Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (computer game)
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Interplay Productions and released in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh. It commemorated the 25th anniversary of the original Star Trek series by placing players in command of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) on a series of episodic missions that blend exploration, diplomacy, and combat. The game is notable for featuring the original cast's voice actors, including William Shatner as Captain Kirk, and for its faithful recreation of the show's aesthetic and moral dilemmas.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
- Developer
- Interplay Productions · Metadigm (Amiga) · MacPlay (Mac OS)
- Publisher
- Interplay Productions
- Producer
- Bruce Schlickbernd
- Designer
- Elizabeth Danforth · Jayesh J. Patel · Bruce Schlickbernd · Michael A. Stackpole · Scott Bennie
- Programmer
- Jayesh J. Patel · Paul Edelstein
- Artist
- Todd J. Camasta · David A. Mosher
- Composer
- The Fat Man · Dave Govett
- Series
- Star Trek
- Platforms
- MS-DOS, Mac OS, AmigaOS
- Released
- 1992 (DOS) · 1993 (Mac OS) · 1994 (Amiga) · 1994 (DOS CD-ROM)
- Genre
- Adventure
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Lore & Background
The game is structured as a series of seven standalone episodes, each presenting a self-contained story that mirrors the format of the original TV series. Players control Captain Kirk and his away team—typically Spock, McCoy, and a rotating crew member—as they beam down to alien worlds, negotiate with hostile species, and solve puzzles using tricorders, communicators, and phasers. The interface combines a verb-based command system with a top-down tactical view for starship combat, where the player must manage shields, weapons, and power distribution against Klingon, Romulan, and other threats.
Reader's Guide
The game is structured as a series of episodes, each opening with a message from Starfleet Command and typically involving ship-to-ship combat followed by an away team adventure. Episodes include 'Demon World,' 'Hijacked,' 'Love's Labor Jeopardized,' 'Another Fine Mess…,' 'Feathered Serpent,' 'That Old Devil Moon,' and 'Vengeance.' The CD-ROM edition adds a memorial title card for Gene Roddenberry with voiceover by William Shatner. The game sold more than 350,000 units and was a commercial hit. It was received positively by critics, with Computer Gaming World calling it 'the most outstanding Star Trek yet produced for the computer.' The Amiga port received more mixed reviews, with criticism of graphics and interface. The game was re-released on GOG.com in May 2015 with German and French subtitles, and on Steam shortly after. A fangame combining 25th Anniversary and Super Star Trek was released in 2023.
Did You Know?
- The game's script was written by former Star Trek writer D.C. Fontana, who contributed to several original series episodes.
- A sequel, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, was released in 1993 and continued the episodic format with eight new missions.
- The game originally shipped on floppy disks; a CD-ROM version released later added enhanced audio and full voice acting.
- The tactical combat mode was later reused and expanded in Interplay's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1997).
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