Star Trek

created and published by Centerline Engineering in 1972-10-20, running on custom platform

type: strategy
genre: Science Fiction
series: 101 BASIC Computer Games Series, Star Trek
setting: Future
perspective: other
player options: single player

languages: eng

Description

Star Trek is a text-based strategy video game based on the Star Trek television series (1966–69) and originally released in 1971. In the game, the player commands the USS Enterprise on a mission to hunt down and destroy an invading fleet of Klingon warships. The player travels through the 64 quadrants of the galaxy to attack enemy ships with phasers and photon torpedoes in turn-based battles and refuel at starbases. The goal is to eliminate all enemies within a random time limit.

Becoro # 2023-04-06 21:18:19 - source

Technical specs

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Editor notes (2)

Mike Mayfield wrote the game in the BASIC programming language for the SDS Sigma 7 mainframe computer with the goal of creating a game like Spacewar! (1962) that could be played with a teleprinter instead of a graphical display. He then rewrote it for the HP 2000C minicomputer in 1972

Becoro # 2023-04-06 21:19:26

For the HP2000 platform. 1 to 8 players alternating, optional teams.

(Zerothis) - # 2006