Star Trek: Klingon

The Good
ST:K has good production value. It is filmed with full make-up and sets, just like a real Star Trek episode. The story is all Klingon, with all the proper Klingon cultural references that one must be a Star Trek fan to appreciate. The language lab with speed recognition is just icing on the cake (if it works!).

The Bad
The game is way too short. You can finish it in an hour. The interaction is limited to a click (or lack of one ) at decision points, and there are only 19 of them in the whole game. The video (designed for 486) is so blurry that you can barely recognize some of the items on the screen. Some of the puzzles makes no sense.

The Bottom Line
Star Trek: Klingon is an interactive movie, where you get to make a few decisions and watch some more video. The productions values are excellent as it was done by the regular Star Trek crew. The compression standard back then was blurry but acceptable, as you get to know all things Klingon. Of course, they speak Federation Standard for your sake. This is supposed to be a holodeck simulation, after all. The interaction is really minimal, as it involves a click here and there. With only nineteen decision points you'll be done in about one hour. It's extremely short. Some of the puzzle is incredibly hard with almost no clue given. Most decision points give you unlimited retries, but Gowron may get mad if you mess it up several times. :-) When you get done, you may be worthy of his blade. :-)

On the other hand, the language lab, which contains Klingon culture and language references, including pronunciation guide, is a good reference... If you can get it to work. It doesn't work under WIN98, as the install program, written for WIN31, keeps wanting to install Video for Windows 1.1 and the old stuff. Even with that stuff it doesn't work.