Star Control II

Star Control II :The Ur-Quan Masters
Cover art of the DOS version
Developer(s)	Toys for Bob
Publisher(s)	Accolade, Crystal Dynamics (3DO)
Distributor(s)	Stardock
Designer(s)	Fred Ford, Paul Reiche III
Series	Star Control series
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, 3DO, OS X
Release	November 1992
Genre(s)	Adventure game, shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is a science fiction video game, the second game in the Star Control franchise. It was developed by Toys for Bob (Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III) and originally published by Accolade in 1992 for MS-DOS. It was later ported to the 3DO in 1993 with an enhanced multimedia presentation, allowed by the CD technology. The source code of the 3DO port was licensed under the GNU GPL in 2002, the game content under a Creative Commons license. The game was then remade, with the project being called "The Ur-Quan Masters".

Released to critical acclaim, Star Control II is widely viewed today as one of the greatest PC games ever made, and has appeared on numerous publications lists of the greatest video games of all time.

This game features exoplanet abundant star systems, hyperspace travel, extraterrestrial life, and interstellar diplomacy, with the game featuring 25 different alien races that can be communicated with.

Star Control II added a large number of species and ship types to the already diverse cast and replaced the first game's strategy-based scenarios with a story-driven space exploration adventure game that included diplomacy with the inhabitants of the galaxy, some resource gathering sub-sections, and instances of the melee combat of the first game whenever diplomacy fails.