Q&A: Star Trek's new generation of Games

Iria · Oct 24, 2006, 12:53 AM

Source: StarGamer.net
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Whether they were officially-endorsed or not, Star Trek games have been part of the fabric of interactive entertainment since before there was any gaming industry to speak of: From students turning Spacewars’ ships into Klingon battlecruisers at Berkeley in the late 1960s, to the interactive fiction of the 1980s and 90s, Star Trek has had as much an influence on gamers and gaming as its arch-rival sci-fi universe set in a galaxy far, far away. They’ve also been as reliably inconsistent as they've have been ubiquitous.

Yep, from Judgment Rites to Chekov’s Lost Missions, the 40-year old TV series and its many offspring shows have thrown up their fair share of game classics and oddities – yet always there has been a Star Trek game to look forward to - at least there was until 2005, when Star Trek simply disappeared from the gaming radar and almost entirely from our TV screens as well: In February 2005 Enterprise was canceled during its fourth season and not a single Trek game was released in that year – the first time in over 20 years that a Trek game failed to appear on a new release shelf.

Oct 24, 2006, 12:53 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Q&A: Star Trek's new generation of Games Source: StarGamer.net _______ Whether they were officially-endorsed or not, Star Trek games have been part of the fabric of interactive entertainment since before there was any gaming industry to speak of: From students turning Spacewars’ ships into Klingon battlecruisers at Berkeley in the late 1960s, to the interactive fiction of the 1980s and 90s, Star Trek has had as much an influence on gamers and gaming as its arch-rival sci-fi universe set in a galaxy far, far away. They’ve also been as reliably inconsistent as they've have been ubiquitous. Yep, from Judgment Rites to Chekov’s Lost Missions, the 40-year old TV series and its many offspring shows have thrown up their fair share of game classics and oddities – yet always there has been a Star Trek game to look forward to - at least there was until 2005, when Star Trek simply disappeared from the gaming radar and almost entirely from our TV screens as well: In February 2005 Enterprise was canceled during its fourth season and not a single Trek game was released in that year – the first time in over 20 years that a Trek game failed to appear on a new release shelf.