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===''Star Control 3''=== {{main|Star Control 3}} ''Star Control 3'' is an [[Adventure game|adventure]] [[science fiction]] [[video game]] developed by [[Legend Entertainment]], and published by Accolade in 1996.<ref name=":03">{{cite web <!--|author = Staff-->|date=September 15, 2011|title=New Release: Star Control 3|url=https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_star_control_3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123180537/https://www.gog.com/news/new_release_star_control_3|archive-date=November 23, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[GOG.com]]}}</ref><ref name="HG101series3">{{cite web|author=Kalata|first=Kurt|date=September 11, 2018|title=Star Control 3|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/star-control-3/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223201938/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/star-control-3/|archive-date=February 23, 2020|access-date=April 30, 2020|website=Hardcore Gaming 101}}</ref> The story takes place after the events of ''[[Star Control II]]'' when the player must travel deeper into the galaxy to investigate the mysterious collapse of hyperspace.<ref name="HG101series3"/> Several game systems from ''Star Control II'' are changed.<ref name=":03" /> Hyperspace navigation is replaced with instant fast travel, and planet landing is replaced with a colony system inspired by the original ''Star Control''.<ref name="HG101series3"/> Accolade hired Legend Entertainment to develop the game after original creators [[Paul Reiche III]] and [[Fred Ford (programmer)|Fred Ford]] decided to pursue other projects.<ref name="Barton20162">{{cite book|author=Barton|first=Matt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UV7OBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|title=Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers|date=April 19, 2016|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-6754-2|page=214|access-date=October 20, 2020}}</ref> Though the game was considered a critical and commercial success upon release, it would receive unfavourable comparisons to ''Star Control II,'' with some fans regarding it as [[Canonical|non-canonical]]''.<ref name="HG101series3"/><ref name=":12">{{cite web|date=September 14, 2011|title=Star Control III<!-- | author = Staff -->|url=https://www.gog.com/game/star_control_iii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627051632/https://www.gog.com/game/star_control_iii|archive-date=June 27, 2020|access-date=October 20, 2020|website=[[GOG.com]]}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last=Szczepaniak |first=John |title=Control & Conquer (Part 2) |publisher=Retro Gamer Volume 2 Issue 3 |year=2005 |pages=58β64 }}</ref>''
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