Earl Grey 110: The Shift Key Is Your Friend

A Final Unity.

The mission of creating a good game based on Star Trek: The Next
Generation has been a continuous hit-or-miss enterprise. However,
few games can boast the voice talents of the original TNG actors.
In 1995, game developer Spectrum HoloByte and publisher
MicroProse released "A Final Unity," for both DOS and Macintosh
computers. The Enterprise-D faced Romul-, er, Garidian warbirds,
went on various away missions, and had Captain Jean-Luc Picard
deal with an ultimate moral question concerning power.

Daniel, Darren, and Phillip fire up their boot disks in this
episode and talk about playing "A Final Unity." The trio
discusses gameplay (both the regular and "quick" versions), the
game's story, solving puzzles, the graphics, and how our favorite
TNG crewmembers are used by players. The trio explain the
accuracy of Commander Riker leaning on the bridge, the game
mechanics of yesteryear, and why Daniel holds a game secret more
powerful than anything the Chodak have to offer. Join Earl Grey
as they enter the world of Next Gen gaming and discuss the 1995
release, "A Final Unity."   

Hosts
Daniel Proulx, Phillip Gilfus, & Darren Moser

Editor / Producer
Darren Moser

Executive Producers
Norman C. Lao, Matthew Rushing, & C Bryan Jones



Production Manager


Richard Marquez


 


Content Manager


Will Nguyen


Chapters

Gameplay (00:23:21)


Story (00:29:29)


Episode References (00:46:26)
TNG GAMES PART 2 (00:52:20)
What if? (00:54:55)


Final Thoughts (00:59:59)







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