''Time Trek'' is a ''Star Trek'' computer game published by Personal Software in 1978. Two similar but unrelated games were published under this brand in 1978, one for the Commodore PET by Brad Templeton and one programmed by Joshua Lavinsky for the

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4K Level I or Level II microcomputer.

Plot summary

''Time Trek'' is a

real-time Real-time or real time describes various operations in computing or other processes that must guarantee response times within a specified time (deadline), usually a relatively short time. A real-time process is generally one that happens in defined ...

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

''-style game in which the ''Enterprise'' must eliminate the Klingons before they can destroy all the starbases.

Reception

J. Mishcon reviewed ''Time Trek'' in '' The Space Gamer'' No. 28. Mishcon commented that "the real-time aspect of the game and the aggressive tactics of the damn

Klingon The Klingons ( ; Klingon: ''tlhIngan'' ) are a fictional species in the science fiction franchise ''Star Trek''. Developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 for the original ''Star Trek'' (''TOS'') series, Klingons were swarthy humanoids c ...

s make this game quite exciting. For those into hand-eye coordination and fast action, ''Time Trek'' will be enjoyable." In his ''80-US'' review of ''

Space Battle Space warfare is hypothetical combat in which one or more belligerents are situated in outer space. The scope of space warfare therefore includes ''ground-to-space warfare'', such as attacking satellites from the Earth; ''space-to-space warfare ...

'', "One of the best space war games available", Geo Blank compared the game to ''Time Trek'', commenting that "The extra control makes ''Time Trek'' a better action game."

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last=Lavinsky , first=Joshua , year=1978 , title=Time Trek , url=https://archive.org/details/Time_Trek_1978_Joshua_Lavinsky , publisher=Personal Software, Inc. , type=Manual , pages=1–12 , via=

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{{cite magazine , editor-last=Fylstra , editor-first=Dan , date=Spring 1980 , title=Personal Software , url=https://archive.org/details/TNM_Software_Catalog_Spring_1980_-_Personal_Softw_20171202_0077/page/n5 , publisher=Personal Software, Inc. , location=Sunnyvale, CA , type=Catalogue , pages=11,17 , via=

External links

Joshua Lavinsky interview80-U.S. review
1978 video games Commodore PET games TRS-80 games Video games based on Star Trek Video games developed in the United States