But while The Distinguished Competition has produced celebrated games across generation and genre, Star Trek games have developed a reputation for mediocrity, even among die-hard fans.
Like that other blockbuster space adventure series - what’s it called, it’s definitely “star” something - Star Trek has been the subject and setting of dozens of video games on PC, consoles, and mobile devices. Star Trek games date as far back as a 1971 text adventure written in BASIC by a high school student.
Studios and developers have been creating Star Trek video games for nearly as long as there have been video games.