Star Trek: Federation Compilation

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Summary: A NEW SEASON OF CLASSIC TREK!
Review: 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites each present 7 new Star Trek eposides in the form of adventure games for a total of 14 new episodes. All the original cast members return to lend their voices to this game (as well as the guy who played Trelane in The Squire of Gothos); the stories are excellent, the gameplay is excellent, and while the graphics are definitely cartoonish (except for the excellent cut scenes in Judgment Rites), these are two of the best games I've ever played. I highly recommend them. I also enjoyed the third game, Starfleet Academy, but this box only gives you a demo for it, containing a few missions. The missions however are intelligently designed, but the acting is horrible, just awful (the exact opposite of 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites), and you don't even play a member of the original crew. You're a cadet in training with a bunch of bad soap opera rejects. But so what, the first two games are worth the price alone, and as I said, the missions themselves in Starfleet Academy are quite good, it's just the acting in between that isn't.

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Summary: Old Games of the PC
Review: 25th Anniversary, Judgement Rites, and Starfleet Academy--well, I loved the first two, and the third was okay--I say but it! ;> Seriously, the two adventure games are some of my favorite ever--proof that not all Star Trek games suck! If you haven't put yourself in the shoes of one of the crew yet, you're missing out!

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Summary: Two great games, one okay game
Review: 25th Anniversary, Judgement Rites, and Starfleet Academy--well, I loved the first two, and the third was okay--I say but it! ;> Seriously, the two adventure games are some of my favorite ever--proof that not all Star Trek games suck! If you haven't put yourself in the shoes of one of the crew yet, you're missing out!

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Summary: Two great games, one okay game
Review: 25th Anniversary, Judgement Rites, and Starfleet Academy--well, I loved the first two, and the third was okay--I say but it! ;> Seriously, the two adventure games are some of my favorite ever--proof that not all Star Trek games suck! If you haven't put yourself in the shoes of one of the crew yet, you're missing out!

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Summary: Another monument to the gilded age
Review: If you were a PC gamer before the incarnation of the internet, you will remember a time when PC games were thoughtful and catered to a target audience of intelligent gamers who were looking for intellectual stimulation and an escape from reality. Star Trek: 25th anniversary and Judgement Rites provide just such an experience to the gamer.

Both of the orignal games are role-playing adventures. Each game contains seven "original" episodes based on the old series characters (to which all of the actors were kind enough to lend thier voices). To get through each episode, you have to solve puzzles, which are very thoughtfully crafted, and are accordingly rated on your performance by starfleet.

When I bought these games (on DOS diskettes) back in the early-90's, there was no speech, but I still found the episodes very engaging. Only recently, did I disover "the Federation Compilation" had restructured both games for Windows and thought I would give it a try. Much to my suprise, I had forgotten the solutions to many of the puzzles and with the voices added, I'm having a great time playing both games again.

My biggest apprehension in buying the Fed. Compilation (which has been discontinued by Interplay), was the idea that the games might not work under Windows ME since they are so antiquated. I bit the bullet and took a chance and bought them from a private seller. Have no fear, they work wonderful and smooth on my boss Pentium 4 monster machine under Windows ME. Get them if you can!

The only problems with the games now were the same problems back in the early-90's. The graphics are somewhat pixelated. This is technically only a problem when you can't see an item on the screen that you need to solve a puzzle (spoiler: look for the dismembered klingon hand in the first episode next to the dead kilingons). But, hey, if it's a tradeoff between playing a thoughtfully constructed "old game" with antiquated sounds and graphics versus playing a repetitive modern first person shooter with dynamite graphics (which is all companies seem to be releasing nowadays), I'll take the old over the new.

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Summary: Great Product
Review: The first to games are the best. The graphics are a little out-dated, but the storyline is excellent, and challenging. A must buy for any Star Trek fan. My only problem was with Starfleet Academy. Basically, it was Wing Commander, only Star Trek style. The video and graphics in it are great, but I was hoping for a little more adventure than plotting courses to intersept enemy Klingon ships.

But don't let this stop you. I would highly recommend this game pack to any Trek fan. It's a great deal for what you get.

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Summary: Old Games of the PC
Review: The Star Trek: Federation Compilation, made by Interplay, whose long line stretches about 20 years of history. Some of those games were Star Trek PC games. Big successes were Starfleet Command, Klingon Academy, 25th Anniversary and Judgement Rites (both are here in the Federation Compilation). 25th Anniversary, the first game for the PC by Interplay was made, and soon it was successful after its release in 1993. 1995 rolled around. Interplay made another hit game, Star Trek: Judgement Rites. The game was made approximately six months after 25th Anniversary was released. The game was so successful that people buyed a CD with voiceovers for Judgement Rites. Now, here comes Star Trek: Starfleet Academy- Cadet Briefing. It's just a demo for 1998's Star Trek: Starfleet Academy- Strategic Command. 4 levels for the game are here.