Starfleet Academy: Intro 

He took a lot of persuading;-)

@@martind1000 Somewhat virgin territory. by this point he had done voice work for 25th and Judgement Rites, but doing a full performance on camera for a game... At that time I can see the trepidation. He always tried to keep his image consistent. Now, it's like hey, what's the big deal? The lines have blurred so much we have Star Wars TV shows using game engines for their visual effects. But it all started with games like this, and Wing Commander.

I was going to comment this very thing. Kirk’s speech - now that has been written by a good writer who knew what and whom he was writing about. I mean he starts off by right out stating “it’s often said that I commanded the best; the best ship, the best crew..”. I myself cringe a bit because of the pure arrogance that comes from saying “everyone says I’m the best” (he doesn’t say exactly that, I know), but that’s exáctly something that Kirk would say. And then the point he makes about managing your crew and what leadership is about hits its mark too, followed by a classical Kirk closing statement. Yeah to the person who wrote the dialog: you did good!

@Gordy No - they were all shot together in the same way as the TV series. No composition other than the backgrounds.

From one Trekkie to another, thank you and your team for all your hard work, Martin.

yes but how was it directing Shatners hairpiece?

@@purefoldnz3070 "Hairy";-)

@@martind1000 hair raising hehe

Well, Odo tried to assassinate the Federation President once.

You're right - the reason was budget - to fully populate the Academy Hall with real actors would have cost a lot of money. Example: to costume and makeup a single Klingon cost over $5000 at the time....

Yeah they've aged too much for that.

Cuz they saw "Star Trek II"

Because at that moment, Kirk and Sulu walked in.

Why not?

a bit late ...but what do you mean..story wise, gameplay wise...?

So true

Its amazing how much games have regressed in all aspects except graphics. Modern games are released unfinished with major bugs, broken up with DLCs, and often filled with microtransactions to justify its existence and continued development. The art is long gone in the AAA realm.

@@florianfrueh3282 At the very least, a game with full-motion video of well-known actors, and not CGI-based bots. I know it's pricey, but even the AAA game makers don't do this anymore.

@@andywolan It's not necessary. In-game cutscenes created with the game engine are much more versatile and do not result in a break between the game world and cutscenes, as would be the case with filming with real actors. Besides, they are good enough.

I can't get this or SFC to play right from Steam.

@@Arthezius It's also available on good old games.

He was just promoted, that very day, and hasn`t got a new uniform yet.

On GOG and Steam. Currently on sale on both.

Yep. Remember reading a "making of" article in the L.A. Times just when this game debuted. The two actors couldn't stand each other and made no pretenses about it outside of their filmed scenes together.

Look up "Wing commander Darkest Dawn" its a fan project made with Freespace 2 engine, but it became my favorite wing commander game after i replayed it more times then any of the others.

That sounds pretty boring. Cadets don't usually go on dangerous missions and if they do, it's in the holodeck or simulator. And not everyone is interested in the interpersonal squabbles of young adolescents.

A bit funny since he's outlived almost all of his co-stars.

if you ever desperate to run a old game and compatibility mode dont work try VM (Virtual Machine) Oracle or something!

+Jonathan Maughan Virtual Box I meant!

It’s a PC game from the 90s.

Whats GOG?

Good Old Games GOG dot Com

No. You need to create your OWN rather than destroying what came before! Be creative and stop copying the work of others claiming it as your own!

@@StarFleet_Tech1701 what are you talking about 😂 I'm not saying change the game I'm saying add modern graphics to this game so people can play it now a days and appreciate ky

This game needs a complete remastered look but the video cut scenes were so compressed. If they had the uncompressed negatives and make new graphics, this would be an amazing game for the likes of Playstation, Xbox, and Next Gen PCs.

The game is 5 discs. I loved every second of it.

I love Trolls :)

If you're running it under Windows 7 or 8, that might be the problem. Compatibility mode might fix it. Otherwise, you could try Windows 95 or 98 under a virtual machine.

A virtual machine? How does that work?

Alexander Sampang It's software to emulate a computer system. It's useful when compatibility is needed, but may not work with all games (depends on how powerful hardware the original required). Microsoft Virtual PC, Oracle Virtual Box, and VMware Player are three free ones I've tried out. I think Starfleet Academy works on one of them (though perhaps not perfectly). You'll also need a CD or ISO of Windows 95 or 98. Create a Virtual Machine, install Windows, let it update, then mount the CD/DVD/ISO and install the game. (I don't know if these virtual machines can handle DVD-ROMs since I've only ever used CD ISOs with them.)

Alexander Sampang It's on GOG now; runs fine on Win 7 Pro 64bit - solved my issues with the old CD / DVD roms.

GOG?

The book was Diane Carey's novelisation of this game; the game came first. She made up entirely that "Red Squad-esque" opening sequence. I personally didn't like it, even though I love Carey's TOS work.

+Brütal Löve I haven't played all those games, but might as well combine them all since Trek has multiple universes and Star Wars occurs in another galaxy.

+Brütal Löve I would definitely live in Picards!!!

Which one lets me fuck holograms the most and people don't frown upon this lifestyle choice?

+mokook and when I say fuck I mean some really dark shit

I chose Picard's Star Trek era.

+Michael Bowie How else can a fat, balding man like him walk?

Like me?

I don't know how you walk. I don't even know what you look like. You could be Dr. Claw for all I know.

I hate cats and as for Fred Welker voice...................

+Sota Steelwing Does balding affect movement?

Bill notoriously does anything for money.