7 Star Trek Games That Deserve HD Remasters

Star Trek Hd Games Star Trek has been a staple of video games almost from the beginning of the medium. So it's no surprise that there's a huge list of Star Trek video games out there, with output peaking in the 1990's, a time when producing games was a whole lot cheaper because everything was a lot less sophisticated. But as Trek game production slowed to a trickle due to legal disputes and bad decisions, many Trek gamers have been looking to the past to get their fix. One problem with playing 20+ year old games is the fact that a lot of them are subpar on the technical front and often technologically incompatible with newer systems (including PCs). And to make things worse, the oldest games aren't all that friendly to those who don't have the manuals or can't handle the extreme levels of micromanagement that some of these games involve. But with HD remakes being all the rage these days, now seems like a good time to revamp games that many Trekkers might not be familiar with. So here are 7 Star Trek games that deserve a chance to see the light of day in HD.

Honorable Mention #1 €“ The Starship Creator series

Star Trek Starship Creator More of a simulation than a game, the Starship creator series gave Trek fans an opportunity to design their own custom versions of iconic starships, customize their internals, crew them with numerous Trek characters or custom characters of their own making, and send them on missions to test the ships' abilities. Sadly, what sounds awesome on paper didn't make for an exciting piece of software. A limited amount of ships, almost all Federation except for the Klingon Bird of Prey included in Warp II, an economy driven building system that require grinding through missions for money, and a terrible mission system that boiled down to watching dots and icons moving around sucked all the life out of the game. In an ironic twist of fate, Star Trek Online's ship customization replicates the ship design elements of Starship Creator with a larger selection of ships and options (including color customization). The only real difference is that there's none of the in-depth internal customization that Starship Creator had. Unfortunately, the only way to use this is to actually play STO, which probably isn't ideal for anyone who hates MMOs and/or free-to-play games.

Honorable Mention #2 €“ Starfleet Command 2: Community Edition

Star Trek Starfleet Command The Starfleet Command (SFC) series of starship combat games is heavily based on the Starfleet Battles tabletop games (aka Star Trek: Every Ship Has Planet Destroying Firepower). With two Original Series movie era games and Next Generation era one that received, SFC was one of the bigger subfranchises in Trek gaming before Activision sued Paramount and killed Trek gaming for a few years. But in one of the most astounding and incomprehensible turns in video game history, a non-profit organization known as the Dynaverse Gaming Association obtained the rights to the entire series, including the rare SFC3 (which isn't sold on their site). One of their major projects, which recently reached completion after eight years of development, was Starfleet Command 2: Community Edition. While not a legitimate HD remaster, it did revamp the technical underpinnings of the game, making it fully compatible with modern Windows operating systems. While the game still looks oddly outdated and is horrifically complex to control for newcomers, it's a great gift to an old, loyal fanbase that has managed to last through the years.
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