Founded by Rod McConnell, the purpose of this short-lived venture was to create an ambitious sci-fi RPG for publisher Electronic Arts.
We warp back to 1982 and a new software company called Ambient Designs, latterly Binary Systems. The untapped world of Star Trek waited for the game that would most do it justice: a space-based exploration story where the player combined tasks such as managing a crew, discovering new worlds, negotiating with aliens and combating them where necessary.Ī trade ad for the 1983 cockpit model of Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator.
“Everybody under the sun has been programming games based loosely on Star Trek.” Byte Magazine (1977)ĭespite a 1982 arcade game from SEGA (punchily titled Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator) that lent a beautifully clean vector display to the starship battles, there was precious little gaming for Trekkers during the ’80s, bar publisher Simon & Schuster with text adventures that eschewed graphics almost as much as that innocent mainframe effort from 15 years earlier. “Those computer people who happen to be Trekkies have adopted the Star Trek theme as their own,” said the description of Byte Magazine’s Star Trek listing in its March 1977 issue.
Ever since 1971, when three students at the University of California devised a text-based space strategy game on its SDS Sigma 7 mainframe computer, unofficial Star Trek games had flowed from developers eager to recreate their favourite sci-fi series without bothering about any nonsense such as an official licence from Paramount. But in 1985, it was looking a bit grim for fans.įor gamers, it was worse.
Soon, a fresh series in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the fourth movie The Voyage Home (1986) would re-invigorate the franchise. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and third movie, The Search for Spock (1984), demonstrated for some the maligned ‘odd number is bad’ theory, while second outing The Wrath of Khan (1982) shone a lone beacon as the sole even-numbered ‘good’ entry so far. In cinemas, the unofficial rule regarding the movies had just begun to kick in.
The original series’ initial run was long gone, with fans left to sate their Trek appetite on limited TV and VHS video appearances. Star Trek New Horizons: Subreddit for the community-developed Star Trek-themed Stellaris total conversion mod.Star Trek fandom was in a strange place in the mid-’80s. Star Trek Adventures: Subreddit for the new official Star Trek Tabletop RPG. TrekFic: Star Trek Fan Fiction subreddit. The Next Generation: Community Subreddit for the TNG TV Series. Star Trek Picard: Community Subreddit for the Picard TV Series.ĭeep Space Nine: Community Subreddit for the DS9 TV Series. Star Trek Discovery: Community Subreddit for the Discovery TV Series. Star Trek Lower Decks: Community Subreddit for the Lower Decks Animated TV Series. StarTrekGifs: Subreddit dedicated to the creation and collection of Trek-related Gifs. Star Trek: Primary Star Trek and all Trek-related things subreddit.ĭaystrom Research Institute: In-depth discussion of everything and anything related to the Star Trek franchise. Priority One Podcast: Weekly Podcast with news on Trek, STO, and Dev interviews.
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