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Just to make sure its known, the game source code was released to its fans in 2002. It has since been maintained under the subtitle The Ur-Quan Masters, and pla

• aidenn0 8y ago
  Nit pick, it's based off of the source code for the 3DO port rather than the original PC game. It's also curious that TFA claims it never had a console port, and then later on mentions that the open source version is based off of the 3DO source.
  • trynewideas 8y ago
    Specifically from TFA: > Star Control was ported to the Sega Genesis, but, as it happened, Star Control II would never get the same honor, perhaps because its sales didn’t quite justify the expense and/or because its complexity was judged unsuited to the console market. I think in context, they mean it never got a port to the Genesis as SC1 did. TFA does also mention the 3DO console port in the context of the Crystal Dynamics acquisition, a few paragraphs before talking about the source code.
  • setr 8y ago
    according to the urquan master (UQM) site, the 3DO port was only half-finished when it was publicly released. Wiki implies there was a full release on the 3DO? It's on the available platforms list anyways, but so is OSX, which would imply they're including UQM-supported platforms
  • afterburner 8y ago
    The experience is indistinguishable (apart from maybe some better sound) from my first play through when it came out on PC.