Star Control II

Explorable star map, alien conversations with real character voices in text, and arcade ship duels.

Released 1992 Developer Toys for Bob Publisher Accolade Platform DOS Genre Action-Adventure Era 8- and 16-bit Website sc2.sourceforge.net ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Star Control II inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Same-Screen Two-Player ~~1972~~Seeded Procedural Universe ~~1984~~Branching Dialogue Trees ~~1985~~

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