 A simple version of Star Trek, running in a Linux command terminal The Star Trek text game is a classic text-only computer game that originated from the BASIC programming language hacker culture of the 1970s. The original game is thought to have been created by Mike Mayfield in 1971, originally on a Sigma 7 minicomputer and then ported to the HP BASIC dialect for Hewlett-Packard minicomputers. The original Star Trek game spawned many ports and variants (see list below); in fact, it may have been one of the most ported computer games ever made. The game, in addition to being tied to the Star Trek subculture that was (and still is) very popular with computer experts and programmers, is in itself a piece of historical hacker lore. Image File history File links Star_Trek_text_game. ...
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Game rules
The rules to the game are fairly simple. You are the commander of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and have the obligation of eliminating the Klingon menace so democracy in the galaxy can be maintained. The original game existed within an 8-by-8 grid of the galaxy. The entire galaxy contains 64 quadrants and each quadrant contains 64 sectors. The starship can move either between sectors or between entire quadrants using text commands. The ship has a maximum number of energy units, which are used to move the ship, power the ship's shields, and fire phasers. The object of the game is to destroy all the Klingon ships within the galaxy without the Enterprise itself being destroyed. The USS Enterprise is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek, the USS Enterprise, (NCC-1701) was the ship in the original NBC TV series Star Trek, which chronicled the vessels most famous assignment, a five-year mission of exploration and diplomacy under Captain James T. Kirk...
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Navigation The Enterprise has both long-range and short-range sensors. Long-range sensors show the area immediately surrounding the current quadrant, including any enemy ships and Starfleet bases. Short-range sensors allow the ship to map itself within the quadrant the ship is in, but cannot show any information on unknown (unvisited) quadrants.
Stars, planets, and Starfleet bases The Enterprise should avoid stars, as they contain no natural resources and are simply obstacles to traveling throughout the galaxy and within galactic quadrants. Planets can be orbited and then explored by the Enterprise crew. Starfleet bases are the Enterprise's lifeline when it has sustained damage or has been depleted of energy. A Starfleet base can be located via signaling using the ship's communication systems.
Platforms and language used The following is a list of known ports of the game to different computer language and hardware platforms:
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Miscellaneous variants EGA Trek is a shareware, turn-based combat game set in the Star Trek universe. EGA Trek is a graphical version of the original text-only Star Trek game. Early versions of the game used traditional Star Trek terms like "phaser" and "Klingon", but these were changed, presumably due to trademark issues. Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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See also Galaxy Trek is a space game written by Larry E. Jordan in 1982 for Capital PC Software Exchange. ...
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External links - Pete Turnbull's Star Trek game ports page
- Maury Markowitz's Star Trek game history page
- Chris Nystrom's Classic Computer Game: Star Trek page
- EGA Trek at classicgaming.com
- EGA Trek at HOTU
- Star Trek Games
- Full manual for one version of game
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