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Star Trek: The Rebel Universe

The game places the user in control of the bridge crew of the Enterprise while they explore an area of space attempting to understand why all previous Federation ships that entered the region have mutinied…

31 December 1987

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe is a shooter, released 31 December 1987 on Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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What Star Trek: The Rebel Universe is

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe was released in 1987. It was published by Simon & Schuster. It is available on Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game places the user in control of the bridge crew of the Enterprise while they explore an area of space attempting to understand why all previous Federation ships that entered the region have mutinied. Each member of the bridge crew is in control of certain aspects of ship operations, allowing the player to control the mission through their stations. The user can also orbit above planets and beam down selected members in order to find devices or clues that can solve the mystery of the "Quarantine Zone".
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Star Trek series

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe is the tenth of 90 entries we hold in the Star Trek series. The next entry was Star Trek: First Contact in 1988.

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What it launched against

Star Trek: The Rebel Universe launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Star Trek: The Rebel Universe come out?
Star Trek: The Rebel Universe was released on 31 December 1987 for Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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