Star Trek: 25th Anniversary was developed by Interplay in 1992 for the PC and Mac. It followed the adventures of Captain Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy as they visited various planets and "boldly went where no man had gone before".
Background
Released in the glory days of graphic adventures and to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Star Trek. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary was an MS-DOS based game that brought the World of Kirk, Spock, McCoy and co. into the then modern age of computer gaming utilizing for the first time in a Star Trek game, 256 colour VGA graphics and digitized sound. Utilizing Interplay's own version of the tried and tested point and click adventure system. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary was a combination of a point-and-click adventure game and a starship simulator. At release the game proved to be a moderate success both financially and critically. A sequel Star Trek: Judgement Rites was released a few years later. The game was developed and published by Interplay.
Plot
Deviating from known Star Trek canon, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary used the then new chapter format of game play, deviating from the widely uses single story arc. In doing so it made the game more manageable to play. By utilizing several characters throughout each mission/story you were awarded a score based on your performance on that mission. In all there were 7 missions/stories in the game. They were:
- Demon World.
- Hijacked.
- Love's Labor Jeopardized.
- Another Fine Mess....
- Feathered Serpent.
- That Old Devil Moon.
- Vengeance.
Alternate Version
As was customary in the Early days of the CD-ROM drive craze. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary would later be re-released in a CD-ROM version that also
included the voices of the original cast to add another level of
authenticity to the title.
Additional Notes
Even though the game was designed to run in the early days of MS-DOS. The title is still very playable through the use of DOSBOX emulation.