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You manage the Enterprise's shields and phasers in tense ship battles, then cringe through awkward away missions where your crew moves like they're stuck in molasses. That authentic TNG feel comes through when you're scanning anomalies or sweating over energy distribution mid-fight.

Developer: Absolute Entertainment

Genre: Action

Released: 1994

File size: 1.06 MB

Game Overview

If you grew up watching Picard outsmart aliens with diplomacy or Geordi yelling about warp core breaches, this Genesis game nails that vibe. You don’t just blast through space—you’re juggling shield power, scanning weird anomalies, and occasionally panicking when a Klingon decloaks right in front of you. The ship combat feels clunky at first (those torpedoes move slow), but once you get the hang of balancing energy between phasers and engines, it clicks. Also, hearing the actual "Red Alert" sound effect never gets old.

Fair warning: the away missions are janky as hell—your away team moves like they’re wading through gelatin—but the dialogue options are surprisingly decent for a 16-bit game. I still remember accidentally insulting some alien diplomat and starting a war. Whoops.

It’s definitely not perfect, but for a licensed game from 1994, it actually tries to feel like an episode of TNG. Just maybe skip the Romulan ale before tackling the Borg.