Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon

Narrowly escaping the events of Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge, Roger Wilco's escape pod floats through space. As just another metallic item of junk, it's soon picked up by an interstellar garbage hauler. Waking up in a pile of trash, quite familiar for this janitor-turned-hero, Roger Wilco must somehow escape. Once given access to the rest of the galaxy, he'll soon find himself having to avoid a collections cyborg for payments overdue, dealing with the corporate prison of software company Scummsoft, and having to digest the greasy food from the galaxy's finest hamburger joint.

Preceded by Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge
Followed By Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers
Remade By Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Series Space Quest (3)
Added March 8, 2020
Published By Sierra On-Line
Developed By Sierra On-Line
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Extras (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Manual (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Media (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Spine/Sides (United States) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Front Cover (Israel) (DOS) from mobygames.com
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Media (United States) (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Media (Germany) (Amiga) from mobygames.com
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Media (France,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom) (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Manual (France,Germany,Italy,United Kingdom) (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Header Image (Windows) from Steam
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Old Cover Image
Title Screen (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Developers (DOS) from mobygames.com
Beam me up Roger! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Where am I? (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger Wilco in a big pile of garbage (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the elaborate death messages early in the game (DOS) from mobygames.com
The junkyard is the first and by far the largest area in the game. You explore every corner and bring up the menu (DOS) from mobygames.com
The game reacts to words it doesn't understand (DOS) from mobygames.com
Riding an elevator (DOS) from mobygames.com
A recurrent death screen - you feel off something (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger is driving a cool pod. He shouts... and that's what the game says to that (DOS) from mobygames.com
Yuck! Rats are staring at you!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The control panel of your spaceship (DOS) from mobygames.com
Scanning the galaxy and selecting the destination (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Terminator Arnoid is hunting you! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger encounters a giant snake on the planet of Phleebut (DOS) from mobygames.com
In front of the World O' Wonders (DOS) from mobygames.com
Chatting with Fester, who sells stuff to tourists (DOS) from mobygames.com
A dramatic full-screen scene with Arnoid!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Hmm, what are we doing now, Roger?.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
You suddenly feel craving for some space junk food! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Welcome to Monolith Burger! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Eating a meal at Monolith Burger. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The hilarious seller at Monolith Burger (DOS) from mobygames.com
You can actually see the menu at that place! (DOS) from mobygames.com
The famed Astro Chicken arcade game - title screen (DOS) from mobygames.com
Astro Chicken in progress (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger arrives on the volcano world of Ortega (DOS) from mobygames.com
Some equipment left behind by surveyors (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger finds himself in the midst of a huge machine complex (DOS) from mobygames.com
Such scenes appear when you travel from planet to planet (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger arrives at Scum Soft headquarters (DOS) from mobygames.com
Sneaking into ScumSoft using an invisibility belt. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Door of ScumSoft. (DOS) from mobygames.com
Extra large sprites for this hallway sequence (DOS) from mobygames.com
Infiltrating Scum Soft, disguised... as a janitor (DOS) from mobygames.com
Uh-oh... I didn't see this coming (DOS) from mobygames.com
Mini-game: giant mecha fight!.. (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Guys from Andromeda are discussing the game! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Nearing the end of the game. Fight in space! (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (CGA - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Starting your adventure in a garbage freighter. (CGA - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
There's an Acme rocket here. (CGA - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Developers (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Beam me up Roger! (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Where am I? (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger Wilco in a big pile of garbage (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the elaborate death messages early in the game (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 4 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Developers (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Beam me up Roger! (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Where am I? (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger Wilco in a big pile of garbage (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the elaborate death messages early in the game (CGA card with RGBI monitor - 2 color mode) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
The Developers (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Beam me up Roger! (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Where am I? (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Roger Wilco in a big pile of garbage (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
One of the elaborate death messages early in the game (Hercules card) (DOS) from mobygames.com
Title screen (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
The Two Guys from Andromeda (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Background (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Introduction (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Starting location (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Scrutinizing inventory (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Navigating with the environment through the text parser (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Spot the hidden exit! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
There's my ship, the Aluminum Mallard, amongst some very silly detritus (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Roger changes colours in the shade! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Going up! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
I've got to get off this conveyor belt (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Operating heavy machinery (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Look out, coming through! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
A typically sympathetic death message (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
You see a lot of these kinds of screens in a Sierra game, doubly so in Space Quest (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Blasting out of the freighter! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
At the controls of the Aluminum Mallard. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Arnoid wants to terminate us! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Weird rock formations on this alien world. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
It's Fester Blatz - and he runs a shady tourist trap. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Haggling with Fester. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Being threatened by Arnoid. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Elevator. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Sign? What sign? (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
That ship looks familiar! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Docking at Monolith Burger. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Looks like your average fast food clerk. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
A decoder ring! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Astro Chicken arcade game. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Landing on Ortega. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
The lava world of Ortega. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Surveyors. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Rocks. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
A giant device. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Watch your step! (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Pestulon has some weird formations. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
MacGyver moment. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Wearing my invisibility belt to sneak inside ScumSoft. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Halls of ScumSoft. (Atari ST) from mobygames.com
Sierra presents (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Title screen (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Two Guys from Andromeda (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Backstory (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Alien inside spaceship (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Caught in alien tractorbeam (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Insert Disk request (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Starting point (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Acme rocket and star wars fighter (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Going to elevator (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Jump off conveyor belt (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Deceleration Trauma.You are dead. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Ingame help screen (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Operating machine (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Typing command (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Inside tunnel (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Picking up important cargo (Amiga) from mobygames.com
There is debris everywhere (Amiga) from mobygames.com
There is a hidden exit somewhere (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Isn't that my ship? (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Inside the Aluminum Mallard. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Ship status. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Fester's World o' Wonders! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Fester. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Arriving at Monolith Burger. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Monolith Burger. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
There's all sorts of aliens here at Monolith Burger. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
And you thought teenagers with acne was bad... (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Astro Chicken arcade game. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
On the planet Ortega. Watch out for the Scum Soft employees. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
A giant machine. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
A huge base. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Getting turned into jello by Scum Soft jerks. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Scum Soft cubicles. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Scum Soft ship yard. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
There's more than one way to by-pass a security door! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
It's the Two Guys from Andromeda! And they're stuck in Jello! (Amiga) from mobygames.com
In the Nukem Dukem Robot stadium. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Elmo fills us in on the rules of the game. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Nukem Dukem Robot sequence. (Amiga) from mobygames.com
Space Quest III - Title Screen (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Aboard the Junk Freighter (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Tube of Junk Freighter (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
One of the numerous death screens (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Look a Tie Fighter, one of Wilie Coyote's Acme rockets and the Jupiter 2 (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
A bucket-lift (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Aboard the Grabber (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Your trusty ship the Aluminum Mallard (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Aluminum Mallard's computer (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
You ship escapes the Junk Freighter (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Arnoid, an android from the Gippazoid Novelty Company (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
planet Phleebhut (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Arnoid is annoyed (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Phleebhut is a desolate place (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
World-O-Wonders (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
He is peddling an ORAT-ON-A-STICK an ASTROCHICKEN FLIGHT HAT and THERMOWEAVE UNDERWEAR (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Monolith Burger (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Rush hour (Macintosh) from mobygames.com
Employee of the Week (Macintosh) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1989

Genre(s):
Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click Text Parser

Setting/Theme:
Comedy Sci-Fi

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