| Star Trek: Bridge Commander | 
| From: Activision
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $63.49
New (8) Used (12) Collectible (1) from $57.00
Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 7636
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95
Genre: Arcade Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6 x 2 x 1
UPC: 047875322196
EAN: 0047875322196
ASIN: B00005RVN8
Release Date: February 27, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | UPDATED SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY: works well in XP. | | • | Star Trek: Bridge Commander puts you right where you belong - in the Captain's chair! Set in the NextGen universe (and featuring a couple of surprise guest appearances, complete with the real actors doing the voiceovers), Bridge Commander puts you at the helm in a first-person, "through the vid-screen" view of a Federation starship (see the Amazon.com review for more details). | | • | Supports mods and multiplayer battles, with an active online community. |
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Product Description
A deadly sun erupts unexpectedly, destroying a Starfleet research station, damaging your ship, and killing your captain. Now you must take your lost leader's position on the bridge, controlling your starship and commanding your crew.
Amazon.com Review
IStar Trek: Bridge Commander/I puts you in the captain's chair of your very own Galaxy-class starship. Many games have made this claim, but this time, seriously, you're Iin/I the chair. Look to your left, and there's your navigator. Look over your shoulder, and there's your science officer. Instead of flying your titanic starship like an X-wing fighter, you direct the movement of your Federation vessel through commands to your capable crew. Some may question why sitting in a space-age La-Z-Boy is such a big deal, but these poor folks just don't realize that La-Z-Boy can move at warp factor 10.p The default view has you in the big chair. Everything is '80s-era beige, confirming that this is indeed the Next Generation. In front of you is the famous view screen. Your engineer, science officer, first officer, tactical officer, and navigator/communications officer are where you'd expect to find them. As events unfold, you can click on these officers and an orders menu opens up. This way you can quickly order your com officer to hail that ship, or the science officer to scan a nearby target. During combat you can order your tactical officer to target certain enemy subsystems (like the warp drive), or you can take control and do your own targeting and firing if you want. Your engineer can be ordered to prioritize repairs or boost power to the weapons. This lets you play like a real captain in that you're hearing reports, giving orders, and taking as much personal control as you like. You can even take a walk about the ship with the keyboard in the optional (and breathtaking) third-person view.p It's very clever how all this works and thankfully the artificial intelligence is more than up to the task. The story here is very deep and very iStar Trek/i, and so are the music, sound effects, and voice acting. Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner (Captain Picard and Commander Data, respectively) are even on hand to give advice during two different points in the story. The missions are very linear and you can only save between them, but there are plenty of branching points that let you handle things your way. Though the main plot doesn't encourage a replay once you finish it, you can extend your enjoyment of the game through full multiplayer options and a handy Instant Action simulator that lets you set up any battle you like.p The graphics are stunning, except when it comes to the people. The stiff character graphics look like something out of 1997's IJedi Knight/I, rather than real people, and the lip-synching is awful. But you won't be watching people talk nearly as much as you'll be watching Klingon vessels trading punches with massive Romulan warbirds, as the Cardassians and Ferengi skulk nearby and your crew looks to you for your orders. Never has an episode of iTrek/i come to life quite this well. If you winced when Riker piloted the IEnterprise/I with that pop-up Thrustmaster joystick in IStar Trek: Insurrection/I, you love the smell of spark-spewing bridge consoles in the morning, and you've ever wanted to listen to a crewman's so-crazy-it-just-might-work suggestion and reply "Make it so," then this game is for you. I--Bob Andrews/I p BPros:/B ul liPerfectly re-creates iStar Trek/i adventure and combat liUnique control system works perfectly /ul BCons:/B ul liBad lip-synching liCan only save between missions /ul
Amazon.com Product Description
IStar Trek: Bridge Commander/I is the first space simulation set in the INext Generation/I universe and puts you in command of your own Starfleet starship and crew. While you're on duty in a remote area of space, a nearby sun suddenly erupts, releasing a deadly blast that damages your ship, kills your captain, and threatens colonists close by. You must take control of your ship and lead your crew to solve the mystery.pYour mission is to discover the cause of the devastating explosion and prevent it from happening again. During the race you will battle the Cardassians, ally with the Klingons, investigate the Romulans, and reveal a secret plot that threatens the Federation itself. Challenges grow as you and your crew race to find the cause through more than 30 different missions. These include many of IStar Trek/I's fundamental elements: defense, combat, diplomacy, exploration, rescue, and scientific discovery. You will be able to command both Galaxy- and Sovereign-class ships much like the U.S.S. iEnterprise-D/i and U.S.S. iEnterprise-E/i.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 72 more reviews...
 100% good! August 8, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
This game is the gem of the Star Trek Universe. A nice feature is you can use Quick Battle, a simulation in which you choose your own ship, add friendly and enemy ships, and put them to battle. demo: 5 star. game: 5 star. Id definatly reccomend it to anyone who is looking for a very high quality simulation game with extreme graphics and sound with excitement. Here's some more of #1startrekfan's games: br /1. Starfleet Command: try this 1st level br /2. Dominion War: no, this is bad br /3. Armada: excellent quality 100% satisfaction br /4. armada2: super! 175% satisfaction + added WARP SPEED!! YAY! br / br / br / br /thanks for reading br / br /#1startrekfan
gooses review July 28, 2005
goose (homewood, IL)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
It appears that several star trek games are being reviewed together here and this one is for bridge commander. This game puts you in command of a galaxy class star ship at the start of the game. you can give your crew orders by clicking on them and choosing from an options box. your missions are given to you be an admiral who is coordinating efforts in the system of space your ship is assigned to. you eventually get promoted to a soverigne class star ship after you complete the first few missions. you never leave the ship in this game and most of it revolves around skirmishes with varius alien ships. playing the single player mode of this game is like watching an episode of the next generation except without most of the boring sub stories. playing this game was very satisfying and seeing how you fair against some of the ships on the show with the ship of your choice in tactical simulation mode is great. the story although it may sound as if there wouldnt be one with all the ship skirmishes is actually as good as the story or better than the one in elite force.
Fleeting but wonderful July 6, 2005
Anon12
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The missions were incredibly fun and interesting. Just challenging enough and really captured that Star Trek experience. However, within about a week the games were pretty much exhausted (except for the misc optional battles which are pretty dry). It's kind of shocking to "run out of play" that quickly. That said, it was still great fun and worth it!
 Star Trek Bridge Commander. December 30, 2004
D. Huang (SF, California.)
5 out of 16 found this review helpful
I've been playing Star Trek Bridge Commander for a while now after I purchased the game just a few years ago. The computer graphics are great if you like to take the Captain's Chair. This game requires some stragety and it's often difficult to play. I have to play this game a number of times before I can get through the next level. But if you are a extremely better gamer and love Star Trek this game is for you. If not don't buy this game if you are not satisified.
Bridge Commander, a game with so much potential April 11, 2004
Will Hinkley (Grants Pass, Oregon United States)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
When I fist saw the pics of bridge commander I thought it looked fun, probrably more so than the other star trek games I've played like SFC III. I was wrong. It's a whole lot better than those could ever hope to be. Yeah, the story game is fun, but the real fun lies in quick battle. You go into it, though, and think where are all the ships. The fact is this game doesn't come with much but has a good basis. Since I first got this game I've gone many times to www.bcfiles.com and downloaded mods, ships, and other fun things for the game. Now the once empty bridge commander is full of all sorts of ships and other interesting things. So, if you want a fun game that's true to star trek and are willing to do a little work online to make it better, bridge commander is the game for you.
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