Play Star Trek - The Next Generation Online

I remember picking up Star Trek: The Next Generation for the NES back in 1993, published by Absolute Entertainment. It was a time when licensed games were a real gamble, and this one tried to capture the feel of the show on a console that was already showing its age against the newer 16-bit systems. You take command of the Enterprise, and the game throws a lot of Star Trek situations at you, for better or worse.

You control Captain Picard, managing the ship from the bridge by switching between different stations like tactical, engineering, and navigation. The main goal is to complete various missions, which usually involve negotiating with aliens, scanning anomalies, and engaging in ship-to-ship combat. Signature mechanics include using a menu to issue commands to your crew and participating in brief mini-games for tasks like repairs or phaser targeting. The pacing is slow and deliberate, often feeling more like a series of administrative tasks than an action adventure, and the difficulty can spike unexpectedly during combat sequences. It feels like you are constantly wrestling with the interface just to perform basic starship operations.