Star Trek, The Next Generation: A Final Unity

(Spectrum Holobyte, 1995)

At one point, Spectrum Holobyte promised to release numerous games based on Star Trek : The Next Generation (which, at the time, was still on the air). Each computer and game system would have a unique, "interactive episode," seperate from the others. Of them all, the best of them was definitely the "episode" for IBM PC/compatibles, "A Final Unity."

In this game, you get more power of the Starship Enterprise than you know how to deal with. You can select an easier mode, where characters like Worf do the hard stuff for you (space battles, setting co-ordinates to the next location, etc.), or you can control all the action yourself! Meanwhile, you must unearth the secret behind an old artifact, which may hold unspeakable power! Get the phasers (or serious communication skills) at the ready, because many other alien races (including Romulans and Klingons) know of this artifact as well, and are hot on your trail! The ending is vintage of the best Next Generation episodes themselves, which, in addition to all the actual cast voices, makes this a must have game classic for any and all Trekkies! It may have been a little too DOS compatible, on the eve of the initial release of Windows 95, and yet its deserved rating --the highest one possible-- cannot be taken away...

Rating : Deep Impact.

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