Yay, Star Trek! :) Your love of the series really helps you do these games justice. So, you deserve a bacon like for this one. 🥓 I'm a big fan of Star Trek too, but only played Star Trek Online. I'd really like to check these games out too. Especially the DS9 one, since it's closest to the Federation values. I like to think that the combat games take place in the mirror universe, where there aren't many scrupules, but there are plenty of beards. XD Oh, regarding your inner dilemma of whether you'd ask the genie for a unified and peaceful world or for wealth for yourself, I'd say that the first choice is still the best. It benefits everyone, but you personally would also be able to thrive and plus, there's no money in the Federation. ;) I've of course played HappyLand Adventures and Resident Evil 3 Nemesis and the former is adorable as hell, while the latter is not so adorable, but still fun. :D
It was a good year for Star Trek, no doubt about that. :) You may be right with the choice too. If it's all solved for everyone, and we're in the World with no money, then money would be of no use to me. Unless I was a Feregi that is, cause the gold plated latinum would always find some kind of a use... xD
@@TeaAndFloppyDisks In a way... Don't they rule the galaxy? I mean, they have all the money, the luxuries, they're not involved in any major conflict unless their entire existence is at stake... They're the silent top dogs of the ST Universe. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames The Ferengi ruling the Universe... The Ferengi Empire. No, that's not right. The Ferengi Trade Consortium. :D It has a nice ring to it. I'm sure that's music to any Ferengi's ears. Btw, I'm glad that the writers fleshed out the Ferengi a bit more compared to the first episode.
1996 was also a good year, with Star Trek: Klingon and Star Trek: Borg. These, while not great as games ("interactive movies" rarely are), were quite nice stand-alone ST stories. Especially the latter, as it features John de Lancie. I recommend just watching them as spin-off episodes of TNG on UA-cam. BTW: According to DS9/TNG, this year we were supposed to get *both* the Bell Riots and Irish Reunification ;)
Oh my... Things are about to happen! And in 2061 a first presentation of Warp Drive should happen. I may be a bit old by then, or not here even, but you know, maybe things will happen faster in our reality. xD We did had that micro warp bubble discovery a few years back.
2:10 speaking of not being the sharpest tool in the shed. Redshirts apparently aren't hired for their smarts if they run through your fazer beams. No wonder they catch a big bowl of dieds innevery episode.
Love Voyager - Elite Force! I played it first on a G3 iBook with an 8MB Rage Pro & it proved that Macs could game back then, better than a similarly spec’d i386/Windows PC of the time, it’s just that there weren’t given a chance. Upgrading to a G4 PowerBook with a 16MB Radeon 7500 obviously made it even better. Yeh, I’ve never played Evil Island but it looks interesting? Sort of has RuneScape vibes? Apparently the plural of cyclops is “Cyclopes”? I actually looked that up! 😄 Tachyon: The Fringe is excellent, it looked great in the day & looks even better on modern hardware. Highly recommended. Actually never played Deep Space Nine - The Fallen but you’ve peeked my interest? I’ll try & find a copy. It’s not too expensive either. Pretty sure you introduced me to Happyland Adventures & it’s an absolute gem! Thank you. Has a very Amiga feel to it. Never played the PC version of Resident Evil 3 like most people I played it on Play Station & I have to say the PC graphics are a big step up, even if they haven’t aged well. Great video, thank you. Bit Star Trek heavy this video but there’s nothing wrong with that. Given the state of most licensed games of that era I get the impression Star Trek games were made by Star Trek fans as there’s a lot of effort put in. The whole franchise of games is just good, even the ones that are not to my taste.
Runescape vibes? In presentation definitely, even if it looked better even in the 2000, but in terms of gameplay... Well... Runescape is Runescape, hardly anything could compare to it for many years later. Thing with PCs is, that console makers can optimize games for them as much as they wish, and PCs will still be much more powerful, as they're a subject of a constant evolution, and not one made in steps. Especially that those steps hardly ever use cutting edge hardware anyway. xD And yeah, Star Trek games, even the ones in genres not for me, where all excellent in 2000, which is unusual, as there were not only as many as 5 of them, but all were good, all were different, and all were based on TV series, and tie-ins usually suck. xD
Tachyon: The Fringe! I loved this game as a child. What a game! Beautiful space terrain, very immersive missions, nice ships weapons system. I played SpaceLancer but not FreeLancer, so in my mind Tachyon still leads the mercenary space genre. Freespace 1&2 of course are the best space sims overall, aka best stories. But I really love story when it comes to games, so I might be a bit biased.
Oh... You WILL love Freelancer! It's such a step up compared to anything else at the time. And with Discovery MOD it moves all that into a MMORPG (in space) land, and is just soooooo good. xD Though I would still recommend first playing it single player and learning the story and all the mechanics. It's worth it! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Thanks for the tip! I will have to try it out then :) ! Been thinking about it earlier but never gotten to the point of trying it out.
@@mattiasolsson2354 I could go on about how fun it is for a while, but it's best that you really do try it out yourself. So, when you're ready and do try it. I'm sure you'll love it! :)
I like the Elite Forces games but its pretty far down my favorite Star Trek games. I prefer the Adventure games or the space combat games like the Starfleet Command games especially the first two. II grew up playing Starfleet Battles which is the tabletop game that inspired the Starfleet Command games and provided the factions and background lore for the first two with dad and some of his buddies. Edit: Klingon Academy was a lot of fun and I like Armada I but greatly prefer Armada II since they added Frigates to most of the fleets in the sequel and IMO a fleet with no Frigates is a fleet with a massive problem. Tachyon the Fringe was a lot of fun. Kind of like a space Ace Combat or a blending of Freespace and Freelancer
25:59 Damn, zombies really need to learn the concept of consent. Maybe take her out for dinner first, creep? 26:30 Actually Umbrella went bankrupt and is out of the picture in the early games. That's canon. The latter villains are unafiliated (in Spain, Romania, Louisiana) and use different strains of the pathogen.
The zombies are having her for dinner and they are intent on taking her out, so they can enjoy their dinner undisturbed. I doubt if they still remember any manners, they are certainly not gentle men anymore.
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force - I liked it, but I did have two problems with it, the first I noticed immediately, the second I only discovered after I finished the game. Minor spoilers follow! Like all games designed by Raven, it uses cutscenes for things you really should be doing yourself. For example, right in the first mission, you walk into the last room, a cutscene plays where you blow up everything, and then Tuvok berates you for something you had absolutely no control over. Why didn't they let the player PLAY that section and make their own mistakes? If they were worried that the player wouldn't figure it out, they could have added a line of dialog asking them NOT to shoot the panel. The second thing, which I only discovered when playing it a second time with cheats, is that your team members can't die unless it's scripted. They really don't even need you. Turn on NoClip, fly up to the ceiling and watch them (slowly) obliterate an entire hoard of Species 8472 all by themselves. Kind of negates the feeling that you're an important part of the team. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen - Another game I liked, but had problems with. The biggest problem is that it appears to be unfinished. During the tutorial, you have to scan for a location to beam down supplies, something which you NEVER do during the game. There's a communications system and at any given time, you can contact 3-4 other crew members, however none of them have anything to say. One of them will re-state the level goals, but that's it. There's no point talking to any of the others as they don't even have any interesting comments. I also wasn't that fond of playing the same levels over again from different viewpoints. Some game design choices bugged me as well, like having Worf start missions armed only with his Batt'Leth. I cheated and gave him a hand phaser. Or the fact that while the crashed starstip level was cool, the ship was probably 1/4 the size it should have been. The entire bridge area on the saucer was about the size of a gazebo. Yet when you get inside, the interior is huge.
Yay, Star Trek! :) Your love of the series really helps you do these games justice. So, you deserve a bacon like for this one. 🥓
I'm a big fan of Star Trek too, but only played Star Trek Online. I'd really like to check these games out too. Especially the DS9 one, since it's closest to the Federation values. I like to think that the combat games take place in the mirror universe, where there aren't many scrupules, but there are plenty of beards. XD
Oh, regarding your inner dilemma of whether you'd ask the genie for a unified and peaceful world or for wealth for yourself, I'd say that the first choice is still the best. It benefits everyone, but you personally would also be able to thrive and plus, there's no money in the Federation. ;)
I've of course played HappyLand Adventures and Resident Evil 3 Nemesis and the former is adorable as hell, while the latter is not so adorable, but still fun. :D
It was a good year for Star Trek, no doubt about that. :) You may be right with the choice too. If it's all solved for everyone, and we're in the World with no money, then money would be of no use to me. Unless I was a Feregi that is, cause the gold plated latinum would always find some kind of a use... xD
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Star Trek was still going strong back then. :)
The Ferengi will always keep the latinum flowing, no matter who rules the galaxy.
@@TeaAndFloppyDisks In a way... Don't they rule the galaxy? I mean, they have all the money, the luxuries, they're not involved in any major conflict unless their entire existence is at stake... They're the silent top dogs of the ST Universe. ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames The Ferengi ruling the Universe... The Ferengi Empire. No, that's not right. The Ferengi Trade Consortium. :D It has a nice ring to it. I'm sure that's music to any Ferengi's ears.
Btw, I'm glad that the writers fleshed out the Ferengi a bit more compared to the first episode.
@@TeaAndFloppyDisks Isn't a bag shaken and filled with gold plated latinum what's music to Ferengi's ears?
Hey Dude 🤜🏽🤛🏽 thanks a lot for new video 👌🏽
You're welcome! Hope you liked it! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Absolutely, I like all your vids. You remind me good old times, back in the day.
@@saintbart7408 That comment made my day. Thanks! :)
Klingon Academy is still in my opinion the best capital ship space combat game of all time.
Took forever to destroy a ship. I remember battles lasting 4hrs.
There are still mods made for it.
so many good start trek games back then
Yep, 5 in one year! xD
Tachyon the fringe was awesome. Most importantly, was voiced by Bruce Campbell. Klingon Academy, I still have that game. On CD's, yea, like 8 of them.
It is important, you're right. I totally forgot about that, and I've even rewatched Evil Dead few months back. xD
A remake of Star Trek Voyager with modern graphics would be nice🤔😏And others in the series too👍
True. I've played the Telltale-like recent Star Trek game (it wasn't theirs but in their style), and it wasn't bad, but not what I was hoping for.
@@OldAndNewVideoGames 👍
1996 was also a good year, with Star Trek: Klingon and Star Trek: Borg. These, while not great as games ("interactive movies" rarely are), were quite nice stand-alone ST stories. Especially the latter, as it features John de Lancie. I recommend just watching them as spin-off episodes of TNG on UA-cam.
BTW: According to DS9/TNG, this year we were supposed to get *both* the Bell Riots and Irish Reunification ;)
Oh my... Things are about to happen! And in 2061 a first presentation of Warp Drive should happen. I may be a bit old by then, or not here even, but you know, maybe things will happen faster in our reality. xD We did had that micro warp bubble discovery a few years back.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next episodes were in Klingon.
Ha ha ha :) You just never know... xD
Ghos!
Evil Islands was pretty awesome
Yep
2:10 speaking of not being the sharpest tool in the shed. Redshirts apparently aren't hired for their smarts if they run through your fazer beams.
No wonder they catch a big bowl of dieds innevery episode.
Well, they did (at least in those older episodes) keep dying left and right. xD
Love Voyager - Elite Force! I played it first on a G3 iBook with an 8MB Rage Pro & it proved that Macs could game back then, better than a similarly spec’d i386/Windows PC of the time, it’s just that there weren’t given a chance. Upgrading to a G4 PowerBook with a 16MB Radeon 7500 obviously made it even better.
Yeh, I’ve never played Evil Island but it looks interesting? Sort of has RuneScape vibes?
Apparently the plural of cyclops is “Cyclopes”? I actually looked that up! 😄
Tachyon: The Fringe is excellent, it looked great in the day & looks even better on modern hardware. Highly recommended.
Actually never played Deep Space Nine - The Fallen but you’ve peeked my interest? I’ll try & find a copy. It’s not too expensive either.
Pretty sure you introduced me to Happyland Adventures & it’s an absolute gem! Thank you. Has a very Amiga feel to it.
Never played the PC version of Resident Evil 3 like most people I played it on Play Station & I have to say the PC graphics are a big step up, even if they haven’t aged well.
Great video, thank you. Bit Star Trek heavy this video but there’s nothing wrong with that. Given the state of most licensed games of that era I get the impression Star Trek games were made by Star Trek fans as there’s a lot of effort put in. The whole franchise of games is just good, even the ones that are not to my taste.
Runescape vibes? In presentation definitely, even if it looked better even in the 2000, but in terms of gameplay... Well... Runescape is Runescape, hardly anything could compare to it for many years later.
Thing with PCs is, that console makers can optimize games for them as much as they wish, and PCs will still be much more powerful, as they're a subject of a constant evolution, and not one made in steps. Especially that those steps hardly ever use cutting edge hardware anyway. xD
And yeah, Star Trek games, even the ones in genres not for me, where all excellent in 2000, which is unusual, as there were not only as many as 5 of them, but all were good, all were different, and all were based on TV series, and tie-ins usually suck. xD
Tachyon: The Fringe! I loved this game as a child. What a game! Beautiful space terrain, very immersive missions, nice ships weapons system. I played SpaceLancer but not FreeLancer, so in my mind Tachyon still leads the mercenary space genre. Freespace 1&2 of course are the best space sims overall, aka best stories. But I really love story when it comes to games, so I might be a bit biased.
Oh... You WILL love Freelancer! It's such a step up compared to anything else at the time. And with Discovery MOD it moves all that into a MMORPG (in space) land, and is just soooooo good. xD Though I would still recommend first playing it single player and learning the story and all the mechanics. It's worth it! :)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Thanks for the tip! I will have to try it out then :) ! Been thinking about it earlier but never gotten to the point of trying it out.
@@mattiasolsson2354 I could go on about how fun it is for a while, but it's best that you really do try it out yourself. So, when you're ready and do try it. I'm sure you'll love it! :)
Plural of Cyclops is Cyclopes...pretty confusing indeed.
Nobody saw that coming. Even Polyphemus.
@@AntipaladinPedigri 😅
So the ruins left as the only remains of the Cyclops Civilization, would be called Cyclopian ruins? ;)
@@OldAndNewVideoGames Lovecraft called them "cyclopean ruins". By that logic the subway of a fallen cyclopean civilisation would be "fallopean tubes".
@@AntipaladinPedigri OMG! You're breaking my balls! xD
I like the Elite Forces games but its pretty far down my favorite Star Trek games. I prefer the Adventure games or the space combat games like the Starfleet Command games especially the first two. II grew up playing Starfleet Battles which is the tabletop game that inspired the Starfleet Command games and provided the factions and background lore for the first two with dad and some of his buddies.
Edit: Klingon Academy was a lot of fun and I like Armada I but greatly prefer Armada II since they added Frigates to most of the fleets in the sequel and IMO a fleet with no Frigates is a fleet with a massive problem. Tachyon the Fringe was a lot of fun. Kind of like a space Ace Combat or a blending of Freespace and Freelancer
25:59 Damn, zombies really need to learn the concept of consent. Maybe take her out for dinner first, creep?
26:30 Actually Umbrella went bankrupt and is out of the picture in the early games. That's canon. The latter villains are unafiliated (in Spain, Romania, Louisiana) and use different strains of the pathogen.
The zombies are having her for dinner and they are intent on taking her out, so they can enjoy their dinner undisturbed. I doubt if they still remember any manners, they are certainly not gentle men anymore.
So the game was kinda what if corona-v went really really bad scenario? ;)
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force - I liked it, but I did have two problems with it, the first I noticed immediately, the second I only discovered after I finished the game. Minor spoilers follow! Like all games designed by Raven, it uses cutscenes for things you really should be doing yourself. For example, right in the first mission, you walk into the last room, a cutscene plays where you blow up everything, and then Tuvok berates you for something you had absolutely no control over. Why didn't they let the player PLAY that section and make their own mistakes? If they were worried that the player wouldn't figure it out, they could have added a line of dialog asking them NOT to shoot the panel. The second thing, which I only discovered when playing it a second time with cheats, is that your team members can't die unless it's scripted. They really don't even need you. Turn on NoClip, fly up to the ceiling and watch them (slowly) obliterate an entire hoard of Species 8472 all by themselves. Kind of negates the feeling that you're an important part of the team.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen - Another game I liked, but had problems with. The biggest problem is that it appears to be unfinished. During the tutorial, you have to scan for a location to beam down supplies, something which you NEVER do during the game. There's a communications system and at any given time, you can contact 3-4 other crew members, however none of them have anything to say. One of them will re-state the level goals, but that's it. There's no point talking to any of the others as they don't even have any interesting comments. I also wasn't that fond of playing the same levels over again from different viewpoints. Some game design choices bugged me as well, like having Worf start missions armed only with his Batt'Leth. I cheated and gave him a hand phaser. Or the fact that while the crashed starstip level was cool, the ship was probably 1/4 the size it should have been. The entire bridge area on the saucer was about the size of a gazebo. Yet when you get inside, the interior is huge.