Star Trek: 25th Anniversary on the Game Boy is an action-adventure game released in 1992 by Ultra and developed by Visual Concepts. Unlike its PC and NES counterparts, this handheld iteration features an entirely original campaign. Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise must recover the stolen pieces of a Proto-Matter Fusion Disruptor that Klingons have scattered across three different planets, dividing the gameplay between ship-to-ship space combat and on-foot exploration.
How to Play
The game alternates between two distinct phases: piloting the Enterprise and exploring planets as a landing party. During space combat, navigate asteroid fields and engage Klingon, Tholian, and Romulan vessels. On the ground, you control Kirk, using your phaser and tricorder to solve puzzles, defeat hostile lifeforms, and locate the missing disruptor pieces. The standard Game Boy controls map to your keyboard: use the Arrow Keys for movement, Z (A-Button) to fire phasers, X (B-Button) to fire photon torpedoes or toggle your phaser setting, and Enter (Start) to access your status screen or tricorder.
Tips
- Toggle your phaser: During landing party missions, remember to use the B-Button (X) to toggle your phaser between stun and kill depending on the hostility of the enemy.
- Conserve torpedoes: Photon torpedoes are limited during the space combat sections, so rely primarily on your phasers unless confronting heavily shielded enemy ships.
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