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Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon
Developers

	Sierra On-Line
Publishers
Retail	Sierra On-Line
Digital	Activision
Engines
Original	SCI
GOG.com Release	ScummVM
Release dates
DOS	March 24, 1989
MacOS(Classic)	1991
Windows(ScummVM)	July 27, 2010^[1]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Series	Space Quest

Space Quest
Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter	1986
Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge	1987
Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon	1989
Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in The Sarien Encounter (VGA remake)	1991
Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers	1991
Roger Wilco's Spaced Out Game Pack	1992
Space Quest V: Roger Wilco - The Next Mutation	1993
Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in The Spinal Frontier	1995
Space Quest II: Roger Wilco in Vohaul's Revenge (unofficial VGA remake)	2011

Availability

Source

DRM

Notes

Keys

Retail

GOG.com

Bundled with Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter & Space Quest II: Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge.
Pre-packaged with ScummVM
DOSBox version is also available (when using GOG Galaxy).^[2]

Steam

Space Quest Collection

Version differences

Space Quest Collection

A compilation pack containing the entire Space Quest series.

All games in the pack are pre-configured to run with DOSBox.^[3]

Essential improvements

Space Quest Alternative Launcher

For the Steam release only

An alternative launcher for the Steam version of Space Quest Collection. It allows for both versions of Space Quest: Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter to be launched through the same launcher, and some minor UI and quality-of-life improvements. It also fixes launch issues with the VGA remake of Space Quest I that were present in the legacy launcher.

It can be downloaded from the series Steam Community Discussions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\sq3^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game>\sq3^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/10110/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
General MIDI audio		Supports Roland MT-32-compatible MIDI.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy/PCjr, VGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows					64-bit requires a 64-bit build of ScummVM.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	2.11
Processor (CPU)	Intel 8088
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5.5 MB
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, Hercules, MCGA, Tandy/PCjr, VGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (10110) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ New release: Space Quest 1+2+3 - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ space_quest_collection_content · DepotID: 10111 · Steam Database - last accessed on 9 June 2023

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Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - PCGamingWiki PCGW (2024)

Contents

Availability

Version differences

Space Quest Collection

Essential improvements

Space Quest Alternative Launcher

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Input

Audio

Localizations

Other information

API

System requirements

Notes

References