| Space
Quest 3 Story
Roger
is laying undisturbed in the sleepchamber of his escape pod after
his second Space Quest adventure. His path crosses a robotic freighter,
which has no regard for life forms. The pod is taken onboard, considered
nothing more but a piece of trash. After the pod is dumped in the
freighter, Roger wakes up, ready for his third adventure.
He
soon realizes that staying in this freighter won't help him. And
please note that this is a deep thought for Roger! Anyway, after
wandering around a little bit he finds a ship, the Aluminum Mallard,
which he manages to repair. I'm sure he thought this was it, and
Space Quest 3 was already over... Well, we just have to disappoint
you Roger. Sorry!
Roger
decides to land on a desert planet called Phleebhut (nobody knows
why, that guy really is an egghead). And problems are just a stone-throw
away. He bumps into Arnoid the Terminator Annihilator droid from
hell. You do remember the "free" Labion Terror Beast Whistle
don't you? And what about that slot machine Roger broke in Space
Quest 1? Well, Arnoid (representing the Gippazoid Novelty Company)
is here to settle things right. Roger somehow managed to destroy
the droid (yeah, dumb luck I bet) and got off the planet in one
piece.
 "How
am I to save the universe without a full stomach?" Roger thinks
by himself. So, our former janitor stops at Monolith Burger to buy
himself that special Big Belcher Combo and Monolith Fun meal (with
prize)... Just then, his empty glassy eyes fall on something of
the up most importance. "No, you don't say! The new and improved
Astro Chicken Arcade Game from ScumSoft!" After playing it
for several hours, he manage to beat it and accidentally stumbles
on an encrypted help message from his creators Scott Murphy and
Mark Crowe (AKA: Those Two Guys from Andromeda). It is all up to
Roger to rescue them from a fate worse than death: churning out
mindless arcade games for a disreputable software company known
as ScumSoft (makers of such flops as Stuntflogger, Aquatron, ScumWord
and let's not forget about their biggest flop, WinBlows ME). In
the absence of a ransom request or death threats, that could be
difficult for Roger (after all, he isn't the brightest of all guys).
Attempts to contact company president Elmo Pug proved to be futile,
as the location of ScumSoft is shrouded in secrecy. Looks like Roger
has his hands full this time.
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