This game isn't about the original series era. It's the era between TOS and TNG. This era didn't have it's own TV show, but it's been shown in the Star Trek movies.
@@floatingchimney Shemantics, i consider any time frame where you still have Constitution class ships in active service, and part of the original enterprise crew in active starfleet duty the TOS era.
@@_Muzolf It's irrelevant what you yourself consider to be the "TOS" era. I can consider the Sun to be a planet, yet it still remains a star, not a planet. This isn't the TOS era. The Constitution class you see in this game has very little resemblance to the original constitution TOS era constitution class - it's a refit. The refitted Constitution class ships were present even at the Battle of Wolf 359 which is the DS9/Voyager era. Considering a ship as being from a TOS era that fought along classes such as Intrepid, Galaxy and Sovereign is just ignorant. Cheers.
@@floatingchimney Same to you, just because you consider an era ended the moment the tv show ends, means jack shit to anyone else. Most people i talked to, who played these games considered them TOS era.
@@EnterpriseKnight That's because Takei is a fan of Sci Fi and Star Trek in general. A lot (most) of the Star Trek TV show actors aren't really a fans of Sci Fi, nor they know the history of Star Trek beyond their roles. You can really see the difference in the enthusiasm at Star Trek conferences. As far as I know from what I've read and seen, the only two Star Trek actors that are actually avid lovers of Sci Fi are George Takei and Garret Wang (Harry Kim from Voyager). The rest of them don't really give a damn about Sci Fi and Star Trek, it's just an acting role that gives them money. None of the captains (Kirk, Picard, Janeaway, Sisko, Archer...) are Sci Fi lovers - they are just actors getting paid to do the job.
The ISC was right. The General War had been dragging on for twenty years when they stopped it and if the Andromedans hadn't shown up the ISC might actually have been able to create and maintain a peace. And one thing I liked about Starfleet Battles was the variety of weapons instead of EVERYBODY using phasers, disruptors and photon torpedoes.
I still have my original disks. Starfleet Command II ... Orion Pirates .... and Starfleet Command III. Orion Pirates and SFC III are presently installed on my 'puter and are played regularly. Death to the Borg !
@@jamesshelton3827 Over a decade later, I return to my comment to restate it. There is no great reason that this game couldn't just get a remaster. I absolutely love this cutscene, in fact, I might rate it as one of the greatest Trek cutscenes of all time. Imagine how amazing this game would be if rereleased in this degenerate age. Actual lore for factions (and some new and interesting ones as well!), deep starship strategy and roleplay, a campaign and story! Just upgrade the graphics, add a bit more character roleplay, and allow the player to make "modifications" to the existing classes of ships based on prestige (and keep the expansive nature of the roster). Perfect game right there for a Trekkie, and from a fantastic era too...TMP era never gets enough love. Guarantee they'd make a killing if it was done with passion instead of the 1/64-assed corporate crap they put out nowadays.
Such a great game. I always wished that Star Trek Online would have followed in these footsteps, and made the races of SFC2 canon. The Gorn got reduced to a lackey race for the Klingons, which is stupid. I would love see where the Gorn REALLY are in the 24th century and play as their faction.
@@justinwallace269 Oh yeah still running and has quite the eventful life. Many stories told, many events unfolded, many foes fought both new and old, alliances formed and broken...it has done more for Trek than that hack Kurtzman ever could even IF he had genuine talent.
@@DeltaSpartan198 Well said! This is the problem when they get SJWs to write instead of genuine fans and storytellers. Maybe I'll give the game a look when I'm done my book. I've been trying to cut down on the video game cocaine lol.
People go on about how scary modern games are but have you ever been trying to outrun high rank Plasma Torpedoes from a Gorn dreadnaught with no shuttle decoys left?
If you're interested in multiplayer, the only SFC game with current activity is SFC2:OP v2.564. www.dynaverse.net/market/5-star-trek-starfleet-command-orion-pirates.html The unofficial 2.564 patch enables widescreen resolutions and fixes various bugs. It also includes improved planet and background images as well as sprite and mechanic editing tools. The SFC Launcher and ZeroTier allow you to join a multiplayer campaign. hotandspicyforums.com/starfleet-command-f3/
My god. How can a mere PC game, a pretty old one at that, nail to the tone and atmosphere of Star Trek whilst Alex Kurtzman and his horrible company can’t (or won’t) make proper Star Trek.
Have you played either of the Elite force games or Star Trek Bridge Commander Because they kind odf provide that but tbh there hasn't really been anything since the closest you find t otha tsort of thing now is probably the Mass Effect games from Bioware
@@Sovereign01 That's not the Excelsior though. It's the same class/hull design but a Carrier version. It's from the old Starfleet Battles board game from the early 80's. This game is a computerized version of that universe.
This game even if it was JJabramsified and rebooted for modern graphics would be fantastic so long as it felt alien, I loved that part of this game, at first it felt like all enemies were unique, wasn't simply point and keep shooting. Too bad they never got the andromedans in the game, teleportation and not just shooting at them would've been a cool new enemy that no game has really done...not unless you get those abilities too. I love how each race has a distinct advantage and very unique weapons (minus the phasers everywhere)
Remember when we had good Star Trek games set in the original series era?
Pepperidge farm remembers
This game isn't about the original series era. It's the era between TOS and TNG.
This era didn't have it's own TV show, but it's been shown in the Star Trek movies.
@@floatingchimney Shemantics, i consider any time frame where you still have Constitution class ships in active service, and part of the original enterprise crew in active starfleet duty the TOS era.
@@_Muzolf It's irrelevant what you yourself consider to be the "TOS" era.
I can consider the Sun to be a planet, yet it still remains a star, not a planet.
This isn't the TOS era.
The Constitution class you see in this game has very little resemblance to the original constitution TOS era constitution class - it's a refit.
The refitted Constitution class ships were present even at the Battle of Wolf 359 which is the DS9/Voyager era.
Considering a ship as being from a TOS era that fought along classes such as Intrepid, Galaxy and Sovereign is just ignorant.
Cheers.
@@floatingchimney Same to you, just because you consider an era ended the moment the tv show ends, means jack shit to anyone else. Most people i talked to, who played these games considered them TOS era.
What a great game this was and what a great job George did here.
I'm glad George Takei didn't phone this in like a lot of other actors voicing their tv roles.
George Takei always seemed very at ease with Star Trek and everything related, along with Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig and James Doohan.
@@EnterpriseKnight That's because Takei is a fan of Sci Fi and Star Trek in general.
A lot (most) of the Star Trek TV show actors aren't really a fans of Sci Fi, nor they know the history of Star Trek beyond their roles. You can really see the difference in the enthusiasm at Star Trek conferences.
As far as I know from what I've read and seen, the only two Star Trek actors that are actually avid lovers of Sci Fi are George Takei and Garret Wang (Harry Kim from Voyager).
The rest of them don't really give a damn about Sci Fi and Star Trek, it's just an acting role that gives them money. None of the captains (Kirk, Picard, Janeaway, Sisko, Archer...) are Sci Fi lovers - they are just actors getting paid to do the job.
The ISC was right. The General War had been dragging on for twenty years when they stopped it and if the Andromedans hadn't shown up the ISC might actually have been able to create and maintain a peace. And one thing I liked about Starfleet Battles was the variety of weapons instead of EVERYBODY using phasers, disruptors and photon torpedoes.
Intro'd by Captain Sulu. Ohhhhh myyyy.
This needs to be on Steam.
And on GoG.
I'm honestly surprised that only four Star Trek Games by Interplay are on both platforms.
My favorite intro of the SFC series.
I still have my original disks. Starfleet Command II ... Orion Pirates .... and Starfleet Command III.
Orion Pirates and SFC III are presently installed on my 'puter and are played regularly.
Death to the Borg !
God I miss this game.
This series needs a reboot...badly.
it still needs a reboot
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@@jamesshelton3827 Over a decade later, I return to my comment to restate it. There is no great reason that this game couldn't just get a remaster. I absolutely love this cutscene, in fact, I might rate it as one of the greatest Trek cutscenes of all time. Imagine how amazing this game would be if rereleased in this degenerate age.
Actual lore for factions (and some new and interesting ones as well!), deep starship strategy and roleplay, a campaign and story! Just upgrade the graphics, add a bit more character roleplay, and allow the player to make "modifications" to the existing classes of ships based on prestige (and keep the expansive nature of the roster). Perfect game right there for a Trekkie, and from a fantastic era too...TMP era never gets enough love.
Guarantee they'd make a killing if it was done with passion instead of the 1/64-assed corporate crap they put out nowadays.
Adversity breeds innovation
God it's been so long, I don't even feel nostalgia because I don't even remember what this game was like.
Such a great game. I always wished that Star Trek Online would have followed in these footsteps, and made the races of SFC2 canon. The Gorn got reduced to a lackey race for the Klingons, which is stupid. I would love see where the Gorn REALLY are in the 24th century and play as their faction.
Considering recent story developments in the STO timeline and the current state of the Klingon Empire...there may yet be hope for a Gorn resurgence.
@@DeltaSpartan198 I didn't know the game was still running, but that's good to hear. I stopped playing after the first week.
@@justinwallace269
Oh yeah still running and has quite the eventful life. Many stories told, many events unfolded, many foes fought both new and old, alliances formed and broken...it has done more for Trek than that hack Kurtzman ever could even IF he had genuine talent.
@@DeltaSpartan198 Well said! This is the problem when they get SJWs to write instead of genuine fans and storytellers. Maybe I'll give the game a look when I'm done my book. I've been trying to cut down on the video game cocaine lol.
The Iconians have returned and have allied with a galactic superpower known as the Vaadwaur Supremacy. Their goal is our complete subjugation.
Never could master carrier ops in either one, to damned expensive to maintain. Heavy drone cruisers were op as hell.
People go on about how scary modern games are but have you ever been trying to outrun high rank Plasma Torpedoes from a Gorn dreadnaught with no shuttle decoys left?
Just wait until you meet the Dominion.
If you're interested in multiplayer, the only SFC game with current activity is SFC2:OP v2.564.
www.dynaverse.net/market/5-star-trek-starfleet-command-orion-pirates.html
The unofficial 2.564 patch enables widescreen resolutions and fixes various bugs. It also includes improved planet and background images as well as sprite and mechanic editing tools. The SFC Launcher and ZeroTier allow you to join a multiplayer campaign.
hotandspicyforums.com/starfleet-command-f3/
Lyrans vs Mirak is a literal cat fight.
NOSTALGIA!!!!!!!!
My god. How can a mere PC game, a pretty old one at that, nail to the tone and atmosphere of Star Trek whilst Alex Kurtzman and his horrible company can’t (or won’t) make proper Star Trek.
Becuase the makers of these games had creative souls and loved us and startrek!
there are star trek and star wars games that both use Empire at war in their titles
Just too awesome! Ohhhh myyyy!
I wish I could get this game on steam
Wouldn't mind a good Star Trek ship based game to chew on, I know there's the MMO but single player would be nice.
Have you played either of the Elite force games or Star Trek Bridge Commander Because they kind odf provide that but tbh there hasn't really been anything since the closest you find t otha tsort of thing now is probably the Mass Effect games from Bioware
Fantastic game
I really want this game...
There are places to find it, just be cautious.
Oh my!
WHY ISNT THIS ON GOG YET!!!!!
I was asking the same thing
SFC II was for windows 95 and 98. try the Dynaverse forums for your problem
I loved this game. Can anyone still play it?
Cutscene power to the max at 2:36, none of the Excelsior variants in the game could carry fighters.
True
The Iconians have returned. Their goal is our complete subjugation.
dixievfd55 Organians
ZakuaDay he’s referencing Star Trek: Online.
The Excelsior can't actually launch fighters in STO either.
@@Sovereign01 That's not the Excelsior though. It's the same class/hull design but a Carrier version. It's from the old Starfleet Battles board game from the early 80's. This game is a computerized version of that universe.
@@swirvinbirds1971 Including the original, there are 4 Excelsior variants in the Interplay game, none of which can carry fighters.
PLEASE HELP! Ok my copy can't play 5 min without crashing. Please tell me if you know a fix
I liked the intro but I remember I just didn't much warm to the game itself.
This game even if it was JJabramsified and rebooted for modern graphics would be fantastic so long as it felt alien, I loved that part of this game, at first it felt like all enemies were unique, wasn't simply point and keep shooting. Too bad they never got the andromedans in the game, teleportation and not just shooting at them would've been a cool new enemy that no game has really done...not unless you get those abilities too. I love how each race has a distinct advantage and very unique weapons (minus the phasers everywhere)
where i can do the download for torrent?
needs a remaster remake or new game of that kind. i loved 1 2 and op the 3 was somehow flawed and not really funny
I wonder who woulf win Interstellar cordcodian or the dominion
A great game but Starfleet Command III was the best.... Become the Borg and go round blasting everything!!! Pure bliss....lol
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loved one and two. Very disappointed when the third was set in the TNG timeline. Never played it, as TNG is my least liked star trek series
Their ship look like donald ducks head