I went to con and wanted to have Shatner sign something so I picked one of my favorites, Star Trek Rites. Surprisingly NOBODY had even heard of this game, nobody in line (even the boomers), not the item handler, not even Shatner himself remembered it, even though he did the VA for TWO of these games in 90s.I could've swore they were pretty popular in the 90s. Both Rites and 25th anniversary were successful enough for Interplay to commission full cast VA versions of each. Yet somehow they're forgotten now?
Sorry, but after a while of doing these kind of acting gigs, we just forget. Maybe we were in that thing that one time? Maybe not.
>>12485257Bill is that you?
>>12485239It sounds like you are the ultimate Star Trek fanI never was able to play DOS games, what is the story of Judgment rites?
>>12485378It's a sequel (in a way) to 25th Anniversary which Interplay made a few years before. Both games have the same engine and interface, but Rites is a better upgraded version of that engine.Both are episodic, and try to mimic the the style of the 60s show, and are essentially point and click games where you talk to people, get/combine items, make dialogue choices etc.The story of Rites is loosely about an unknown alien race attempting to judge the human species on their abilities to make decisions, resolve conflict etc, so some episodes are a continuing arc of that storyline, while other episodes are self contained (one contains a reprise of a TOS villian)A few years later Interplay re-released both games in CD form with all voice-overs by the original bridge cast, as well as some upgraded SFX and interstitial prerendered videos. Since you've never played either before you could start with the CD versions and get the benefit of hearing Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley etc read their lines out. Don't expect much, Shatner phones it in most of the time. Play 25th first since the engine is more primitive, then play Rites after.
>>12485239I remember the original Star Trek adventure game sort of thing which was probably the first one of these. However my memory doesn't go further than this without googling.These actors have done so many gigs it's impossible to remember some little gig what happened in 1992 or something. Boomers not remembering anything? Well maybe they were just tv show fans more than anything else.I think those couple of Star Trek DOS games were pretty popular too.
>>12485239You ... HAVE to understand ... I'm ... IN my 90s. I can't possibly remember EVERYTHING I did.
>>12485239Adventure games slowly became a niche even before they fell off. I remember getting this game from a department store on clearance, when they were getting rid of their games for like 15 bucks new.(That's also how I got my copy of Grandia.)>>12485378This isn't even an obscure Star Trek game. It's also pretty popular for point and click fans.
>>12485239They should have made a Star Trek Space Shoot 'Em Up
>>12485594>>12485683There was also Starfleet Academy which had FMV of many of the main Trek actors. I never played that one but there are clips on youtubeI have soft spot for point n clicks like that, mainly because this is one of the first games i was exposed to as a kid (that and Doom).Its too bad that genre died out but we got some good mileage out of it by the mid 2000s
I had Shat sign my copy of TekWar by Pinnacle Games.
>>12486073I meant Capstone. Why am I so retarded?
>>12485239Very cool you got the shatman to sign that. I met him at a convention a couple years ago while he just roaming the floor, checking out booths. Hardly anyone recognized him, so it was pretty nice. Also, ty for creating a good thread on this board and hopefully killing a spam thread with it.>>12485428> A few years later Interplay re-released both games in CD form with all voice-overs by the original bridge cast, as well as some upgraded SFX and interstitial prerendered videos. Since you've never played either before you could start with the CD versions and get the benefit of hearing Shatner, Nimoy, Kelley etc read their lines out. Don't expect much, Shatner phones it in most of the time. Play 25th first since the engine is more primitive, then play Rites after.The voice acting, while it’s neat to have the original cast doing it, was pretty underwhelming imo. You’re right, they all kind of phone it in and inevitably sound incongruent because of age versus the youth of the characters they’re portraying. I originally played the floppy disk versions for Mac when I was a kid (the version where 25th’s last mission is almost completely trimmed) and found it very fun. JR as well, both excellent games, and it’s a shame this genre has all but died out. Highly recommend TNG: A Final Unity, too—it’s probably the pinnacle of Star Trek in this genre; all the modernized versions work fine afaik, but I remember the old dos version being somewhat buggy at a few points in the game.
>>12485683>>12486072There’s probably still a lot of interest in adventure pnc games. The common denominator among all the replayable, fun ones is they have really great stories merged with solid gameplay. Idk if today’s industry is capable of storytelling like that anymore without a million consultants being involved and screwing it up.
>>12485239I remember them being well reviewed in the magazines and obviously the first one did well enough to get a sequel, but it's possible they just didn't reach a mainstream audience. Point n clicks were a bit of a niche genre even in their hey day.
>>12485239>not even Shatner himself remembered itDude is like 100 years old and has been doing kirk for like for like 60 of them, I'm sure there are alot of things slipping through the cracks.
