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                                Space Quest III
                            The Pirates of Pestulon

                         S P A C E    Q U E S T   I I I

                 T H E   P I R A T E S   O F   P E S T U L O N

                      F r o m   S i e r r a - O n  L i n e

              The following documentation guides you through the
         newest space adventure from Sierra.  This is buy far the best
         game that they have put together.  It took me around 30 hours
         to complete the game.  I am still 25 points short, but I did
         finish the game.  If you can find out where the points are
         that I missed, let me know.
              Well, on to the game:  The instructions are divided into
         the different stages and places of the game.  They are in
         the order in which the game should be played.  Good luck.
         Any word in all caps is a command to enter.

         S A V E   Y O U R   G A M E   F R E Q U E N T L Y  ! ! ! !

         I.  The Trash Freighter:

             1.  After you have gotten out of your ship, go right 2
                 screens into the tanker and GET WIRE hanging of the
                 left side of the hull.

             2.  Return to the starting point and go down 1 screen.
                 Move down and across so that you exit the screen on
                 the right, below the saucer.  Move right until you
                 get to the elevator.  Walk up to it and you will get
                 on a bucket automatically.

             3.  When you are dumped from the bucket, wait until the
                 next screen and type STAND and then JUMP.  You will
                 climb up onto the rail.

             4.  Walk left on the rail 4 screens until you are in a
                 room with a droid tending to machines.  The is a
                 machine (grabber) hanging from the rail.  Stop on top
                 of the grabber and type SIT or GET ON MACHINE.

             5.  Move the grabber using arrow keys.  Move left and
                 stop the grabber on the first screen outside of the
                 droid room.  Type PUSH BUTTON and the claw will drop
                 to the floor below.  Keep moving and dropping the
                 claw until the Warp Motivator is picked up. (The
                 small thing laying on the ground near you ship)

             6.  With the Warp Motivator now being carried, move the
                 grabber to the right until you reach the end of the


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                 track and circle around.  Stop the grabber as soon as
                 you have swung around the bend.  PUSH BUTTON to drop
                 the claw and the Warp Motivator should drop into the
                 back of the ship "installing" itself in your new
                 escape ship.
             7.  Move the grabber left until you are back where you
                 got on it.  Stop the grabber by the middle chute.


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                 The following must be done quickly or you will be
                 shot by the droid.  Type STAND and walk down the
                 chute.  You will fall but you won't die!

             8.  The chute will drop you into the Rats Lair.  Once you
                 stand and shake off your fall, follow the red wire to
                 the left near the back of the room.  Type LOOK IN
                 HOLE and then TAKE REACTOR.  Walk to the right to the
                 ladder and CLIMB.  You will exit near the saucer you
                 passed going to the elevator.  As soon as you exit,
                 type GET LADDER.

             9.  Move up one screen and you are back where you
                 started.  Go right through the tanker.  As you enter
                 the tanker, you will be mugged by a large rat and it
                 will take your things.  You have to back to the Rats
                 Lair to get them back.  Take the elevator to the
                 rail, fall back down the chute, and your things are
                 where the reactor was.  Get everything back and exit.
                 Go to where the ladder was and DROP LADDER.  Climb
                 out and GET LADDER.

            10.  Go back to the tanker and through it (The rat will
                 not be there this time!)  You will exit in a room
                 with a large robot head in it.  Go to the head near
                 the broken eye and CLIMB.

            11.  You are now where you get a way ship is, the one you
                 dropped the Warp Motivator in.  Walk to the left side
                 of the ship and near the middle.  DROP LADDER and it
                 will be placed on the ship.  If it doesn't work, move
                 to another spot and try again.

            12.  CLIMB and move to the hatch in the center of the
                 ship's roof.  OPEN HATCH and you are inside.

            13.  INSTALL REACTOR, USE WIRE.  Now your ship is ready to
                 fly.


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            14.  Type COMPUTER and the ships diagnostic computer will
                 begin checking out the ship.  It should check out
                 O.K.

            15.  SIT and you will be at the controls.  Type COMPUTER
                 and the ship's flight computer will be activated.
                 Now it's time to leave this damn trash freighter:
                     a.  Select # 1 to warm up the engines
                     b.  Select # 7 to activate radar
                     c.  Select # 3 for Takeoff
                     d.  You will take off but hit the ceiling.
                     e.  Select # 8 for Weapons System
                     f.  Select 'F' to set the shields to the front
                     g.  Press space to shoot a hole in the wall and
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         II - Planet Phleebhut

             1.  Once spit from the freighter your next stop is Planet
                 Phleebhut.

             2.  Type COMPUTER to call up the flight computer.  Select
                 # 2, navigation system.  A grid will appear.  Select
                 # 1, scan.  The first planet is Ortega, just press #
                 1 again.  The second planet is Phleebhut, our
                 destination.  Select # 2 to set the course.

             3.  You should now be out of navigation system, back to
                 the computer.  Select # 5, light speed.  After you
                 jump to light speed, another ship will appear.  Do
                 not worry about the ship, we will take care of the
                 Terminator later.

             4.  You will come out of light speed orbiting the planet.
                 Select # 3 to land.  If no landing site is available,
                 just press # 3 again until one is available.

             5.  After you have landed, STAND and then EXIT.  Once you
                 exit, you will be notified of the other ship landing.
                 Don't worry about the other ship.

             6.  Move behind the ship 1 screen and then move 2 screens
                 to the right.  A couple of hints:


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                     - Stay near the bottom of the screen to keep from
                       being hit by lighting.
                     - If the Scorpion appears, just move out of the
                       way or to another screen.
                     - Stay out of the pit in screen 2, it is hard to
                       get out of, just walk around it.
                 You should see a large robot (the Mog Memorial) in
                 the distance.  Walk to the Mog.

             7.  Now you are at World O' Wonders.  As soon as the
                 alien family leaves, SAVE THE GAME!.  Go inside and
                 you will be at the counter.  You can talk to Fester
                 if you want, but here is what is needed from here:
                     a. Type SELL GLOWING GEM.  Fester will offer
                        Buckazoids for the gem.  Say no to his price
                        until he offers 425 then take it.
                     b. BUY ORAT.
                     C. BUY UNDERWEAR.

             8.  Type EXIT and you will leave the store.  As soon as
                 you exit, the Terminator will grab you and talk for a
                 while, finally giving you a 10 second head start to
                 escape.

             9.  Move left past the foot of the Mog to the next
                 screen.  On the next screen, you will see a opening
                 in the foot, go in the foot and into the elevator.
                 Type PUSH BUTTON and the elevator will take you up.
                 Walk out and climb the stairs to the right and walk


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                 left until you are near the pulley hanging down from
                 the track.  Stay there and wait for the Terminator to
                 follow you.  He will come up the elevator and then
                 the stairs.  As he is walking to you, type SWING
                 PULLEY, knocking him into the turbine, killing him.

            10.  Walk back down the stairs and over to the remains of
                 the terminator.  Stand over him and GET BELT.  Fester
                 will come up and thank you for killing the Terminator
                 and give you a ride back down.

            11.  Return to the ship, sit, call up computer, activate
                 engines, lift off, set course to Monolith Burger,
                 jump to light speed and dock at the Monolith Burger.




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         III -  Monolith Burger.

             1.  Go inside and walk up to the counter. (on the second
                 screen to the left).  READ MENU and select the
                 Monolith Fun Meal and the other food that is pushed
                 on you.  SIT at the empty table and EAT.  Doing this
                 will yield you a Decoder Ring.

             2.  After you have eaten, STAND and go to the video game
                 and PLAY GAME.  Before you start to play, set your
                 animation speed (CTRL-S) to as slow as possible,
                 making it much easier to play.  Instructions on how
                 to play will be displayed.  INSERT MONEY and the game
                 will begin.  Once you have played long enough, a
                 scrambled message will be displayed.  USE DECODER
                 RING and part of the message will be displayed.  You
                 do not need the message, it just gives you more
                 points.  If your game ends without getting to the
                 message, INSERT MONEY and keep playing, until the
                 message appears.

             3.  After getting the message, LEAVE, set your speed back
                 to where it was an go to your ship.  Walk through the
                 door and ENTER SHIP.  The ship will automatically
                 leave.  Set a course for Planet Ortega, jump to light
                 speed, and land on Ortega.


         IV - Planet Ortega

             1.  STAND and PUT ON UNDERWEAR and EXIT.

             2.  Walk forward one screen, then left one screen.  Near
                 the left of the screen you will see a "bridge"
                 crossing the lave crater.  Cross the bridge, it will
                 begin to shake bust just keep going.  Once you cross
                 the crater, keep walking straight into the next
                 screen.

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                 equipment and maybe two workers.  If the workers are
                 there, stay behind the rocks.  The workers will leave
                 after a while.  If the ScumSoft workers see you, they
                 will shoot you with their jello guns and suffocate
                 you.


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             4.  Once the workers leave, move over to the telescope
                 and LOOK THROUGH TELESCOPE.  After you see the Force
                 Field Generator, you will leave the telescope.  There
                 is a small box near a rock, move to it and GET
                 THERMAN DETONATOR.  After that, stand near the pole
                 sticking in the ground and GET POLE.

             5.  Move right 2 screens then climb up the hill.  You
                 should be at the generator station.  Move to the
                 right of the black rock and then down to the station.
                 The computer will place you inside the generator
                 station.

             6.  On the back wall of the station there is a ladder.
                 Move to the ladder and CLIMB.

             7.  You will come out at the top of the station.
                 Carefully move to the opening and THROW DETONATOR.
                 After it explodes, CLIMB DOWN the ladder and hurry
                 back to your ship.  As you are returning to the ship,
                 you will notice that the whole planet is no longer
                 stable and will soon explode.

             8.  When you get back to the lava bridge, you will notice
                 that it is gone.  USE POLE and you will cross it (not
                 to mention getting a 9.5 rating for the jump).  Go
                 back to the ship and take off.  Set a course for
                 Pestulon ( yep, it magically appeared on you screen
                 after getting rid of the force field).  You can
                 select # 4, Cruise, instead of Light Speed.  Land on
                 Pestulon.

         V - Pestulon

             1.  EXIT ship and move right 1 scren.  Once the guards
                 have dispersed, type WEAR BELT then ACTIVATE BELT.
                 Once you become invisible LEAVE and select ScumSoft.
                 Quickly move past the guards and inside the complex.
                 Your invisibility belt will run out, but you are safe
                 now.

             2.  Walk to the button on the left wall and PUSH BUTTON.
                 When you exit the elevator, you will be in a round
                 hallway.  Move in the hallway until a door scrolls by
                 on the inside wall.  Go in the door.  This is a
                 janitor's closet.  LOOK THROUGH CLOSET and you will
                 find a pair of coveralls.  PUT ON COVERALLS and leave
                 the closet.  Walk in the hallway until a door appears
                 on the outside wall.  One door is locked,
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                 will be the accounting office.

             3.  Once in the office, a guy will walk up and look at
                 you, then he will leave.  When in the accounting
                 office, walk up to the small waste baskets in each
                 cubicle and USE MR GARBAGE.  If you miss a basket,
                 the worker will report you to security and you will
                 die.

             4.  As you are emptying the baskets, look for a picture
                 hanging on a wall to the left side of the room.  TAKE
                 PICTURE and walk to copier.  USE COPIER to copy the
                 picture.  When finished, walk back to where it was
                 hanging and HANG PICTURE.  Your next stop is Elmo's
                 office.  It is located on the right side of
                 accounting.  When you first get to the office, Elmo
                 will be behind the desk.  Walk down the hall, and in
                 the nest screen you will see your ship impounded.
                 Walk back to the office and he should be gone.  Go in
                 office to the right of his desk.  GET CARD and leave
                 the accounting office.

             5.  Move through the hallway until you get to the door
                 with the card reader on it.  Stand in front of the
                 door and USE CARD then HOLD UP PICTURE.  The door
                 will unlock and you can go inside.  You see the two
                 men being held in ScumSoft jello.

             6.  PUSH BUTTON and the walkway will extend.  Walk to the
                 two men and VAPORIZE JELLO.  The jello will vaporize
                 and the men will be freed.  As soon as they are
                 freed though, you will be discovered and captured.

             7.  No it's time for Nuke-Em-Duke-Em-Robots.  The guards
                 will take you to the arena.  Once you have gotten
                 into your robot, SAVE GAME!  Directions on how to
                 play will be displayed.  If you run out of power,
                 restore the game and keep playing.

             8.  Once you knock him out, the robot will fal through
                 the wall and you will all escape in your ship.  You
                 will take off automatically and will end up in space.
                 Activate COMPUTER.  You will be informed that the
                 ScumSoft men deactivated the lightspeed thingamijig.
                 Select # 6, attack speed, and then # 8, weapons
                 system.  SAVE GAME.  You will be attacked by ScumSoft
                 ships.  Watch the status indicator to see where the
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                 shield by pressing "F" or "B".  You can only engage
                 the ships from the rear.  Once engaged, lock on to
                 them by lining them up in you sights.  Once locked
                 on, you will be given a que to fire.  Once enough
                 ships are shot, the remaining ships will leave.  If
                 you miss too many, your shields will deactivate and
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             9.  Once the ships leave, the game goes on automatic and
                 you are finsihed.  You will go through a black hole
                 and come out in a parallel universe.  This is the end
                 of the game.


             I hope this walk-through was helpful.  As I stated in the
         beginning, I was unable to get all of the points.  If you
         found some I missed, let me know:  either on the bulliten
         board from which you got this from, or at home.

                                   Mike Dietz
                              2912 Lake Pine Drive
                                Goshen, Oh 45122
                              (513)625-2913 ( data)
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