Quote Originally Posted by Ed Oscuro View Post
Bah, Wikipedia. The more I think about it, the more certain I feel that I've heard of Spacewar! renamed Star Trek. Obviously with the Enterprise as the player ship, and perhaps more than one enemy ship onscreen at a time. Actually, though, it's possible it was the Romulan Bird of Prey as the opponent.

(I'd rather play Maze War by myself than these, I think... )
In the late 60's the first "Star Trek" game appeared. It was just another variation of the much imitated "Space War". The history of "Space War" is pretty fascinating as it was very influential.

Here is a link to one random resource that discusses it a bit (or at least briefly mentions it)...

http://www.hyw.com/Books/WargamesHandbook/6-3-gene.htm