Star Control II
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.
| Star Control II | |
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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 |
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.