Star Trek Pinball

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Star Trek Pinball
Star Trek Pinball cover.jpg
Developer Sales Curve Interactive
Publisher Interplay Entertainment
Producers Dan Llewellyn, Fred Royal
Platform DOS
Release
  • NA: February 17, 1998 [1]
  • EU: 1998
Genre Pinball video game
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Star Trek Pinball is a pinball video game based on the Star Trek franchise, developed by Sales Curve Interactive and published by Interplay for DOS in 1998. It could be purchased by itself or bundled with Starfleet Academy. [2]

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Gameplay

The game can be played at 800x600 or 640x480 resolutions, [3] and uses a 3D viewpoint. [4] The controls of the game are not remappable. [5]

There are three tables: "To Boldly Go" where the player experiences some of the world of James T. Kirk; "Qapla'" played as a Klingon warrior; and "Nemesis" which is a two-player only table with one player as the Federation, and the other as the Klingons. On "Nemesis" the table is split vertically and both players have a set of flippers to control their half of the table, but players may choose to hit a ball into their opponents half of the table. [3] The game includes multiballs. [6]

Development

The game claimed to offer both local and LAN multiplayer on its box, [2] but the network play was removed before the game shipped. [7]

While gamepads could be used to control the game, support for the two trigger buttons (most commonly used for the flippers) was omitted. [8]

Reception

The game received unfavorable reviews. Next Generation said, "In the end, Star Trek Pinball is one to be avoided – at least until it hits the bargain bins." [13] Computer Games Strategy Plus found the game to be awful with tables at a terrible viewing angle and the sound effects "annoyingly repetitive". [11] GameSpot criticized the layout of the single player tables and found the game uninspiring, concluding "Star Trek Pinball boldly goes where no pinball game should ever have ventured". [5]

References

  1. ↑ "ATTENTION: INHABITANTS OF PLANET EARTH--STAR TREK PINBALL(TM) HAS BEAMED IN". Interplay Entertainment . February 17, 1998. Archived from the original on July 10, 1998. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Star Trek Pinball". TrekCore. Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Star Trek Pinball manual. SCI. 1997.
  4. 1 2 Shoemaker, Richie (June 1998). "Star Trek Pinball". PC Zone . No. 64. Dennis Publishing. p. 100. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Dultz, Marc (March 23, 1998). "Star Trek Pinball Review [date mislabeled as "April 12, 2000"]". GameSpot . Fandom. Archived from the original on January 18, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Finite, J. "Star Trek Pinball". www.interplay.com. Archived from the original on 1998-07-10. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  7. 1 2 Green, Jeff (June 1998). "To Boldly Blow... (Star Trek Pinball Review)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 167. Ziff Davis. p. 188. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Mandel, Bob (February 8, 1999). "Star Trek Pinbal lReview". www.gamezilla.com. Archived from the original on 1999-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
  9. ↑ "Star Trek Pinball for PC". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ Goble, Gordon (March 26, 1998). "Star Trek Pinball". Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on July 11, 2000. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  11. 1 2 D'Aprile, Jason (April 19, 1998). "Star Trek Pinball". Computer Games Strategy Plus . Strategy Plus, Inc. Archived from the original on May 3, 2003. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Star Trek Pinball". GameStar (in German). Webedia. June 1998.
  13. 1 2 "Star Trek Pinball". Next Generation . No. 43. Imagine Media. July 1998. p. 118. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Star Trek Pinball". PC Gamer . Vol. 5, no. 6. Imagine Media. June 1998.
  15. ↑ "Star Trek Pinball". PC Games (in German). Computec. June 1998.
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