Resurgence Could Put Star Trek Games Back on the Map
Few franchises have influenced popular culture more thanStar Trek. As one of the most widely recognized space science fiction series known around the world, it nevertheless boggles the mind that this TV show that started in 1966 with Star Trek: The Original Series would still be receiving more adaptations and reboots today. As is usually the case for any popular franchise, Star Trek has been brought to every medium imaginable; from motion pictures, to merchandise, and even novels. Of course, the franchise has also been adapted into video games, with the latest being Star Trek: Resurgence, scheduled for release later this year.
What might be more surprising than the critical success of Star Trek as a brand is the relative obscurity of Star Trek video game adaptations. Unfortunately for Star Trek, eye-catching games have been few and far between. The franchise might have a long list of games under its name, but barring a few exceptions, most have been underwhelming. It's in this context that Star Trek: Resurgence enters the scene in 2022. Appearances can be deceiving, but first impressions of the latest Star Trek video game title have fueled the expectation that Resurgence might truly live up to its namesake for the franchise.
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Astonishingly, long before the first Pac-Man or the first Donkey Kong, Star Trek games were being made. In 1971, programmer Mike Mayfield wrote a text-based strategy Star Trek video game in BASIC programming language, on a Sigma 7 mainframe.
Little did he know, the simple game depicting battles between Federation starships and Klingon warbirds would pioneer early rogue-like RPGs, and randomly generated environments for computer games. The 1971game laid the
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