Space Quest III: The Pirates Of Pestulon
Have you seen 2 Guys From Andromeda? Software Authors Pirated? The Two Guys from Andromeda, designers of the graphically extravagant (and satirically sensational) Space Quest series, have disappeared in this oxygen! Hysterical game fans around the world are waiting for news about the whereabouts of these celestial celebrities! Who could be the mastermind behind this evil conspiracy? Could it be the pirates of Pestulon, known for their pillaging, robbing and ruthless practices? Or perhaps the legions of Space Quest fans who would do anything to be the first to play Space Quest III (the graphic adventure game with the best movie-quality animation yet). Not to mention the monkey-clad minions of Sludge Vohaul (from our last episode) who would gladly make banana pudding out of those they put behind bars. Who are the evildoers behind the downfall of our daring duo? Is it too late to save these two guys from a disgusting and downright heinous demise? Holy space trash, space adventurers, find out for yourself as Roger Wilco, the intergalactic garbage man, returns to the rescue!
Story
Roger Wilco's escape pod from the end of Space Quest II drifts in space until it is picked up by an automated garbage freighter. Finding an abandoned spaceship in the freighter's trash, Roger sets out to repair the Aluminum Mallard and abandon the freighter. Roger visits a number of places, including a fast food restaurant called Monolith Burger and a desert planet called Phleebhut. There he gets into trouble, because Arnoid the Destroyer (an Arnold Schwarzenegger-style android terminator) is hunting him down for not paying for a pipe in Space Quest II (a continuity error, because the order form for the pipe clearly stated that it was actually free). Through the information he picks up there and at Monolith Burger, Roger eventually gets on the trail of the sinister activities of a video game company called ScumSoft, run by the "Pirates of Pestulon." Pestulon, a small moon of the volcanic planet Ortega, is covered with soft, mossy vegetation and dotted everywhere with twisted, tree-like growths. Elmo Pug, the CEO of ScumSoft, has kidnapped the two boys from Andromeda and is forcing them to create terrible games. Roger manages to sneak into the supposedly impregnable ScumSoft building and rescue the two programmers. He is discovered and must fight Pug in a game that combines giant mecha-like battles with Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. After winning, Roger and the two boys escape. At the end of the game, Roger delivers the two game developers to the president of Sierra On-Line, Ken Williams, on Earth.