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| Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon | |
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 Cover art by John Shaw | |
| Developer(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Publisher(s) | Sierra On-Line |
| Designer(s) | Mark Crowe Scott Murphy |
| Programmer(s) | Scott Murphy Doug Oldfield Ken Koch Chris Smith |
| Writer(s) | Mark Crowe Scott Murphy |
| Composer(s) | Bob Siebenberg |
| Series | Space Quest |
| Engine | SCI0 |
| Platform(s) | DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release | March 24, 1989 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon is a 1989 graphic adventure game by Sierra On-Line, and the third game in the Space Quest series. Players assume the role of Roger Wilco, a lowly space janitor, who becomes involved in rescuing a pair of computer programmers from a sinister video game company. The game received positive reviews from critics, and contributed further to the series' commercial success for Sierra. A sequel, Space Quest IV, was released in 1991.