Star Control 3 is an action-adventure game developed by Legend Entertainment and published by Accolade. The third and final official entry in the Star Control trilogy, the game was released for MS-DOS on September 24, 1996, and Mac OS in 1998. It features a single-player campaign combining space exploration, alien dialogue, and ship-to-ship combat; the player engages in top-down battles between starships with unique abilities. To create this sequel, Accolade hired Legend (president pictured) after series creators Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford decided to pursue other projects. Legend was selected for their familiarity with Star Control and experience with interactive fiction writing. They designed the game in consultation with fans, replacing features from Star Control II that had received negative feedback. Star Control 3 was considered a critical and commercial success upon release, but later suffered from comparisons to the award-winning Star Control II.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1841:

Raja Muda Hashim, the uncle of Bruneian sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin II, conceded land to British adventurer James Brooke, establishing the Raj of Sarawak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_of_Sarawak

1877:

At the Battle of Shiroyama (depicted), the decisive engagement of the Satsuma Rebellion, the Imperial Japanese Army defeated rebel samurai of the Satsuma Domain led by Saigō Takamori. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiroyama

2019:

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to Queen Elizabeth II that Parliament should be prorogued was unlawful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_British_prorogation_controversy

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

tellurian: 1. (formal or literary) Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. 2. (mineralogy) Of a mineral: containing tellurium. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tellurian

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