Star Trek Generations: Beyond the Nexus

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Star Trek Generations: Beyond The Nexus
Developer(s)	Absolute Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Absolute Entertainment
Platform(s)	Game Boy, Game Gear
Release date	December 31, 1994
Genre(s)	Action, Strategy, Puzzle
Mode(s)	Single player
Media	Cartridge

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.

1 Plot
2 Gameplay
3 Differences between platforms
4 External links

[edit] Plot

The game loosely followed the plot of the then-recently released Star Trek Generations motion picture. Notable departures included an additional battle against Tholian forces, a Romulan ambush involving both space and ground combat at Amargosa Station and a different resolution to the capture of Geordi La Forge.

[edit] 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 view, 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.

[edit] 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 monochrome graphics (or a limited palette when played through a Super Game Boy adapter), the Game Gear version featured full colour visuals.