Format:CD-ROM Platforms:Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 95 Genre:Action Video Games ESRB:Teen Media:CD-ROM Age:12 - 20 years Operating System:Windows 95 Shipping Weight (lbs):1.5 Dimensions (in):9.8 x 8.1 x 2.3
Model:1000911 UPC:040421001309 EAN:0040421001309
Release Date:June 22, 2000 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Amazon.com Review Become a Klingon warrior, captain of a massive ship of war and charged with obliterating those who oppose the Empire in Klingon Academy. You play the role of a young Klingon officer newly accepted into the command academy of the Klingons. Your instructor: General Chang, the Shakespeare-quoting Klingon with the bolted-on eye patch, last seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Christopher Plummer reprises his role as Chang in numerous TV-quality filmed scenes that set the stage for your combat missions. And, this being the Klingons, there are plenty of combat missions.
A fierce space-battle scene immerses the player in the chaotic period of Klingon history two and a half years before the Camp Khitomer peace accords, and reveals the events that led to Star Trek VI. These are the Klingons we know and love from the original Star Trek series: violent, sworn enemies of the Federation, wracked by devastating civil wars. Into this political cauldron you are thrown, playing as an ambitious student in an academy famous for ordering attacks on Federation starbases for homework.
It is clear the designers are die-hard Trekkers; the interface, music, graphics, and acting exude Klingon attitude. You command your ship much as a real Klingon captain would. You personally control the weapons and navigation of your ship, and bark orders to your weapons officer, science officer, chief engineer, and other officers through a keyboard interface. Each order is accompanied by a verbal confirmation, and your officers also report to you verbally. The interface takes getting used to, but it really gets across the feeling that you are a commander of a starship crew instead of a lone pilot. There's nothing like hearing your officers yell "Sensors indicate incoming Starfleet vessels," and answering them with a growl of your own: "Arm all weapons!"
And my, what nice weapons you have. Klingon Academy's brilliant graphics let you obliterate the Empire's many foes in the most satisfying way. Think of the bit-by-bit starship destruction in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: warp nacelles belch plasma after a fierce disrupter barrage, flaming decks are revealed after your torpedoes blast a Federation ship's disc in half. And as in Khan, you can lure your foes into a variety of exotic combat environments, from icy planetary rings to charged nebulae, and even to the fiery corona of a star or the space-time bending horizon of a black hole.
All the action is tied together by a devious plot that threatens the honor and survival of the Empire. The game is a vast improvement over its predecessor, Starfleet Academy, and truly captures the look and feel of Star Trek's most popular warrior race. --Mike Fehlauer
Pros:
Great music, graphics, and Klingon atmosphere
Beautiful starship destruction
Classic Klingon politics drive the missions, linked by entertaining filmed sequences
Command interface makes it feel like you're commanding an entire crew
Cons:
Long load times when warping between systems
Amazon.com Product Description A bold follow-up to Starfleet Academy, Klingon Academy's numerous graphical and gameplay enhancements make it much more than a sequel. Its graphics engine lets you obliterate the Empire's many foes in the most satisfying way. Think of the bit-by-bit starship destruction in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: warp nacelles belch plasma after a fierce disrupter barrage; flaming decks are revealed after your torpedoes blast a Federation ship's disc in half. Your massive ship takes you to a variety of exotic combat environments, from icy planetary rings to charged nebula--even to the fiery corona of a star or the space/time bending horizon of a black hole. All the action is tied together by a devious plot that threatens the honor and survival of the Empire. The game is a vast improvement over Starfleet Academy and truly captures the look and feel of Star Trek's most popular warrior race.
The BEST Star Trek game to pilot a starshipJuly 29, 2010 M. Wolf(Gainesville FL) I played this game long ago (2000) and it was my favorite Star Trek game. Armada and several of the others just don't have the granularity that this game offers. The ability to handle the Helm, Engineering, Security, Disruptors, etc are all there. Where most other games were all about point and click and watching things happen instead of making them happen, made it that much more fun.
This game allowed the player to watch different deflector screens take damage and react accordingly to prevent further damage from reaching the hull. I believe it was this aspect that made the player feel that much more like a real starship captain.
I agree that in order to do efficient amount of damage to other ships, the player had to handle the fighting more like a flight sim than anything else and had to break out a joystick or a gamepad. But, overall the gameplay was solid.
For me, this game should definitely be remade. Especially since voice commands appear to be more common place for games nowadays. I could just imagine a multiplayer game where 4 players are in control of different departments of the ship and appropriate commands are given by the captain to run the ship!!!
Anyways, great game. Lost my CD's and am purchasing this again... look at the date... this game is well worth it.
It's fun to be a KlingonMay 31, 2008 Marcus Trise(Maryland) Well, I had bought this game years ago, but was missing some CD's. So I decided to buy it again. The game is kinda cool. You are the captian of a bird of pray, how cool. You can cloak your ship, transfer power to repairs, and fire primary and seconary weapons. When you take on a star ship, it can take a little skill getting your targeting lined up. The star ships move all over the place fast.
This is an older game and you may have some problems with graphics, for me it is on the start-up page. Over-all it is a good game, especially if you like Star Trek and the Klingons
My husband's favourite, it appears . . .October 1, 2007 Dancing Ganesha(Bangalore, India) If you were to ask my husband what his favourite game was, he would say Star Trek Klingon Academy. I admit, I don't know very much about Star Trek, nor do I care to know; however, the game does seem to have a certain appeal for my husband that goes beyond the ordinary requisites of fandom. As he is not the type to really go out and buy a bunch of Star Trek junk, or even games, I'd say his love for this game is clearly genuine. He has played this game more than once over and doesn't seem to get enough of it, much to the wife's chagrin. Haha.
Perhaps the most customized game... ever!December 26, 2003 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although there's nothing much more to say than what earlier reviews have already covered, one thing that should be mentioned about Klingon Academy is it's 'modability', that is, the ability for players to make and download customized ships, screens, star systems, and other game components. There are literally thousands of ships available from all of the five main Star Trek series (TOS, TMP, TNG, DS9, Voy & Ent), fan based designs, and ships from Babylon 5, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, etc, etc, etc. For me, this has been a 2½-year gaming experience, as new modifications are constantly being made by the KlingonAcademy.com Modding Community. It still amazes me that this 3+-year-old game is still gaining new fans, with a growing and thriving online community...
klingon Academy AwardsJuly 13, 2003 Romeo Faison(DUDLEY, NC United States) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Without a doubt Klingon Academy is the academy awards winner of the star trek games. Interplay should come out with a sequel, and call it Klingon Academy 11. Please keep the same interface, controls. Could make millions. thank you, Romeo H Faison.
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