Inspired by the ongoing Resurgence giveaway, I thought it might be fun to discuss some of our favourite Trek games. Underappreciated gems are particularly welcome!
I really enjoyed Star Trek: Klingon, on PC back in the day. It was officer cultural sensitivity holodeck training for the officer exchange program. You had to make decisions appropriate to Klingon social customs. It was bundled with a Klingon language learning programs with speech recognition tech. Very cool stuff for 1996 CD-ROM games.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 months ago
I’ll go first: I played the hell out of 1993’s Star Trek: The Next Generation for Game Boy.
Star Trek: The Next Generation for Game Boy
In retrospect, it was a pretty simple game, but it felt pretty robust to this eleven-year-old. You took the role of commander of the Enterprise (specifically not Picard, as he gave you the missions), and made use of the TNG crew to complete various assignments, from cargo runs to
squaring up againstgetting annihilated by Romulan warbirds.And who wouldn’t fall in love with graphics like these?
A screenshot from Star Trek: The Next Generation showing the user interface in the form of the main viewer with icons representing each crew member along the bottom of the screen
bbbhltz@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Yes!
Still have it. I asked for a game for my birthday that year. At the last minute I said I wanted ST instead. My mom took back the game she had and swapped it for this. I played it like crazy. Although it wasn’t until last year that I realised how to beat the Borg.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 months ago
I was, uh, extremely bad at the ship combat. Couldn’t take down much more than the Ferengi and Talarian ships.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 months ago
I just remembered I owned this thing, too.
An early-90s Tiger Electronics LCD Star Trek: The Next Generation handheld game
What a year 1993 was.
Corgana@startrek.website 10 months ago
Why am I jealous of this