Star Trek: Klingon
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Star Trek: Klingon is an interactive movie/computer game set in the Star Trek universe. It was written by Hilary Bader, directed by Jonathan Frakes, and featured music by Gregory Smith. It was released in 1996 by Simon and Schuster for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.
[edit] Plot and Gameplay
In order to dispel common misbeliefs regarding Klingons, Gowron (Robert O'Reilly) creates a holodeck "immersion studies" program to teach humans about his people's culture.
The player assumes the role of Pok, a young Klingon about to undergo the Rite of Ascension. The celebration is interrupted, however, when Pok's father is killed during an assassination attempt on Gowron's life. Gowron and Pok then swear a blood oath to find the killers and bring them to honorable justice.
Because many of the choices in the game depend upon either Klingon cultural situations, or on explicit instructions given in the Klingon language, the game provides the player with a variety of educational tools. Within the game itself, the player can pause the story and examine objects in each scene to learn more about their significance. The third disc of the game features a language instruction program with a voice-recognition engine by Dragon Systems, in addition to the audiobook Power Klingon, a cultural primer narrated by Michael Dorn.
[edit] Trivia
Martha Hackett, the actress who portrayed Pok's mother, is better known to Star Trek fans for her role as Seska on Star Trek: Voyager. J. G. Hertzler, the actor who played the "old Klingon officer," is best known for playing Martok on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The game's events were later novelized by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch as a story told by Gowron during negotiations at Deep Space Nine.
The "Klingon warrior's anthem" from this game was featured in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Soldiers of the Empire".
Klingon blood in the game is purple, as it appeared in Star Trek VI. Klingon blood is typically red when it appears during television episodes.
This game was immediately followed by Star Trek: Borg, a similar program with an action/adventure plot.
The Mac and PC versions use different video files with different resolutions. The PC version has been reduced in height, but not width, resulting in a skewed picture.
