they licensed their content to their fan community under the GNU General Public License, to keep their series in the public eye. The open-source development team remade the 3DO version as a port to modern operating systems, and allowed fan-made Video game modding, modifications to add improvements absent in the original release. Released under the title ''The Ur-Quan Masters'' (the Subtitle (titling), subtitle of th ... [...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] |
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] |
