Star Trek: The Next Generation - Birth of the Federation

Licensing

The game strictly had a license for using races and ships from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but not the other shows of the franchise which partially overlapped in the in-universe timeline. This is why, for example, the Trill race used their TNG look instead of their better-known one from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. One exception is the Federation Defiant-class ship which debuted in DS9, and appears in this game due to a loophole as it was present in the 1996 TNG film Star Trek: First Contact.

Macintosh

A Macintosh port was announced by MacSoft in July 1998, but was ultimately not released.