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!
Oh man. As a little kid I burned a LOT of time on the old DOS trek.exe.
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Also still fire up Armada from time to time. With all the new ship classes in Online, I'd love to see an Armada 3.
I'll go first: I played the hell out of 1993's Star Trek: The Next Generation for Game Boy.
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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?
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I just remembered I owned this thing, too.
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What a year 1993 was.
Star Trek Bridge Commanfer for PC was amazing. Able to fight from the bridge but control it like 3rd person space combat. Endless and a great story. Able to warp between numerous systems at will. The Maximum Warp version was even better.
Found its still available on gog. Totally worth the 7 bucks - https://www.gog.com/en/game/star_trek_bridge_commander
I mentioned this in the other thread, but my first Trek game was this one from 1971(!). I played it much later on DOS but can't believe it was from a time essentially before personal computers.
Also here's a somewhat obscure one, anyone remember Klingon Honor Guard?
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I don't remember it being very good and yet somehow I have an urge to play it again...
I really enjoyed Starfleet Academy for the SNES. It wasn't particularly difficult or long, but there was enough interaction with your "crew" outside of space combat that it felt pretty well-rounded, especially for a SNES game.
The PC version of this game was my preferred version. Especially network play.
I've spent may hours playing the following:
Judgment Rites Starfleet Academy: PC --with lost missions expansion Star Trek 25th anniversary (Gameboy and NES versions) Star Trek Armada
Less popular games:
Star Trek Starship Creator Star Trek deep space nine the fallen A few Star Trek games on the c64, but I don't remember the names as my brothers would load those up. Lol
Star Trek: Tactical Assault for the DS
I was absolutely trash at it, but I loved it. And to be honest, I thought it was just a very hard game to begin with. There is only so much you can do to manage your shields, weapons, and position before the ship becomes overwhelmed.
The graphics and animations were solid too.
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