Star Trek Games - Grilly's Lair


			A list of my favorite Star Trek computer games.

			There are a lot of Trek games that came out in the 90s and early 2000s. Most of which are now abandonware. Unfortunately we don't get many Trek games any more and the golden days of Star Trek are long gone. There were a lot of great games made back in the day however that most people don't know about, even hardcore Star Trek fans. These games had a lot of love and creativity too, with new characters and games spanning a variety of genres from adventure games, to FPS games, to strategy, and so on. So here's a collection of my favorites.

Star Trek 25th Anniversary

Released in 1992 for DOS

Developed and published by Interplay

Star Trek 25th Anniversary is a point-and-click adventure game. You play as the three main characters of the Original Series TV Show: Captain James T. Kirk, Commander Spock, and Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy. With each character being voiced by their original actors.

Star Trek Judgment Rites

Released in 1993 for DOS

Developed and published by Interplay

Star Trek Judgment Rites is the sequel to 25th Anniversary and continues the same gameplay style. For the last time, the original cast of The Original Series get together to lend their voices to a Star Trek Game. You will continue to embark on new missions with more fun adventures. This time with improved cinematics, voice acting, and optional ship combat.

Star Trek: A Final Unity

Released in 1995 for DOS

Developed and published by Spectrum HoloByte

Star Trek: A Final Unity is an Adventure game set during The Next Generation TV show. You play as each of the main team members of the Enterprise who are all voiced by their original actors. While on the Enterprise your given control manage the tactical, engineering, navigation, and comms of the ship. Once you arrive at your destination for your current mission, you beam down an away team that's pre-chosen. Once on these away missions, the game plays more like a tradtional adventure game. Like the prior TOS era adventure games, Final Unity provides an immersive and fun experience that captures the feel of the TV show.

Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force

Released in 2000 for Windows

Developed by Raven Software and published by Activision

Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force is a first person shooter developed in the id Tech 3 engine. You play as part of the hazard team on Voyager during Season 6 of the TV series and set out on various missions. All of the characters from the show return, with voices from the original cast, along with some new ones. The ship itself is also recreated with great attention to detail. As well as a great variety of weapons, enemy types, and fantastic level design.

Star Trek: Armada

Released in 2000 for Windows

Developed and published by Activision

Star Trek: Armada is a real-time strategy game where you can play through a single player campaign or multiplayer as one of four different factions. You have The Federation, Klingons, Romulans, and The Borg. Armada plays similar to most RTS games, with the abilities to control your army and gain resources to build more bases, ships, defenses, and so on. Each military faction has different abilities unique to them; such as The Borg having the ability to assimulate ships and bases.

Star Trek: Klingon Honor Guard

Released in 1998 for Windows

Developed and published by MicroProse

Star Trek Klingon Honor Guard is a first person shooter in which you play as a Klingon Honor Guard initiate. You are sent on various missions in order to prove yourself and fight for honor. The game includes quite a variety of Klingon weapons to use such as a disruptor rifle, an assault disruptor which acts as a shotgun, a Bat'leth, a Ding'Pah which is a a device that fires a disc which ricochets off of walls, and more. The weapons are fun to shoot, and the enemy AI is suprisingly intelligent. They will take cover and even retreat when they are injured. Combat, level design, and even story are all exceptional.

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