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Star Control

Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume IV is an action-strategy video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Accolade. It was originally released for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1990, followed by ports for the Sega Genesis and additional platforms in 1991. The story is set during an interstellar war between two space alien…

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Publisher
Accolade
Artists
Greg Johnson Paul Reiche III Erol Otus
Composers
Kyle Freeman Tommy V. Dunbar
Designers
Fred Ford Paul Reiche III
Developer
Toys for Bob
Genres
Action, strategy

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Gameplay

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Sequels and open-source remake

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Star Control

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related to Conception · 34
Star Control → Accolade, According, After, Also, Archon, At, California Berkeley, Dark, Dragons, Dungeons, Electronic Arts, Erol Otus, Ford, Fred Ford, Free Fall Associates, Greg Johnson's, He, Japanese, Mail Order Monsters, Meanwhile
related to Intellectual property split · 26
Star Control → Accolade, After, Also, As Stardock, Atari, Atari's Star Control, By, Flash, Ford, Game Developers Conference, In September, Infogrames, Infogrames Entertainment, Iocaine, Iocaine Studios, Iocaine's, Origins, Paul Reiche, Reiche, September
related to Reception · 25
Star Control → Accolade, According, Computer, Computer Gaming World, Computer World, CVG Hit, Digital Press, Entertainment Weekly, Finnish, Ford, Hyper Game Award, Italian, Mega Drive, MegaTech, PC, Pelit, Raze Magazine, Reiche, September, Similarly
related to Porting and compatibility · 22
Star Control → Accolade's, Additional, Amstrad, Ballistic, Because, Boris Vallejo, CGA, Commodore, EGA, Ford, Fred Ford, Genesis, It, MOD, PC, Released, Sega, Sega Genesis, The, VGA
related to Characters · 21
Star Control → Alliance, Androsynth, As, Earth, Hierarchy, Mmrnmhrm, Mycon, Shofixti, Spathi, Syreen, Talking Pets, The, The Alliance, The Arilou, The Chenjesu, The Ur-Quan, Two Hierarchy, Umgah, Ur-Quan, VUX
related to Cancelled Star Control 4 · 20
Star Control → Accolade, Also, Another, Atari, By, Crux, Development, Electronic Arts, George MacDonald, Hyperium, In, In January, Infogrames, Infogrames SA, Not, PlayStation, Star Control History Compendium, StarCon, The, Though
related to Aftermath · 19
Star Control → Activision, Activision's, Alex Ness, April, At, Bob, During, Fans, Ford, I'll, In, Ness, Reiche, Skylanders, Spyro's Adventure, Star Control II, This, Toys, Toys For Bob
related to Free Stars: Children of Infinity · 17
Star Control → April, August, Children, Dan Gerstein, Ford, Fred Ford, Free Stars, Infinity, Ken Ford, Kickstarter, On October, Paul Reiche III, Pistol Shrimp Games, Reiche, The, USD, Within
has impact · 16
Star Control → Computer Entertainment, Hardcore Gaming, IGN, In, Journalist Jamie Lendino, PC, PC Gameplay, Pelit, Polygon, Retro Gamer, Space War, Star Control II, The, Ur-Quan, Video Games, Years
related to Gameplay · 10
Star Control → Archon, Dark, Each, Paul Reiche III's, Players, Sega Genesis, Spacewar, The, The Light, These

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game star control games ford reiche combat ur-quan ships accolade also ship game's two would sega computer sequel alien space

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Star ControlArtistsGreg Johnson Paul Reiche III Erol Otus1.00infobox
Star ControlComposersKyle Freeman Tommy V. Dunbar1.00infobox
Star ControlDesignersFred Ford Paul Reiche III1.00infobox
Star ControlDeveloperToys for Bob1.00infobox
Star ControlGenresAction, strategy1.00infobox
Star ControlModesSingle player, multiplayer1.00infobox
Star ControlPlatformsAmiga, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum1.00infobox
Star ControlProducerPam Levins1.00infobox
Star ControlProgrammersFred Ford Robert Leyland1.00infobox
Star ControlPublisherAccolade1.00infobox
Star ControlReleaseJuly 1990 (Amiga, DOS) 1991 (ports)1.00infobox
Greg Johnsoninstance ofand play-tested them with friends0.80text

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