Star Trek: 25th Anniversary

by Interplay Productions, Inc.

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• ASIN: B000TVINXG
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,363 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek 25th Anniversary Signature Series, May 3, 2008

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Larry "SUPERBUY-USA" (DFW Metroplex, TX) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (CD-ROM)

Star Trek 25th Anniversary Signature Series

Made to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the cult classic Star Trek, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary rings true to the original television series and pays it homage without being just another generic space adventure. In this game and its sequel Star Trek: Judgment Rites, Interplay Productions successfully recreates a world worthy to be in any Star Trek fan's fantasy by combining adventure elements with a starship simulation that does not skimp on inventive game play.

"Captain's Log, Stardate 6022.9. We are on route to the Sigma Zhukova system to engage in mock combat exercises with the U.S.S. Republic. Though the U.S.S. Enterprise's primary mission is peaceful exploration, the galaxy holds many surprises. All defensive systems will be set to minimum power and the ship's computer will simulate damage."

You are in charge of the Enterprise, the most famous ship in the history of Starfleet Command. It is up to you to right the intergalactic wrongs, protect the Federation, and boldly go where no man has gone before in a series of missions that test both your wit and command.

While this game is first published in 1992, it has stood the test of time as an example that other license based games should be. Instead of a game in which you simply rehash events that have been modified into a playable format, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary presents you with all new scenarios that run in the same vein as the original television series. Although the game graphics are clearly unspectacular by today's standard, they serve their purpose well. There is never any question about "what is going on" or "who is doing it". The graphics are cartoon like, but they do not detract from the atmosphere of the game. Since the characters are sprite based, they sometimes become blocky and choppy when walking toward or away from the screen. The different background scenes are drawn in good details, though generally they all are very static looking (lack of moving water in a stream).

The digitized voices are available only on the Enhanced CD-ROM version. Playing the CD-ROM version is playing out as an episode of Star Trek. All of the original cast's voices are captured, and the interaction is just as fast paced and humorous as it is ever. The Enhanced "cinematic multimedia" CD-ROM version also contains additional sound effects and background music as well as a special extended version of the "Vengeance" episode not available in the original Floppy Disk version. The voice cast includes William Shatner (James T Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Mr Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr Leonard McCoy), James Doohan (Montgomery Scott), George Takei (Hikaru Sulu), Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov), and Nichelle Nichols (Nyota Uhura). While there are a few glitches with the speech enhancement (the occasional character speaking with the wrong voice), the overall execution is nearly flawless. Even with a 2X CD-ROM drive there is no significant delay for the speech to load. The sound effects are also true to the original series. Unfortunately, the background music is unable to take advantage of high end wave table soundcards. Still, the enhanced version is a vast improvement over the original version, which only sparsely uses the PC speaker for the rare music and sound effects.

Publisher: Interplay

Year: 1996

Media: CD-Rom

Operating Systems: MS-DOS

5.0 out of 5 stars Star Trek 25th Aniversary, May 13, 2011

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brian - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (CD-ROM)

The setup was a bit annoying because I was running a 64 bit operating system. After finally getting Dosbox I was able to get the game running, a word of advice set the sound to soundblaster pro and compatible drivers to get sound. The game play is very good for a pre Fallout game from 1993. The story line is somewhat cheesey although it is still fun to watch its progression.