Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus
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Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus was a Star Trek
video game released for the Nintendo
Game Boy
and Sega Game Gear
in 1994. It was both developed
and published by Absolute Entertainment
.
forces, a Romulan
ambush
involving both space and ground combat at Amargosa Station and a different resolution to the capture of Geordi La Forge
.
, moving between markers or using phasers and later photon torpedoes to attack enemy vessels. On-foot levels were played from a top-down perspective and involved either phaser combat or labyrinth-like pathfinding. The remaining levels consisted of simple puzzles such as symbol matching.
graphics (or a limited palette when played through a Super Game Boy
adapter), the Game Gear version featured full colour visuals.
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
video game released for the Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Game Boy
Game Boy
The , is an 8-bit handheld video game device developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in , and in Europe on...
and Sega Game Gear
Sega Game Gear
The was Sega's first handheld game console. It was the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress....
in 1994. It was both developed
Video game developer
A video game developer is a software developer that creates video games. A developer may specialize in a certain video game console, such as Nintendo's Wii, Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3, or may develop for a variety of systems, including personal computers.Most developers also...
and published by Absolute Entertainment
Absolute Entertainment
Absolute Entertainment was a video game publisher based in Glen Rock, New Jersey and later in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Through its development house Imagineering, Absolute Entertainment produced titles for the Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Sega Game Gear, Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Game Boy,...
.
Plot
The game loosely followed the plot of the then-recently released Star Trek Generations motion picture. Notable departures included an additional battle against TholianTholian
Tholians are a fictional starfaring and extremely territorial race in the Star Trek fictional universe. The Tholian home nation is the Tholian Assembly, which inhabits an area of space in the Alpha Quadrant, near the Cardassian Union and the Badlands....
forces, a Romulan
Romulan
The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager...
ambush
Ambush
An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops...
involving both space and ground combat at Amargosa Station and a different resolution to the capture of Geordi La Forge
Geordi La Forge
Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge is a regular character in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and its feature films, played by LeVar Burton...
.
Gameplay
The game combined three different styles of play with minor differences from level to level. Spaceflight was done in a primitive pseudo-3D environment. Players steered their ship from a first-person point of viewFirst person (video games)
In video games, first person refers to a graphical perspective rendered from the viewpoint of the player character. In many cases, this may be the viewpoint from the cockpit of a vehicle. Many different genres have made use of first-person perspectives, ranging from adventure games to flight...
, moving between markers or using phasers and later photon torpedoes to attack enemy vessels. On-foot levels were played from a top-down perspective and involved either phaser combat or labyrinth-like pathfinding. The remaining levels consisted of simple puzzles such as symbol matching.
Differences between platforms
The Game Boy and Game Gear versions of the game were identical, save for their colour palette: while the GB version was limited to monochromeMonochrome
Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or shades of one color. A monochromatic object or image has colors in shades of limited colors or hues. Images using only shades of grey are called grayscale or black-and-white...
graphics (or a limited palette when played through a Super Game Boy
Super Game Boy
The is a 16-bit adapter cartridge for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super Famicom in Japan. The Super Game Boy allows game cartridges designed for use on the Game Boy to be played on a TV display using the SNES/Super Famicom controllers. When it was released in...
adapter), the Game Gear version featured full colour visuals.