The Ur-Quan Masters
The Ur-Quan Masters, also known as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, is a free, open source fork of Star Control II. UQM is a game of exploration, diplomacy, role-playing, and top-down combat. You play the…
The Ur-Quan Masters is an adventure developed by Pistol Shrimp Games, released 1 August 2002 on Android, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Ur-Quan Masters is
The Ur-Quan Masters is an adventure game developed by Pistol Shrimp Games and released in 2002. It is available on Android, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the last phase of the war between the Alliance of Free Stars and the Hierarchy of Battle Thralls, the Tobermoon, an Earthling ship, discovered an ancient Precursor subterranean installation in a cave on the surface of an uninhabited planet in the Vela star system. The Alliance hastily sent a secret scientific mission to study the relics, but a massive Hierarchy offensive forced the Alliance fleets to retreat beyond Vela; the mission commander, Captain Burton, decided to go into hiding on the planet and sent back the Tobermoon, her only starship, asking for help. Though the Ur-Quan forces didn't find the Earthlings during their sweep of the system, relief never arrived. Years later, with…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, open world, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
What it launched against
The Ur-Quan Masters launched on 1 August 2002, within three weeks of Super Mario Sunshine, Syberia, Medieval: Total War and Stronghold Crusader.
Released around the same time: Super Mario Sunshine, Syberia, Medieval: Total War, Stronghold Crusader.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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