Star Trek®: 25th Anniversary Game MacPlay (1993)
Ok, so I found this old color Macintosh PowerBook Duo 270c by the freight elevator at work. You can't do 3D or video editing on it, but it works great for playing old Macintosh games. I just so happen to have all my old game disks and manuals. Don't ask why. So if you have an old Mac running System 7 and want to play the Star Trek 25th Anniversary game on it, you are on the right web page (all 3 of you). There's a way to play it on newer computers too (see below). The game publisher doesn't sell this game anymore, it's like a decade old, so I don't think there are any major problems here posting the Map. It's not like I'm taking any money from them at this point.

Here's a complete walk through of the game and some playing tips. by J.LOVE

THE MAP
You will need this map to play the game. In the game, you fly from star system to star system frequently. However, if you fly to the wrong place, you'll probably get into a firefight with Space Pirates or Romulans. So to make a long story short, you can't play without the map. This version is a composite of the map in the manual, and a screen shot from the game. Make a color printout, it does the trick.

INSTALLING THE GAME ON NEW COMPUTERS
The game came on 5 floppy disks. Back in 1993 when I first got this game, I played it on my Macintosh II with System 6. Nowadays, I have a G4 with OS X 10.2 Jaguar. I tried running the installer off the floppies under OSX but it didn't work. So I copied all the installer files off each floppy into a folder and restarted my computer in OS 9. I then ran the installer and it worked fine. The Star Trek 25th Anniversary game doesn't demand high system resources at all and plays fine with OS 9.2.2 or with OS X 10.2 running Classic. Its only requirement is to change the colors to 256. I recommend making your screen resolution as close to 640 x 480 as possible. And once you install it (if you have to), you can just burn the whole folder onto a CD as an archive so you don't have to do the install process ever again.

HOW TO WIN THOSE SPACE BATTLES
Right away raise shields (s) and arm weapons (w). Then go into full impulse (9) and activate full screen view (v). Now zigzag around until you see the other ship or ships. As soon as you see one, slow down (1) and fire both phasers (mouse click) and torpedoes (space). Keep doing this until you win. It gets trickier with more than one ship, but practice makes perfect.

YOU AND THE COCKPIT
Click on the image to the right for a larger view.

01. Main Screen
02. Capt Kirk - mission log, teleporters, save
03. Scotty - engineering repairs, reserve power
04. Sulu - shields, orbit
05. Chekov - warp speed, arming weapons
06. Spock - advice, computer, target analysis
07. Uhura - communications
08. Phaser Ready
09. Power Status
10. Photon Torpedo Ready
11. Ship Systems
12. Ship Position

Mission Glossary

Pollux V - ice age planet

Mount Idyll - mountain on Pollux

High Prelate - President on Pollux Angiven

Acolytes - the People of Pollux

Tellarites - a violent race of people

Krognik-Demon - a devil

Siloti - a cat

Kandrey - man trapped inside mountain

Navian - alien on Pollux V

Mission Guide: After the fight, go to Navigation and select Pollux V as your destination. Refer to the map that was released by USA. Upon arriving, Orbit the planet. Beam down to the planet (tab, click on Kirk, select second option or press (K)irk, select second option). Make sure your shields are down. TALK to the man. Go north. USE your phaser (any one) to shoot the Klingons that pop up. They will only stun your players, so there's not a whole lot to worry about. GET the hand of the Klingon that falls off. Go north. GET the berries at the right of the cave entrance. Go back to the 'village' (south, south). Enter the bottom building. USE Bones on the injured man. USE the berries on the man standing at the far left of the screen (not part of the OA party). Leave the building. Enter the top building. USE the berries on the same man as before. USE the berries on the Ardak-4 (machine at the upper-left). USE the hand on the man. USE the hand on the workbench (center of screen). USE the glass case (make sure you aren't using something on the glass case). After you talk to the man, GET the twisted metal (far right) and the skull (far left). USE the computer. Leave the building. Enter the bottom building. USE the hypo-ditoxin on the injured man. Leave the building. Go north, north, north. (Best to save here.) USE the phaser on the rocks. You MUST shoot the very top rock that is a little left of the center of the screen first. After that, the order doesn't matter. You just want to clear the doorway. USE Bones on the man. USE the hand on the panel. USE the panel just beneath the three colored spheres. Set the dials so that they are just a little below center, and only ONE colored mark from each column lights up. A booth should then pop up. USE key on creature.

Mission Glossary

Beth Myamid - galaxy full of pirates

Masada Code - 293391-197736-3829

Elasi Cereth - Pirate

Mission Guide: Go to Navigation and select Beta Myamid. After the fight, Orbit the planet. Hail the ship (tab, click on Uhura, select the icon). Talk to Spock. Look up the entry for MASADA on the Computer. Make note of the input override code 293391-197736-3829. Hail the Masada. Select to send the input override code though (don't hail the pirates). Beam over to the ship. Make sure your shields are down. USE Bones on man. GET item in locker (transmogrifier). Go east. GET items at bottom right hand corner of screen. USE phaser on welder (click on USE icon, click on your inventory, click on phaser, click on inventory again, click on welder). USE welder on scraps of metal. USE comb bit on transmogrifier. Go into brig (door on the right wall). Get ready with your phasers though. USE stun or full. If you don't want to deal with them again, use full. USE Spock on the wires underneath the panel to the brig. GET the wires. USE the panel. GET the bomb. There are different things you can do now. You can shut down the force field to the door using the welder on the force field. Or you can transport in. Let's transport. Go west. Go south. You should be back in the transporter room now. USE the modified transmogrifier on the transporter controls. USE the long set of wires on the controls. USE the transporter pad. Once you have beamed over, immediately TALK to the captain of the pirates (center of the screen) and tell him to surrender.

Mission Glossary

342-188564.3, ph3 - Class 3 Biohazard

Oroborus Virus - an L-type virus with A typical growth patterns. Use Ammonia, NH3 to cure it

TLTDH - a gas (Tantalum Bi-Lithium Thalo-Dihydroxide); laughing gas for R&V insulation

Nitrous Oxide - (N20) aka laughing gas or an anesthetic for humans; orange

Ammonia - (NH3); gray

Di-Hydrogen Oxide - (H20) water; blue

Mission Guide: Go to Navigation and select Ark-7. After the fight, beam over to the Masada. Go west (red door). USE freezer unit. GET virus culture. Go north (center doors). GET wrench. USE red panel (right). USE wrench on vent. USE vent on engineering access panel (left of screen). GET insulation. Go south. USE insulation on distiller (it will make polyberylcarbonate). Go through top red doors. USE cabinet. GET antigrav unit. USE wrench to turn on gas feed (knob above tanks of gas). USE synthesizer. GET bottle of water. USE polyberylcarbonate on synthesizer (same spot where you got the bottle). USE synthesizer. GET TLTDH gas. Go east. Go north. USE wrench on N2 tank. USE antigrav unit on N2 tank. Go south. Go west (top red door). USE wrench on knobs (to turn off gas feed). USE antigrav unit to get O2 tank. USE N2 tank in the place where O2 tank was. USE wrench to turn on gas feed. USE synthesizer. GET bottle of ammonia. Go east. USE bottle of ammonia (grayish-blue) on nozzle. USE virus sample on chamber (same machine as ammonia is plugged into). USE Bones on machine. GET cure. Go west. USE cure on synthesizer. USE synthesizer. GET hypo. USE hypo on Spock. Go east. Go north. USE TLTDH gas on vent. Go south. USE stairs. USE hypo on Romulans. USE water on Romulans. Go north. USE humans (untie them). USE hypo on Romulan. Talk to Romulan.

Mission Glossary

Harlequin - Romulan star system

Harry Mud - full name = Harcourt Fenton Mudd

Mission Guide: Go to Navigation and select Harlequin. After the fight, go to Navigation and select Harrapa. Beam over to the ship (make sure shields are down). GET the lens, degrimer, and dodecagon (small yellow sphere). USE the lens on the degrimer. Go north. To the left is a panel with triangles on it. USE Spock on the blue triangles. USE Spock on the purple triangle. There are two doors on the far wall. One to the right (clearly visible) and one to the left (look behind the standing row of power boosters). Go through the right door. You will enter a sick bay. Go north (don't go back into the weapons room). USE the control panel. GET the repair tool (to the right of the right chair). Go down but make sure you click on the left section of the screen (you don't want to go back to the sick bay yet). USE Spock on the big dodecagon in the middle of the room. USE the tricorder on the sphere. USE Spock on the sphere again. USE the small dodecagon (in your inventory) on the big one. Go north. USE the control panel (you will be able to access Communications and View Screen). Don't beam over yet. USE Spock on the control panel (you will be able to access Sensors, Navigation and Engineering). Go south. USE Spock on Mudd. GET the vial (in the main monitoring station). USE the vial on the monitoring station. USE Bones on Mudd. Go north. USE the panel (communications) and tell Scotty to beam you over.

Mission Glossary

Hrakkour - planet in the Klingon sector; governed by the Kenka Family

Zamphor - in the Digifal system; trail of energy

Taraz - Klingon Caption on the Nizra

Nlict Kenka - rules Hrakkour, 2 sons, Capt K' Lista also an avid fencer

Quetzeeoatl - Aztec God wanted by the Klingons

Mission Guide: Go to Navigation and select Digifal. After talking to the Klingons, enter standard Orbit. Talk to Spock. Beam down. Talk to the man. You'll be transported into a pit. GET the rocks. USE the rocks on the snake's hole. GET the snake. USE the rocks on the vine that you can't reach (twice). Go west. Go west. TALK to the man. USE the snake on the man. USE the rock on the man (twice). GET the sword. Go west. Go north. USE the sword on the plant at the base of the log. USE the plant on the creature. Move across the log (just click like crazy on the left side of the screen until you get it right). Go across the log and go west. USE the sword on the dilithium (red crystal in the center of the screen). Go west. You'll talk with Quetz, then you'll beam back to the ship. After this, the three Klingon ships will intercept you. Make sure NOT to offend them, because you don't want a battle on your hands (unless you're really really good). If you do what I had in mind, Quetz (and your OA team) will then go to a trial. After you beam down to the court, USE the symbol in the center of the screen. You'll talk to Vlict. Intervene on his behalf for a warrior's trial. You'll then be put on the Test of Life. You'll be beamed into a room. GET the wooden beam. USE your full phaser to melt some rock on the floor. USE the wood on the floor. USE the beam on the entity now. USE the tricorder on the panel. USE your communicator. USE Spock on the panel. Go west. GET three green gems. USE the three green gems on the stand to the left (put them in the sockets). A voice will speak. USE the light on the right of the screen. The entity will transport Vlict over. You will then teleport back.

Mission Glossary

Scythe - asteroid, 17th letter of Lucr alphabet is called "scytyhe"

Sofs - place value in the community, math based on 4-100

Lucrs - place value in the individual; system of math based on 3; 99 is a religious number to them

proxtrey - planet ravaged by nuclear war; not very technologically advanced; populated by the Sofs

Door COde - 10200 on Scythe

Inner Door Code - 122

Key Card - make dog shaped card out of rocks from the surface - use laser

Mission Guide: Go to Navigation and select Alpha Proxima. After arriving, enter standard orbit. Beam down. GET rock. Go to the door. USE Spock on panel. Enter 10200 for the code. Go to the next door. USE the computer on the left. USE Spock on the panel to the door. Enter 122 for the code. Go north. USE the tricorder on the panel. Go east. USE box. GET wires. USE Spock on controls to laser drill (not on the display screens). Select 100. USE tricorder on the controls. USE Spock on the controls. Select 100. USE the rocks on the impression that the drill made. USE Spock on the controls. Select 10. GET the key card. Go west. USE the key card on the panel. Go north. USE Spock on the computer to the left. USE Spock on the computer to the right. USE the wires on the computer. USE the computer to the left.

Mission Glossary

Enterprise # NCC-1701

Ies Bredell - enemy capt

Farragut - ship

Contact Starfleet right away

Patterson - Captain of the starship Republic

Brittany Marata - in sickbay

Mission Guide: Once you get to the Republic, tell Uhura not to send the packet yet. You'll beam over to the ship. USE Spock on the data banks. USE Spock on the captain's log. Go south. USE Bones on the woman. TALK to the woman. USE the communicator and beam back. You'll then go chasing a ship that is a replica of the Enterprise. Destroy her and the fellow ships.

That's it.