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''Star Trek Pinball'' is a DigitalPinballTable developed by SCI (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. It was released in 1997 by Creator/InterplayEntertainment for the IBMPersonalComputer.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Boldly Go"? Or "BoldlyComing"?]]
''Star Trek Pinball'' is a DigitalPinballTable developed by SCI (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. It was released in 1997 by Interplay for the IBMPersonalComputer.
As the title indicates, this title consists of three original pinball tables associated with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', accompanied by sounds and images from the show:
* "To Boldly Go": The player is James T. Kirk, who must prove himself worthy of a Federation Captain while an assortment of love interests watch on.
* "Qapla'": Named after the Klingon word for "success", the player is a Klingon warrior being tested at pinball.
* "Nemesis": In an echo of the Federation-Klingon conflict, this game mirrors the playfield lengthwise and pits two players against each other.
It is rumored that the game was a rushed cash grab by Interplay, an attempt to raise money due to problems during development of ''Star Trek: The Secret of Vulcan's Fury''. Unfortunately, every aspect of ''Star Trek Pinball'' reinforces this point, making this a classic example of TheProblemWithLicensedGames. The ''Trek'' license fails to cover the game's numerous shortcomings -- unbalanced gameplay, inconsistent and unrealistic ball behavior, and poorly-designed tables that are overly complicated and frustrating. Like the ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' series, the game uses pre-rendered playfield graphics, but there is only one camera angle, and the graphics are pixelated and grainy. Then there are the VideoGame-only features, such as smashing a slow-moving ball for extra points, and an assortment of game-crashing bugs.
Aside from the novelty of head-to-head competition in "Nemesis", this is an entirely forgettable title.
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!!''Star Trek Pinball'' demonstrates the following tropes:
* BeardOfEvil: The Klingons in "Qapla'" each have one.
* BoldExplorer: "To Boldly Go" is supposedly about this.
* BoldlyComing: Heavily suggested by "To Boldly Go", with the playfield dominated by a leering James Kirk and a half-dozen wary women.
* CompetitiveMultiplayer[=/=]PlayerVersusPlayer: In "Nemesis".
* FixedCamera
* GuideDangIt: Good luck understanding the rules without one.
* LicensedGame: Unfortunately.
* MirrorMatch: Done literally in "Nemesis", which mirrors the two halves of the playfield left-to-right.
* ObviousBeta: Not only does the game crash frequently, but a note in the package mentions that the advertised network multiplayer option was removed from the final release.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Boldly Go"? Or "BoldlyComing"?]]
''Star Trek Pinball'' is a DigitalPinballTable developed by SCI (Sales Curve Interactive) Ltd. It was released in 1997 by Interplay for the IBMPersonalComputer.
As the title indicates, this title consists of three original pinball tables associated with ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', accompanied by sounds and images from the show:
* "To Boldly Go": The player is James T. Kirk, who must prove himself worthy of a Federation Captain while an assortment of love interests watch on.
* "Qapla'": Named after the Klingon word for "success", the player is a Klingon warrior being tested at pinball.
* "Nemesis": In an echo of the Federation-Klingon conflict, this game mirrors the playfield lengthwise and pits two players against each other.
It is rumored that the game was a rushed cash grab by Interplay, an attempt to raise money due to problems during development of ''Star Trek: The Secret of Vulcan's Fury''. Unfortunately, every aspect of ''Star Trek Pinball'' reinforces this point, making this a classic example of TheProblemWithLicensedGames. The ''Trek'' license fails to cover the game's numerous shortcomings -- unbalanced gameplay, inconsistent and unrealistic ball behavior, and poorly-designed tables that are overly complicated and frustrating. Like the ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' series, the game uses pre-rendered playfield graphics, but there is only one camera angle, and the graphics are pixelated and grainy. Then there are the VideoGame-only features, such as smashing a slow-moving ball for extra points, and an assortment of game-crashing bugs.
Aside from the novelty of head-to-head competition in "Nemesis", this is an entirely forgettable title.
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!!''Star Trek Pinball'' demonstrates the following tropes:
* BeardOfEvil: The Klingons in "Qapla'" each have one.
* BoldExplorer: "To Boldly Go" is supposedly about this.
* BoldlyComing: Heavily suggested by "To Boldly Go", with the playfield dominated by a leering James Kirk and a half-dozen wary women.
* CompetitiveMultiplayer[=/=]PlayerVersusPlayer: In "Nemesis".
* FixedCamera
* GuideDangIt: Good luck understanding the rules without one.
* LicensedGame: Unfortunately.
* MirrorMatch: Done literally in "Nemesis", which mirrors the two halves of the playfield left-to-right.
* ObviousBeta: Not only does the game crash frequently, but a note in the package mentions that the advertised network multiplayer option was removed from the final release.
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