Customer Reviews

Star Trek Next Generation

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This was indeed a warp backward. As the Enterprise engaged for Game Boy, sad things came upon us. Extreme difficulty is the main problem. If you happen to have to fight the tough Romulans, there will be three ships. That in itself makes it hard. The Borg are impossible to stop, you never get to beam down to planets and you always get nagged by the officers in battle. But if you do not like how you were doing, you may be able to travel through time by by being shot while going into warp! Because you have a bridge view and your pad is square and even, the gameplay is a tad clunky as well as trying to make repairs. This game is good only if you can run by and pick it up. There is a small fullfillment level to this game...

Let me start out by saying that this game is an exact port of the NES Star Trek The Next Generation game (a hard to find game by the way.) So if you've already played the nintendo game then you won't be impressed. Otherwise if you haven't, then your are in for a different kind of gaming experience. The gameplay is very different from the classic Trek game for NES. You don't even go to any planet surface. Instead you perform beam up the people, items, and what not on a little grid. You have to lock on to the person and then can beam them. This is where I got frustrated at first. The little stick figure flits around the screen so much that lock on at first is nearly impossible but you eventually learn to move your lock on cursor ahead of them that it becomes second nature. The space combat sequences are okay but once you get more than one ship on screen you can be in big trouble if you are not careful to look at your repairs needed. Another thing, the repair screen is just plain weird. Different, but flat out weird. These spark like things move on these circuits and you have to guide them to what you want repaired. Why they did this is beyond me but whatever. The music is just about non-existent. A little rendition of the Next Generation theme song helps but other than that no music at all. Still, I would recommend this game any big time Star Trek fan, like myself. Get yourself a copy (if you can find one).

I remember playing this game when I was younger and it has always been one of my favorite trek games. Many different missions and hours of fun are packed into this game. The Borg level is certainly a challange but I beat them eventually.