Thank you very much! I have never played Star Control tbh. The controls are meant to be somewhat hard, the main one being control of energy rather than turning. Glad that you liked it!
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Star Control II was a hugely influential game and there is a legally ok open source version here: The Ur-Quan Masters - Downloads
The Toys for Bob guys went from this to creating the whole Skylanders phenomenon so they are a good team to learn from.