Video Trek 88
Video Trek 88 | |
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Developer(s) | Windmill Software |
Publisher(s) | Windmill Software |
Series | Star Trek |
Platform(s) | MS-DOS |
Release | 1982 |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Video Trek 88 is a computer game developed and published by Windmill Software in 1982, based on the earlier Star Trek text game. As opposed to the mainframe version, both the galactic chart and the local map are displayed side by side.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e4/Video_Trek_88.png/220px-Video_Trek_88.png)
A game in progress
The game is suitable for monochrome or color adapters, but is best viewed in monochrome.[1] It was one of Windmill Software's earliest games, written in the BASIC programming language (specifically, BASICA) and requires an interpreter such as GWBASIC to be executed.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Video Trek 88". Microcomputing. Wayne Green, Inc. (1–6): 14. 1983.
Video Trek 88. from Windmill Software ($34.95), is a real-time implementation of Star Trek, and it is suitable for the monochrome or color adapter (it is better in monochrome)
- ^ Andrew Jenner. "Downloads". Retrieved 2010-01-21.
Video Trek 88 (65K), the earliest of Windmill Software's games. It is written in BASIC (the .BAS files and .TXT files listing the program code are included in the archive). To run it, you will need a BASIC interpreter such as GWBASIC or BASICA (56K).
External links[]
- Video Trek 88 on Home of the Underdogs
- Video Trek 88 entry at Back to BASICs
Categories:
- 1982 video games
- DOS games
- DOS-only games
- Video games based on Star Trek: The Original Series
- Unofficial works based on Star Trek
- Starship simulators based on Star Trek
- Video games with textual graphics
- Windmill Software games
- Commercial video games with freely available source code
- Video games developed in Canada
- Computer game stubs
- DOS stubs