Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon was designed by Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe, the “Two Guys from Andromeda,” and released by Sierra On-Line in March 1989. Following the events of the second game, Roger Wilco drifts through space, deep asleep in an escape pod. The pod is picked up by a garbage scow and Roger is jostled awake. Meanwhile, a deadly android seeks to terminate Roger over an unpaid debt.
The Macintosh version of Space Quest III is a bit unusual in that it’s drawn at a slightly higher resolution than the DOS version, to mixed success. Very few of Sierra’s games from this time period were brought to the Mac, so I was quite happy to play it in any form at the time.
- Space Quest 1+2+3 on GOG
Windows only, but works with ScummVM and DOSBox on other platforms. - Space Quest III on MobyGames
- Space Quest III on Wikipedia
- Space Quest III on The Sierra Chest
- Two Guys from Andromeda
Part 1
Happy Friday! Let’s play a weird version of Space Quest 3, one of my favorite Sierra games! (Yes it’s the Mac version.) It’s slightly higher resolution than the DOS version, and that’s not always good! The game is still great though, in 16 beautiful colors.