Matt Chat 24: Star Control II and the Spacewar Legacy

In this episode, I look at Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters, one of the best games of the early 90s. A blend of action, adventure, and strategy inspired by Starflight and Spacewar!, Star Control II also owes a debt to the tabletop role-playing game Traveller by Game Designers' Workshop and popular science fiction novels of the 50s. The game is now open-source and freely available for modern platforms. Enjoy the video and consider rating it, subscribing to my channel, and leaving a comment.

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[1337ASM]

seems just like starflight II :)

[blacklily8]

@1337ASM They definitely have a lot in common.

[orakiorob]

Very nice show!

I've never played Star Control, but I've played Starflight on the Sega Genesis, and the game was extremely interesting. I think I'll give SCII a try.

[blacklily8]

Thanks for watching and commenting, orakiorob. I think you'll enjoy it.

[VisionofOrion]

....and since we are on the subject why does the Melnorme's bridge turn purple?

[VisionofOrion]

In my opinion probably the best RPG ever made. Game was great, fun to play and all of the characters were fleshed out well. Not to mention the humor was great. I still have it on my 3do and will occasionaly replay it when I get bored of modern day games.

[HardWarUK]

If anything needed a 2 parter it was this edition! :)

[matternicuss]

really surprised you haven't covered the wing commander series yet, Matt! If you do, make sure you cover III and IV:) Easily some of the best space sims ever. Don't make em like that anymore sadly.

[MrILOVEBEINGPURPLE]

I called my captian shepard and ship named normandy lol

[KillerSalmon]

@viktorhat - They're unrelated. GDW was a US company that published En Garde, Traveller, 2300 AD, Twilight 2000 plus a bunch of wargames. GW is a UK games company and there is a small connection with GDW in that they released the UK reprint of Traveller (but they did this fora bunch of other RPG's that originated in the US).

[bluestreek004]

help petition a remake!! google "star control 2 petition"

[scottehybates]

FRANCIS DOES NOT LIKE THIS SON, BAD WORK VINCE NO AWARD FOR YOU!