Published by
Developed by
Released

Platform
81
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.6
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Star Fleet Command is the tactical, ship-to-ship combat simulator set in the world of Star Trek. It is based on the 20+ year old bookshelf game "Star Fleet Battles," and it follows its rules almost to the letter.

You can choose to play your a career that will span 30 years as the captain of a Federation, Klingon, Romulan, Gorn, Hydran, or Lyran ship. You begin with a small frigate class ship, and as you complete missions you gain presitge that is then spent on acquiring larger ships, and better crew.

The campaigns are randomly generated by the "Dynaverse" generator, with certain key missions that will come up as you go through you 30 year career. Missions range from escorting and patrols, to space monster investigation and starbase assault.

There are over 300 different ships and ship mods to choose from and a wide array of weaponry. Phasers, Photons, Disruptors, Missles(Drones), Expanding Sphere Generators, Plasmas, Hellbores, Fusion Beams, Mines, Marines, and Fighters. Effective management of the ships energy resources on the fly is critical, especially with all the weapons, shields, ECM, ECCM, tractor beams, shield reinforcments, and other options available for you to use.

The game is played on a 2D plane, like the original boardgame's "hexmap."

The developers also released the .dll files to the public, so anyone adept at C++ programming can use these files to construct ships, missions, even entire campaigns. These can be dowloaded at thier website.

Alternate Titles

  • "星际迷航:星舰指挥官" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
  • "SFC" -- Common Abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title      
ebay.com
Star Trek: Starfleet Command    
amazon.com
Star Trek: Starfleet Command    
Not an American user?

User Reviews

"Where's that damn torpedo?" Terrence Bosky Bronze Star Contributing Member (5239) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars
Great mission editor but poor campaign mode. William Shawn McDonie Bronze Star Contributing Member (1164) unrated
The First good Star Trek game i've played Krystman (8) 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars

The Press Says

FileFactory Games / Gameworld Network Sep 27, 2002 91 out of 100 91
Game Revolution Oct 25, 1999 A- 91
Electric Games 1999 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Strategy Informer Oct 15, 2003 8.2 out of 10 82
PC Games (Germany) Aug, 1999 82 out of 100 82
PC Player (Germany) Oct, 1999 78 out of 100 78
GameSpot Aug 27, 1999 7.5 out of 10 75
WomenGamers.com Sep 21, 1999 7.5 out of 10 75
Game Over Online Aug 28, 1999 73 out of 100 73
Absolute Games (AG.ru) Sep 01, 1999 70 out of 100 70

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.


Trivia

While Starfleet Command (there's no space between Star and Fleet) claims to be THE "Star Fleet Battles" computer game, there was actually an unofficial adaptation made almost 20 years ago, on the Apple II! That game is called The Warp Factor. That game was ported to the PC in 1982, a year after its initial release.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Bastion (15) on Jul 12, 2000.
 

Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.

MobyGames™ Copyright © 1999-2009, MobyGames.
All rights reserved. Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.
moby sites | about us | advertise | disclaimer | privacy statement | become an approver | RSS