| Star Control II | |
|---|---|
 MS-DOS cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Toys for Bob |
| Publisher(s) | Accolade Crystal Dynamics (3DO) |
| Producer(s) | Pam Levins |
| Designer(s) | Fred Ford Paul Reiche III |
| Series | Star Control |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, 3DO |
| Release | November 1992: MS-DOS 1994: 3DO |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, shoot 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is a 1992 video game, the sequel to Star Control. It was developed by Toys for Bob (Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III) and originally published by Accolade in 1992 for MS-DOS. The game includes exoplanet-abundant star systems, hyperspace travel, extraterrestrial life, and interstellar diplomacy. There are 25 alien races with which communication is possible.[1]
Released to critical acclaim, Star Control II is widely viewed today as one of the greatest PC games ever made.[2] It has appeared on lists of the greatest video games of all time.[3]
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,[4] 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.
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