History VideoGame / SpaceQuestIIIThePiratesOfPestulon

* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover shows Roger eating fast food, while being pursued by Skull Fighters, as clerk ladies at Monolith Burger look on in shock, from what looks like pay/pickup windows. In the actual game, Monolith Burger has no such windows nor any (visible) humans working there. The game also won't let you enter your ship with food, saying that "you're likely to get crumbs all over the computer or something." And while Roger does come under attack by Scumsoft Skull Fighters, it (fortunately) happens far away from there.

''Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon'' (also simply known as ''Space Quest III'') is the third game in the ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series, released in 1989. Taking place immediately after ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestII'', Roger Wilco's escape pod is captured by a garbage freighter. As he manages to escape it with an abandoned ship, he'll discover that he's being hunted down by an android for not paying for a whistle in the previous game. Moreover, he finds another sinister company known as [=ScumSoft=], who are creating mediocre games by unethical means.

* BreatherEpisode: In-game, Roger going to the Monolith Burger for a bite after selling his Labion gem from VideoGame/SpaceQuestII. This is even how he stumbles upon the main plot.

* TimeSkip: An unknown amount of time (estimated to be a century, or less depending on source and parallel universe) has passed since ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestII''. Enough for Roger's unpaid whistle to amass $400,000 worth of interest.

* PopStarComposer: Music/{{Supertramp}} drummer Bob Siebenberg composed the soundtrack.