Star Trek Software
This list of Star Trek software and accessories is being maintained by David McCabe. Updates and correspondence are very welcome at scifi@linus.mitre.org. For PC, Mac, and video games. All known Trek software is listed, even if long out of production. The Non-Trek list at the end is only a tiny sample of what is available. Sources for this information include magazines, including CD-ROM World, Computer Gaming World, Cybersurfer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Electronic Entertainment, Entertainment Weekly, Home PC, Internet World, MacWorld, Medio, Multimedia World, Net Guide, USA Today newspaper, the monthly Previews comic catalog (ask your comic specialty shop), and an amazing Science Fiction Collectible Catalog from Star Tech, PO Box 456, Dunlap, TN 37327 USA.
This list is broken down into the following subjects:
1. Internet resources
2. Computer Games
3. Video Games
4. Utilities
5. Sound
6. Fonts
7. Other Star Trek software, accessories, & related
8. Wish list, including non-Trek
9. Non-Trek
1. Internet resources
The Internet is what the MITRE Bedford SF Group's Web Page is
all about: NetScape, Mosaic, UseNet, NewsNet, etc. The Internet is
growing so fast that, even if the Net itself achieved intelligence, it
could not keep up with the proliferation of sites and resources.
Printed directories of Net resources are instantly obsolete, but they
can be useful. See the new book, Nettrek: Your Guide to Trek Life in
Cyberspace, by Maloni, Greenman, Miller, and Hearn, Michael Wolff &
Co., Inc., copyright 1995, trade paperback, 7.5 by 9 inches, 383
pages, $19, at major bookstores. Or, call Random House Electronic
Publishing, (800) 793-4665. ISBN 0-679-76186-1. Tells where to find
Classic Trek and all the spinoffs, and most other science fiction
subject matter, on the Internet. Also, the authors have a site at
http://www.ypn.com/ which provides links to *all* of it. The most
famous site is probably the topic area called rec.arts.startrek that
has subparts called creative, current, fandom, info, reviews, and
tech. Also, alt.startrek.sexual.fetish, etc. Also see the Trek
library at wiretap.spies.com. Also discussion groups and bulletin
boards on the commercial services (GEnie and all that). There is
supposedly a BBS at telephone (219) 493-1093.
2. Computer Games
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, Interplay Productions, 17922 Fitch Avenue, Irvine, CA 92714, (714) 553-3521; fax, (714) 252-2820, $49.95 in mid-1992. PC version requires 640K RAM, DOS 3.x or later. Best known price: April 95, Electronics Boutique, Pheasant Lane Mall, Nashua, NH, $14.99.
Mac version (from MacPlay Division), list $59.95 in September 93, can be found for $28 to $38. Requires any 256-color Mac with 1500K free memory and System 6.0.7 or later. "System 7 savvy." 68030 or better processor recommended. I have seen a demo version of the Mac version of this game, in a folder at MITRE called, "Public Domain Software."
CD-ROM version of the same game was released in 1993. "The ultimate Star Trek computer game features the actual voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and De Forest Kelley, plus stereo CD music and sound effects drawn from the original series. Cool!" (Quote from Sep 93 Previews catalog.) Also uses Doohan, Takei, Nichols, and Koenig in very small roles. For IBM PCs. 11/93 catalog from Egghead says it has 3-D space simulation. It is the same 25th Anniversary game, with better graphics and sound. Best known price: April 95, Babbage's, Pheasant Lane Mall, about $45.
CD-ROM for Mac formally announced 12/94. $49.95 (1/95 MacMall catalog wants $39.99). Color Mac, 2MB RAM. MacPlay, (714) 553-3522, (800) 736-5738, fax (714) 252-2820.
Related books: Star Trek 25th Anniversary cluebook, paperback book published by Interplay, list $9.95. Seen in various stores. CD-ROM GAMES Secrets, Volume 1, by Prima Publishing, Rocklin, CA 95677, a cheat book on 21 CD-ROM games, including Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. $19.95. Found at Babbage's, Pheasant Lane Mall. Also available(?) at Software, Etc., Burlington Mall 2d floor.
Star Trek: Judgment Rites, Interplay Productions, 17922 Fitch Avenue, Irvine, CA 92714, (714) 553-6678 (oops, this phone is different from above). $59.95 in September 93. Same episodic format as 25th anniversary, and eight new missions. WWI triplanes heading straight for you at warp 9 speed, mysterious life forms reported on dead planets, a primitive race with advanced technology, etc. Requires IBM PC or 100% compatible, hard disk, 386SX-16MHz CPU or faster, DOS 3.1 or higher, 2MB RAM (600K free base + 1MB EMS required), 256 color VGA. Supports Microsoft Mouse. Supports sound cards Adlib, Adlib Gold, Sound Blaster (Pro and 16) and 100% compatibles, Pro Audio spectrum, Roland MT-32/LAPC-1, Roland SCC-1 and 100% compatibles. Digitized sound supported by Adlib Gold, Sound Blaster and 100% compatibles, Pro Audio Spectrum. Comes on 3.5 inch HD disks. Best known price: Lechmere, Pheasant Lane Mall, Nashua, NH, 12/93, 34.95.
Entertainment Weekly Special Star Trek issue, 10/94, says souped-up graphics use digitized matte paintings. Also, Mac and CD versions mid 1995.
Computer Gaming World, Nov 94: CD-ROM edition will have voices of the whole cast, and landing parties will include others besides Kirk, Spock, & McCoy.
Star Trek: Judgment Rites Movie & Sound Pack, "A cinematic expansion disk for the original Star Trek: Judgment Rites program." "High Density disks enclosed." Over 10 megabytes of, "Digitized sound effects from the original TV series, fantastic cinematic scenes and cuts, and new story transition sequences." Best known price: 8/94, CompUSA, $17.99.
Related books: Star Trek: Judgment Rites cluebook, paperback book by Interplay, street price $6.97. Star Trek: Judgment Rites, The Official Guide, book by BradyGAMES, $14.95. Found at Software, Etc., Burlington Mall 2d floor. Also Lauriat's, Pheasant Lane Mall, in the Computer book section.
Star Trek: The Next Generation, "A Final Unity." Spectrum Holobyte (510-522-3584). Adventure game using the voices of Stewart, Frakes, Spiner, Dorn, Sirtis, Burton, and McFadden, and with Majel Barrett as the computer voice. CD-ROM for IBM PC, with SVGA graphics and "CD-quality" sound and music. Mimimum 486/33MHz (recommend 66MHz 486 or Pentium, local bus or PCI video), 8MB RAM, DOS 5.0, hard drive (20MB free), double-speed CD-ROM (300 kb/sec sustained transfer rate), mouse. VESA driver for Super VGA (640 x 480 x 256 colors) and 512K video RAM required, 32K and 64K colors supported. Soundblaster or 100% compatible, or Pro Audio Spectrum, or Ensoniq Soundscape, or Gravis Ultrasound required for sound. Released 6/95, six months late. Expect Macintosh version later in 1995. List $75. As of 7/95, Computer City, Nashua, NH, $44.97. A numbered collector's edition is available, in a larger box, with a pin (as in jewellery) that features an LCD display animation of the Enterprise moving thru space. The game inside is identical, of course. Most stores, including Computer City, have the regular edition but not the collector edition. Electronics Boutique, Pheasant Lane Mall, Nashua, has the regular version for $59.xx and the collector edition for $89.99.
Preview CD-ROM version of "A Final Unity," Electronics Boutique, Burlington Mall and Pheasant Lane Mall. Best price, Babbage's at Pheasant Lane Mall, $4.99. System requirements: 33MHz 80486 minimum, 4MB RAM, DOS 5.0, Double-speed CD-ROM, Hard drive (6MB free), VESA driver for Super VGA, mouse, Sound Blaster or 100% compatible.
Related book: Star Trek: The Next Generation, "A Final Unity", The Official Strategy Guide, BradyGAMES, $19.99.
Star Trek: Generations, Spectrum Holobyte's next project after "A Final Unity", due 1995. For PC and Mac.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Hunt, from Paramount Interactive, (415) 813-8040. Choose which character to play. Prevent DS9 from being swallowed by a wormhole. Uses voices of DS9 actors. Full stereo sound. CD-ROM for DOS and Mac, $69.95, being "readied" as of the Sep 94 CD-ROM World magazine. EduCorp CD-ROM catalog of 8/94 says shipping 4th quarter 94 for $44.95.
Entertainment Weeky 10/94: due mid November. Also to be available on disks for PC or Mac.
Computer Gaming World, Nov 94: You can only play one of four guest characters. Release will probably slip to spring 95.
Star Trek Interactive Technical Manual, CD-ROM. A virtual walk-through showing every nook and cranny of the Enterprise, including Capt Picard's drawers. Narrated by Jonathan Frakes, with ship computer voice by Majel Barrett Roddenberry. Compositing of more than 15000 photos. Twelve rooms and along corridors. Zoom in on objects, pick them up and inspect them. Sit in Captain's chair. For Windows and Mac. First product to use Apple's QuickTime VR, which allows you to move thru an image fluidly. (Yes, Windows version uses QuickTime VR.) Simon & Schuster Interactive, (800) 983-5333; and (212) 698-7000, 7671, and 7555 (fax). Paramount owns S&S. Note there is no paper manual, only the disk. Manufacturer, Davidson & Associates. Best known price:
July 95, Computer City, Nashua, NH, $43.xx, at least for PC version. List $69.95.
Keith Halper was executive producer for S&S. Peter Mackey of Imergy created the Manual for S&S, using Macromedia's Director Multimedia Studio, a bundle of art, video, font, and sound products. Also Photoshop, Babelizer, Apple's Quicktime VR authoring tools, Apple's Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (MPW) programming environment, and proprietary tools from Paramount and ILM.
Star Trek: Voyager Technical Manual CD-ROM, Simon & Schuster, due 1995. Same format as the original Interactive Technical Manual. S&S holds the gaming license for Voyager.
Star Trek: Omnipedia CD-ROM, from Pocket Books(?) (Simon & Schuster?). Interactive, voice-activated reference work based upon the Star Trek Encyclopedia (by Michael Okuda, et al.). Includes thousands of entries arranged alphabetically, thematically, and chronologically. Video, animation, blueprints, technical diagrams, and full-color photographs. More than 1500 photos, 300 sound clips, an hour of Quicktime video, and an interactive time line that ties our history to the Star Trek future. For PC Windows, requires a multimedia PC, 386/33MHz or better; 4MB RAM; SVGA card with 256 colors; color SVGA monitor; MPC compliant sound card and mouse; Windows 3.1 or higher; and a double-speed CD-ROM drive. Microphone needed for voice activation. Suggested $79.95. Includes a free future upgrade to include Star Trek: Voyager. There will also be on-line updates. Announced in the April 1995 Previews comics catalog, "All pricing, content, and shipping information subject to change."
The Summer 1995 Star Tech catalog offers both PC and Mac versions, each $79.95.
As of 6/95, available from the Mac Zone catalog, (800) 436-0606, $49.98 plus s/h.
Vectrex Game: Star Trek (1982), a first person perspective of the Enterprise in which you navigate vector backgrounds and blast nasty Klingon ships. From General Electric.
Star Trek Arcade Game (1983), Sega. Destroy hordes of Klingons.
The Kobayashi Alternative (1985), text only, by Diane Duane, Simon & Schuster
The Promethean Prophecy (1985), text only, Simon & Schuster. Food replicators fail.
The Rebel Universe (1987), text only(?), Simon & Schuster (or Firebird Software?). Stop the Klingon PSI transmitter.
The Transinium Challenge (late 1980s), text only, Simon & Schuster. First ST:TNG game.
First Contact (1990), text only, Simon & Schuster. Meet new race before Klingons do.
Star Trek V (1990), by Mindscape. Action games based on fifth movie.
MacTrek 1.5.1, one of many hackers' Trek space adventure games that have been around for 20 years, by Travis Butler, 8008 Hauser Drive, Lenexa, KS 66215. He himself recommends Trek, by Rob Koch, I presume also for Mac.
Net Trek 2.0, a hackers' game. I have the file, but not the version that has been converted by BinHex 4.0. File net-trek-20.hqx is described in the following file header:
From: David Alten
Subject: no subject (file transmission)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 20:19:00 CST
Due to popular demand (on comp.sys.mac.games), I am enclosing a
copy of Net Trek 2.0 to satisfy the masses.
Basically Net Trek is a Star Trek game. It can be played on a
network with up to 5 people. You can be either Terran, Romulan,
or Klingon. It features sound, but no color (only B/W). I tried
it (briefly) on my IIsi and Classic connected with System 7 and
FileSharing and did not experience _any_ crashes. The game is
ShareWare $25.
Enclosed is a self-extracting Compact Pro archive.
Happy trekking!!! :)
David Alten
cosc184z@menudo.uh.edu
HE KUER!!
3. Video Games
Star Trek: The Next Generation game cartridge, "Future's Past," Nintendo (by Spectrum HoloByte?). From CD-ROM World magazine, Sep 94, this is a Super NES game released in April 94, $50 to $75. From the "Official Guide" book (see next entry), seems to have cartoon visuals, similar to Interplay games, and one decent mug shot of Picard, evidently from a photo. Box does not brag about actors' voices, so they probably are not used. Related book: Star Trek: The Next Generation "Future's Past", the Official Guide, book by BradyGAMES, $14.95.
Star Trek: The Next Generation game cartridge, "Echoes from the Past," Sega Genesis. From the print ad I saw in 8/94, the graphics and game play are suspiciously similar to Nintendo's "Future's Past."
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, by Interplay, due November 1994. Game play similar to 25th Anniversary and Judgment Rites, but instead of pretending to fly a starship, you pretend to fly the Academy's starship simulator. This product will be a Super Nintendo game rather than a computer game. More than 20 missions cribbed from actual episodes, including Balance of Terror, Kobyashi Maru, Wrath of Khan, and Undiscovered Country. Features high speed 3-D polygon graphics and a head-to-head two player mode.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine game cartridge, "Crossroads of Time," for Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, released in 1995 by Playmates Interactive, 16200 Trojan Way, La Mirada, CA 90638, (714) 562-1720.
Star Trek game cartridge, "Beyond the Nexus," Sega GameGear, based on Generations movie. Babbage's, about $40, found 12/94. Also a Nintendo GameBoy version, Toy Works, Bedford, MA, $29.99, 12/94. By Absolute Entertainment, 10 Mountainview Road, Suite 300 South, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458.
Star Trek: The Next Generation game cartridge, "Advanced Holodeck Tutorial," Sega GameGear, by Absolute Entertainment, Box 155, Saddle River, NJ 07458-0155. Lechmere, about $40, found 12/94. Electronics Boutique, Burlington Mall, $37.99, 12/94. Betcha there is a GameBoy edition, too.
Star Trek: The Next Generation "A World for All Seasons," for 3DO, from Spectrum Holobyte, due 1995, according to Entertainment Weekly 10/94.
4. Utilities
Berkeley Systems, PO Box 4303, Salinas, CA 93912-9877, makes the After Dark line of screen saver products. I have an After Dark FAQ they sent me, if you want it. Berkeley (actually Peachpit Press of Berkeley, CA) also publishes Art of Darkness, a screen-saver how-to book. As of 11/93, book can be ordered from Berkeley with a disk containing nine new screens (not Trek).
Macintosh Technical Support
Berkeley Systems, Inc.
2095 Rose Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 549-2300 (voice) M-F 8-5 Pacific
(510) 849-9426 (fax)
(510) 540-0709 (TTY)
America Online:
email: BrklySystm
forum keyword: BerkSys
AppleLink: D0346
Compuserve:
email: 75300,1376
go forum: MACBVEN
eworld:
email: bsi
forum shortcut: Berkeley
Star Trek Screen Saver, Berkeley Systems (After Dark product). Windows version requires Windows 3.0 or later, 2MB RAM, VGA or better. Package includes 3.5 inch disks, but 5.25 inch are available.
Mac version 1.0 requires at least a Mac Plus with 2MB RAM, hard drive, System 6.0.4 or later. System 7 compatible. Comes on 3.5 inch DS/DD.
Star Trek Screen Posters, Berkeley Systems. More than 35 images from the Star Trek movies, including promotional movie posters. Each can be used as a desktop picture (wallpaper) or as part of a slide-show screen saver. Includes After Dark engine. Star Trek Posters is all one After Dark module. This format is the same as the Marvel Comics Screen Posters. Windows version 1.0 requires a 386 or higher, Windows 3.0 or better, 4MB RAM, 3MB hard disk space, and a VGA monitor.
Mac version 1.0 requires Color monitor, 3 MB free hard disk space, 2MB RAM, System 6.0.4 or later, plus MultiFinder. System 7 compatible. Supports all Macs except Plus, SE, Classic, and PowerBook 100. Comes with a good one-page instruction sheet instead of the After Dark manual, but an electronic copy of the manual is included with the software. Comes on one 3.5" HD and one 3.5" DS/DD disk. Compression by STORM Technology. Egghead's Cue price, $17.98; Lechmere, $17.99 (mid 94 prices).
Star Trek: The Next Generation Screen Saver, Berkeley Systems. Includes After Dark 3.0, EcoLogic Energy Saver, SystemIQ, and WallZapper. Includes a good instruction pamphlet; and a full-length manual on-line only. Windows: 386 or better running at least Microsoft Windows 3.1, a VGA color display, 4 MB RAM, and 5 MB of free hard disk space. Soundblaster or compatible sound card recommended. Mac version 1.0: All Macs except Plus, SE, Classic and PowerBook 100. PowerMac-compatible. Requires 4 MB RAM, 5 MB free hard disk space, System 6.0.7 or later with Multifinder. System 7 compatible. Color or grayscale display recommended. Join the crew on their most famous encounters, voyage to a nearby starbase and encounter alien spacecraft, take counsel from Counsellor Troi, let Lt. Worf demonstrate his weapons expertise, watch the Borg assimilate your desktop, watch Data dance, Personnel Files, Science Stations. Over one dozen modules. Also features AudioClips from Sound Source Interactive (formerly Sound Source Unlimited, see Sound section below). Became available Oct 94. Price?
StarDate, Berkeley Systems. A calendar and address book program, not a screen saver. Standalone product based on Berkeley's Expresso engine. Includes Flashback, "to keep your information always visible and accessible." Also includes free True Type fonts, and runs all Expresso looks. Eight calendar styles include Enterprise, Romulan, Klingon, and Deep Space. Has animation and sound. Windows: 386SX or better running at least Microsoft Windows 3.1, 2 MB RAM (4 MB total RAM), VGA and a mouse required. 256 color driver required. Mac: All Macs with 68020 and above (except 512, Plus, SE, Classic, PowerBook 100 and Portable). PowerMac compatible. Requires 2 MB RAM (4 MB total RAM), and System 7 or higher. 256 colors, grayscale required.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Voice Print Security, made by ?. Basically a password protection program, but instead of typing a password, you must speak. Hides screen by displaying a "shield." "When shields are engaged, the computer voice of Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Quark and Sisko ask for voice print identification." Catalog entry is written in hype-talk, but voice print recognition claim appears to be legit. For PCs with Windows 3.1 or higher, 16 bit sound board, math co-processor, and a microphone. Announced in Star Trek Communicator #102, the magazine of Star Trek: The Official Fan Club, seen 4/95. $99.95 plus shipping. (800) 878-3326, order item SOFT3. Claims to be a fan club exclusive but it is not: also available for $79.98 plus shipping in the June 1995 Things You Never Knew Existed Catalog, from the Johnson Smith Company, (813) 747-2356. It says, "Limited premiere edition programs are digitally numbered & contain special commemorative graphics with a certificate of authenticity."
5. Sound
As of December 1994, Sound Source Unlimited has recently become Sound Source Interactive, 2985 East Hillcrest Dr., Suite A, Westlake Village, CA 91362, (805) 494-9996, fax (805) 495-0016. They have struck a deal to be the exclusive supplier of sounds for Berkeley's Star Trek products, such as their After Dark screensavers (See Utilities). And, they are having a clearance sale on Soundware. I believe they are selling off their inventory of the floppy disk-based volumes of AudioClips in favor of the CD-ROM product they now sell. AudioClips for Mac use SoundMaster, by Bruce Tomlin. Soundware requires system 6.0.4 or later, preferably 6.0.7 or later. System 7 compatible. Also, at least 1 megabyte of RAM, preferably 2.
Star Trek Soundware, Vol. One: The Logical Collection, Classic Trek sounds from Sound Source Interactive, Inc. PC version is for Windows 3.1. Mac version minimum requirements, Mac Plus with 1 Meg RAM, system 6.0.4 or later, System 7.0 compatible.
Star Trek Soundware, Vol. Two: The Final Frontier, more Classic Trek from Sound Source Interactive, Inc. Mac version minimum requirements, Mac Plus with 1 Meg RAM, system 6.0.4 or later, System 7.0 compatible.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Vol. 1, Encounter at Farpoint, Sound Source Interactive. PC version is for Windows 3.1. Mac version requires Mac Plus with 1 MB RAM, System 6.0.4 or later, System 7 compatible.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Vol. 2, The Best of Both Worlds, Sound Source Interactive, Inc. Mac version requires Mac Plus with 1 Meg RAM, system 6.0.4 or later, System 7 compatible.
Virtual Data, Sound Source Interactive, Inc., specially recorded AudioClips of Brent Spiner's voice as Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, for Mac. Mac version requires Mac Plus with 2 MB RAM, System 6.0.4 or later, System 7 compatible.
From Sound Source Interactive, bonus AudioClips available only to registered owners of Star Trek AudioClips, for Mac.
From Sound Source Interactive, bonus AudioClips available only to registered owners of Star Trek: The Next Generation AudioClips, for Mac. Includes two startup screens, one black and white, the other color. Format unknown.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Personal Multimedia Collection, a CD-ROM usable on both PCs and Macs. Published by the IBM Multimedia Publishing Studio, (800) 898-8842, (615) 793-5090. To use on a PC, need Windows 3.1, 2 MB RAM, 2 MB hard disk. Also recommend sound card and 256 color monitor. To use on a Mac, need System 6.0.4 or later, 2 MB RAM, 2 MB hard disk. USS Enterprise sound effects, character dialog (Picard and Data), wallpaper images, and music cues. The wallpaper images are not described on the outside of the box (maybe WallZapper is included so you can make your own). All the sounds are AudioClips sublicensed from Sound Source Interactive, probably exactly the same material as in the Star Trek: The Next Generation volumes 1 and 2 and Virtual Data products sold separately on floppy disks. Some AudioClips enhanced with QSound (stereo). Sound handling utilities included (Whoop It Up for PC and SoundMaster for Mac). As of August 94, $29.99 at Comp USA.
This and a similar Classic Trek CD-ROM are available from the Summer 1994 Wireless Audio Collection catalog, $39.95 each.
Star Trek: The Motion Pictures ("The Movies"?) AudioClips, from Sound Source Interactive, released October 1994. For PC only!
6. Fonts
Star Trek Font Pack, from Bitstream's Li'l Bits, (800) 522-FONT or fax (617) 868-4732. PC version requires 286-based PC or higher, DOS 3.1 or higher, Windows 3.1, 2MB RAM, a hard disk, and a 3.5 inch floppy drive. Fonts are ????
Mac version requires 1MB RAM for System 6.x or 2MB RAM for 7.x. Any Postscript printer or typesetter. Also, any nonPostscript printer (also called QuickDraw or TrueType printer) such as ImageWriter or StyleWriter, but then Adobe Type Manager is required. Fonts are Postscript Type 1, Star Trek, Star Trek Films, Star Trek Pi (insignia and Klingon), Starfleet Bold Extended (for ship exteriors), Venetian 30I, and Square 721 Condensed.
Star Trek Next Generation Font Pack, from Bitstream's Li'l Bits. PC version requires 286-based PC or higher, DOS 3.1 or higher, Windows 3.1, 2MB RAM, a hard disk, and a 3.5 inch floppy drive. Fonts?
Mac version requires 1MB RAM for System 6.x or 2MB RAM for 7.x. Any Postscript printer or typesetter. Also, any nonPostscript printer (also called QuickDraw or TrueType printer) such as ImageWriter or StyleWriter, but then Adobe Type Manager is required. Fonts are Postscript Type 1, Star Trek Next, Star Trek Gen, Crillee* Italic, Star Trek Next Pi (emblems and alien symbols), Swiss* 911 Ultra Compressed, and Transitional 521.
*Trademarks
From MacWorld Magazine, Sep 93, printed ~1 Aug 93: "Adobe Systems, Bitstream, and three other font vendors are suing Swfte International, alleging that Swfte copied all or part of their font designs, among them Bitstream's Star Trek, for its Typecase font foundry products." On 1 Dec 93 I looked at Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of the Typecase product, and found no fonts that claimed to be from Trek.
Super Fonts CDROM, $25, from GROUPWARE, 4826 Tacoma Mall Blvd, Tacoma, WA 98409, (800) 373-0628 or (206) 472-1400. Fax (800) 277-5179 or (206) 473-1634, groupware@mcimail.com. From the 10/93 Byte advertising postcard deck, "2000+ Adobe and TrueType fonts. Best font disk out. Includes Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Klingon, Romulan, and many English fonts. Also a book with printed samples of all the fonts is available." No indication that this disk contains shareware, but other products on the postcard did. "Shareware programs require separate payment to authors if found useful." Most products on the card were for IBM PC.
I don't understand much about fonts. Not sure if fonts are specific to PC or Mac. What about different point sizes? Are fonts scalable or something? See section 9 for non-Trek fonts.
7. Other Star Trek software, accessories, & related
A few Trek-related QuickMail forms exist.
Supposedly MITRE-Washington used Trek in a multimedia-animation demo for their 1993 open house.
Stardate for PC, by Jay Windley, and MacStardate, by Jacob ben-David Zimmerman, freeware. As of 1/95, Jacob is a Ph. D. candidate at MIT (zimerman@mit.edu) and a part time coop at MITRE (jbzimm@snoopy.mitre.org)!
Episode guides written by fans, in the form of Hypercard stacks, for ST:TOS and STTNG. Available on the net.
MOUSPAD brand mouse pads with Star Trek art, by MOUSTRAK™, Inc., 2701 Conestoga Drive #123, Carson City, NV 89706, (702) 884-1925. Fax (702) 884-1827. In the US, (800) 221-6687. In Canada, (800) 668-8440. STNG cast portrait, 8.5 x 11 inches oriented vertically; NCC-1701-D, 8.5 x 11 oriented horizontally; NCC-1701-A, 11 inches square; Excelsior, Battle Damage Movie Enterprise, 8.5 x 11 horizontal; Klingon Bird of Prey flying over Vulcan (colors all orange and yellow), 8.5 x 11 horizontal (mine says Star Trek Mouspad, but I have seen a version that refers to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock); Balok ("Alter Ego"); and Kirk in a pile of tribbles. Also, Deep Space Nine, Generations poster, and Three Enterprises. Priced as high as $21 from show dealers, I have seen catalog prices go as low as $8 for these pads. MOUSTRAK advertises "$9.95 to $15.95."
Star Trek: The Next Generation Computer Accessory Kit, by BrainWorks, late 1994. Each kit includes full-function keyboard (no separate numeric keypad), mouse, mouse pad, 3D monitor mask (a frame for your monitor screen), and multi-media disk holder (a tray for 3.5 inch-disks). Everything is predominantly deep blue and red. All the parts are fancied up with Trek symbology. The keyboard uses the delta shield (comm badge) symbol on a few keys and has a fake readout panel of working colored LEDs, the mouse pad is shaped as a delta shield (comm badge), the monitor mask has fake little displays along the edges of the screen, and the disk tray is made to look like a shuttlecraft. Judging from the keyboard, the kit appears to be for PC only. Some of the keys are red, and some blue, with no obvious practical or aesthetic rationale for the color pattern. For instance, the left, right, and down arrow keys are red but the up arrow key is dark blue. Should have been the same as the others. For more information or for a retailer near you call (800) 999-9989. Available nationally at CompUSA, Computer City, and Software, Etc. I think I have seen an ad saying the whole kit is $135. Any chance the parts will be sold separately?
Software, Etc., Burlington Mall, 12/94. They had the kit with a PC keyboard. The colors on the illustrations on the outside of the box were as in the ads, but the colors on the keyboard, which was visible, were different. Instead of blue and red, the keyboard was blue and gray (?, I forget). The color pattern was the same, i.e., which keys are which colors. $139.99.
I have seen a catalog entry somewhere for this product, circa 1 March 95, with a more conventionally shaped mouse pad, with a picture of NCC-1701-D on it.
A Klingon Challenge, Star Trek: The Next Generation VCR Board Game (not actually software), $46.95, 1993, by Decipher, with Robert O'Reilly(?).
The Borg Q-uest, Star Trek: The Next Generation VCR Board Game, 1994, by Decipher, with John deLancie as Q (Borged!).
Star Trek (and other) movies on CD-i (Compact Disk Interactive). How can they fit a whole movie on one CD? I have heard one CD-i disk holds 10 or 20 minutes of video. And what is interactive about these disks? Have seen ST II and ST VI at Lechmere, about $25, found 12/94.
Greenberg's Guide to Star Trek Collectibles (3 volumes), on CD-ROM, 1994. Thru ST V. Include Next Gen and DS9? Updates planned? For PC and Mac? The MCS Group, (605) 344-6775.
Medio Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 4, May 1995, $9.95. Each issue of the magazine is a CD-ROM for PC Windows, in a magazine-sized cardboard cover. This issue's cover story is Star Trek: Voyager. Also articles (typically with video clips) on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, and StarDate. These are probably reviews of the Trek-related software products, Interactive Technical Manual, and StarDate, both listed above. Also articles on other subjects, including Space Shuttle and non-sf subjects. This magazine is dated material and will therefore be very hard to find very soon. Try Barnes & Noble.
8. Wish list, including non-Trek
Trek clip art
Sound bytes featuring Majel Barret's voice announcing various computer operations, including both Trek technobabble and real operations of today ("File open," etc.).
The games from the Federation Science museum exhibit (debugged!)
The video clips from the Federation Science museum exhibit
Icons: Old and new Enterprises, Classic Trek crew, Saavik (Robin, not Kirstie), STTOS chevron, STNG comm badge, Generations comm badge, Guinan, Ro, Borg ship, DS9, Voyager, DS9 and Voyager crews, UFP flag, Indy Jones hat, sad face (there is a happy face), Alfred E. Newman, Elvira, Yoda, Superman's chest emblem, ditto Batman, USA outline, X (as in X-Files), Babylon 5 stuff
Celebrities: Bill, Hillary, Socks, Newt, Rush, Elvis (young or old?), Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jefferson, Franklin, Einstein, Hawking, Newton, Barry Horowitz
Corporate logos: ESC shield, IBM, MITRE (in MITRE's font)
Religious symbols: Pentagram, IDIC
The desktop trashcan. The real one is deliberately excluded from editing.
9. Non-Trek
There is a Jurassic Park screensaver, from Asymetrix (spelling?). The IBM PC version claims to be compatible with After Dark. Have not seen a Mac version.
2001: A Space Odyssey, AudioClips for Mac from Sound Source Interactive
The Disney Collection Screen Saver, Berkeley. More than 15 screens. Windows version requires ? Mac version 1.0 requires at least Mac Plus and a hard drive. 2MB RAM required for black and white, 4MB for color. System 6.0.4 or later. System 7 compatible.
Mickey Mousepad. Disney has released a "Mickey Mousepad", full-length picture of Mickey. There is another pad called Mickey Mousepad, too. It's a natural.
Marvel Comics Screen Posters, list $32.25, includes 39 still-image screen savers for Windows and Mac. "Using JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) compression by Storm Technology of Mountain View, Calif., the utility features Marvel stars on classic comic book covers and in action." Berkeley Systems Inc., 2095 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 540-5535, (800) 344-5541, fax (510) 540-5115. (From MacWeek, 01.01.94) Like the Star Trek Screen Posters, this is basically one big After Dark module. You can make screen saver slide shows, and use any image as wallpaper. Comes with a good one-page instruction sheet instead of the After Dark manual, but an electronic copy of the manual is included with the software. Comes on one 3.5" HD and one 3.5" DS/DD disk.
Star Wars AudioClips for Mac, Sound Source Interactive
Star Wars VisualClips for Mac, Sound Source Interactive. Includes the QuickTime extension, and a control panel, "Video Beep". 62 movie clips, more than 16MB.
Terminator 2 AudioClips for Windows, Sound Source Interactive
Terminator 2 Screen Saver for Windows, Sound Source Interactive (not for After Dark)
Batman: The Animated Series Universal Clip Art. "Imagine starting your next sales memo with a 2-inch graphic of Batman or the Joker. The images in Batman: The Animated Series can be used with Brøderbund's Print Shop Deluxe or exported as EPS or PICT files. The collection also includes Catwoman, The Penguin, Alfred, the Batplane, the Batmobile, and others. $19.99. Gametek, (305) 935-3995, fax (305) 932-8651." (MacWorld, Jan 94, received 22 Nov 93)
Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos, by Westwood Studios, distributed by Virgin, for the PC CD-ROM, with Patrick Stewart as the voice of King Richard.
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1995, on CD-ROM, released in November 1994. On-line video help function uses face and voice of Patrick Stewart, "I will appear to assist you." List price $149.xx. Compton's New Media, A Tribune Company, Customer Relations, 2320 Camino Vida Roble, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Main number (619) 929-2500, catalog sales (800) 216-6116. Warning: there is an earlier edition of Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia that does not have Patrick, already on sale. Best known price for the 1995 edition: Egghead, March 95, $59.98, Windows version.
Magazines reported in Aug 94 that Compton's tried to patent multimedia, and failed; and that Compton's is starting a pilot program in Texas where you can access their products, "Eventually including Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia," on line, rather than buying your own copies. In May 95, America Online is advertising that Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia (the 1995 version?) is available on America Online.
Babylon 5: The Universal Encyclopedia, by Warner Bros and Compton's New Media, (619) 929-2500, for Windows and Mac, fall 94. Includes a bound encyclopedia.
Heard 6 Feb 95 that publication is indefinitely postponed, due to rapid changes in the storyline (war, political and character realignments, etc.).
Heard 1 June 95 that the CD-ROM will come out this summer. Portions relating to episodes not yet broadcast will be on the disk, accessible only by passwords which will be given out in later years.
Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, on CD-ROM, based on John Clute and Peter Nicholls' Hugo Award-winning book, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Second Edition. CD-ROM version will add photos of famous authors, video clips, and interviews with luminaries in the field. Clute and Nicholls have signed up to provide updates. Release summer 1995, no list price as of March 95. Grolier, (800) 285-4534.
X-Files mystery on CD-ROM, 1996, Fox Interactive
Fantasy fonts and page borders, for PC or Mac, by artist Robin Wood, 15529 Longmeadow, Dearborn, MI 48120, (313) 441-2253.
Jackill's Future Fonts, for PC or Mac, "similar to those seen on your favorite Sci-Fi tv series and movies," but unlicensed and therefore not a mass market item. Fifty fonts on one 3.5 inch disk, $12 in Summer 1995 Star Tech catalog.
Uses TypeBook, by Jim Lewis. July 95 MacWorld reports Lewis has received at least 30 complaints that fonts are not accessible or defective.
H. R. Giger Screen Saver, for Windows. H. R. Giger is the creature designer for Alien (1979) and Species (1995). Special features include a notes module for incoming and outgoing messages, special animated sequences, ten modules of fantastic artwork, and, "The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams," an entirely new science fiction story written and narrated by Harlan Ellison, included in screen text and on audio cassette. Requires 386 40 MHz or better (486 recommended), Windows 3.1 or better, SVGA graphics card with Windows 640x480 256-color driver, 4MB RAM and 5MB free hard drive space, and Windows compatible sound card. List $29.95. Announced in the June 1995 Previews comics catalog.