A new Star Trek game hit the shelves this week, and only a few days remain until the premier of the 12th movie. As the tone of the movies and the series has changed a lot, we decided to take a look how the games evolved over more than 30 years.
Star Trek (1971 – PC, Apple II Plus)
The first Star Trek game came early. It was text-only and featured the USS Enterprise (that’s the “E” on the pic). The goal was to hunt down the invading Klingons.
Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator (1983 – Atari 2600)
Sega’s arcade game featured both a 2D and 3D display.
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (1991 – NES)
Most of the time, we had to control the away team in Interplay’s 1992 graphical Star Trek adventure game.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Future’s Past / Echoes from the Past (1992 – PC / 1993 – SNES, Sega Genesis)
The 1994 adventure game (with some strategy included) took Picard & Co. to the Romulan Neutral Zone.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity (1995 – PC)
With added in-game cinematics and amazing graphics for a 1995 point-and-click game, A Final Unity is among the classic Trek games.
Star Trek: Starfleet Command (1999 – PC)
Similar to a tabletop wargame, now in 3D we could control six races in Starfleet Command.
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000 – PC / PlayStation 2)
This one is a first-person shooter based on the Voyager series, so the game had more action than usual, and it was full of Borg.
Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000 – PC)
A handful of full motion video sequences (those are always funny to watch), and the fact that we control Klingons made Klingon Academy a special title.
Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002 – PC)
A space sim, made in 2002 with fully customizable quick battle scenarios.
Star Trek: Shattered Universe (2004 – PlayStation 2, Xbox)
The crew of the USS Excelsior swap places with another one from a mirror universe in Shattered Universe. The game is one of the forgettable Star Trek games and not because it’s not focused on Picard and his crew.
Star Trek: Conquest (2007 – PlayStation 2, Nintendo Wii)
4J Studio’s Star Trek game had turn-based and real-time strategy elements and featured the main races of the Deep Space Nine series.
Star Trek: D.A.C. (2009 – PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Deathmatch Assault Conquest was based on the 2009 movie, and brought a huge variety of multiplayer modes to the Star Trek universe.
Star Trek Online (2010 -PC)
Everyone controls their own ship in the first massively multiplayer online RPG based on Star Trek.
Star Trek (2013 – PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)
Kirk and Spock have to deal with the Gorn in the recently released third-person action game.
You should show us your favorite moments from these games or from the ones that are not on our list!
sources: darkmercury77, CiphersSon, Flagostomos, Boomer2k6, Go Rin, StalwartUK, Nitros14, comedymovi, Memory Alpha
