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    Default Need help identifying game (Windows)

    I remember this old game for Windows, either 95 or 3.1, that came with the system, or so I recall. Somehow I believe it dealt with Star Trek but I could be wrong. All I remember was you would control a ship which would move on a small windowed grid. On the grid there would be stars and or dark space and as I remember the objective was to defeat all other ships in brief while travelling around the galaxy. I remember it being a fun game to kill time but it's been years since I played it, over 10 to be sure. Any help is welcome.
    Whaddya mean invalid parameters?!

    9,000 gigs of ram and it still can't answer a simple question!

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    Could be EGA Trek, or more likely its successor Visual Star Trek.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZznGu-wf50

    Neither one is a Windows game, though.
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    Definitely wasn't DOS. Thanks for the first attempt though.
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    Birth of the Federation?




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    Maybe not. It was released in 99 which is probally too late to be the one you're looking for.

    Try looking though this list...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr...e)#Video_games
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    As mentioned, I thought it was a Star Trek game, and while I checked wikipedia prior to posting, that doesn't mean all games are chronicled. The bottom line was it was around the mid 1990's and it was small game but with some depth and longevity.
    Whaddya mean invalid parameters?!

    9,000 gigs of ram and it still can't answer a simple question!

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    Star Control? I don't remember a grid, but I did not play it too much.

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