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Retail FeaturesRatingsRetail Minimum Specifications/26664Space500North AmericanMicrosoft WindowsStar Trek: Away Team is an game set in the fictional universe of and focusing on commando-style reconnaissance and combat. It was developed by and published by in 2001 for the platform.Overview An ' refers to a group of crewmen who sally from their starship to conduct a mission. For each of the game's missions, the player must form and command an away team which he selects from among seventeen crewmen, each with different specialities.
The history of the Star Trek personal computer game franchise began as early as 1971, with a Star Trek text-only computer game written in BASIC. Many PC titles have since been published, and the franchise was one of the first based on a TV program to break into the young PC gamer market in the 1990s.
Game action consists of sneaking through various enemy installations trying to solve puzzles without being detected by guards or security systems. The game is set in the period after the war with the (c. Stardate 54800 — c. October 2377).Star Trek: Away Team was released in 2001, the year Activision gained complete control of the Star Trek game franchise.
Star Trek: Away Team was Activision's first Star Trek title following the success of in 2000. By this time some PC gaming magazines were beginning to note a decline in the quality of Star Trek games, and many reviews of Star Trek: Away Team make reference to this so-called 'Star Trek stigma'. Despite this, Star Trek: Away Team had reasonable success in both sales and reviews.References.