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Sega Year: 1982 Class: Wide Release Genre: Space Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
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Star Trek DescriptionA color vector game based on the movie and TV series of the same name. Utilizes a spin control with a button for photon torpedoes, phasers, warp, and impulse.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe game was made available in a sit-down model (known as 'The captain's chair', a big white cabinet with the controls on the arms of the chair), a dedicated upright, and in kit form. The kit can be seen applied to an Asteroids cabinet in the photo on the right. The black and white picture above is the dedicated upright. There were 2 types of kits; one which was intended to fit the Sega 'Converta-game' series of cabinets (Eliminator, Space Fury, Tac/Scan, etc.), and a 'Deluxe' kit, which came with a G08 monitor, and larger sideart. The kit flyer shows examples of Asteroids,Tempest, and Scramble with the kit applied.Game IntroductionBefore the game play begins, Scotty says "You are the Captain of the Starship Enterprise." followed by the Star Trek theme and then Mr. Spock saying "Welcome aboard, Captain.". Afterwards when the game play begins, you are plunged into space to battle the fierce Klingons. Your job is to defend the Starbases from Klingon attacks, and successfully pilot the U.S.S. Enterprise through more and more difficult and hostile sectors of the galaxy.The screen is divided into three parts with the upper left-hand portion containing a supplies readout, so at a glance you can see how many shields, photon torpedoes and the amount of warp power you have left. The upper right-hand board is the main scanner screen that provides a bird's eye view of the Enterprise, enemy positions and the location of the Starbases. Below is the Forward Targeting Scanner, which shows off a striking vector graphic of the aliens that you battle or the Starbases that you dock with from a first person perspective. Game PlayThere are five controls which need to be mastered, including a Tempest-like rotary knob for directing the course of the ship, a Phasers button which shoots limited range phasers, an Impulse button for forward motion at slow speed, a Photon Torpedo button that fires torpedoes capable of wiping out large portions of the galaxy and a Warp button that allows forward motion at super speed. The Photon Torpedo and Warp buttons are placed at an awkward position which may take some time to get used to.The game play involves a simulation of the powers and perils of piloting the Enterprise against The Klingon Empire. You have only one ship to command. If it is destroyed, the game is over. At the beginning of the game, you are given a certain number of shields and photons and during the game play, you can gain additional shields, photons, and warp power by docking with a Starbase. When your ship is hit, you lose a shield. If you run out of shields, the next hits will take out your photon torpedos, and next your warp power, and finally your ship, thus completing the simulation. There are six different enemies, including red, purple, and white Klingon ships, blue anti-matter saucers and the tricky yellow Nomad during special rounds, which plants dangerous space mines. The game has 40 different simulation levels, all of where you pilot the Enterprise and try your best to destroy all enemies to protect the Starbases throughout the galaxy. MiscellaneousThe marquee subtitles the game as "Strategic Operations Simulator".Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Very Common - There are 83 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines, 15 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 15 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 52,013 video games (3,346 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 33 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There are 10 VAPS members currently looking for this game. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. TechnicalMark Jenison wrote a Sega XY FAQ documenting hardware and conversion possibilities for this game. The most recent version is located at http://www.enteract.com/~jenison/marsFixesAs with all of Sega's vector games, the Electrohome color vector monitor used for this game has a notorious tendency to catch fire. It is unknown what to do to prevent this.eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Star Trek Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Sega. 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