Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity - English Longplay - No Commentary

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[@don4797]

This was one of the most faithful Star Trek games produced. I know a lot of people prefer more combat in their games, but I thought this game had a sufficient amount. The plot was interesting, the puzzles were at least semi-realistic and didn't seem too contrived, and each character had their own advantages and responses. Love it! This one's my favorite!

[@LazarusRemains]

Thank you, this is truly one of the best games based on an existing setting ever made. Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgement Rites are also great, and unbelievably faithful to the source material. They are al like lost episodes.

[@Trev359]

Totally agree. All brilliant games. Great shame Secret of Vulcan Fury was never completed.

[@Ser_Arthur_Dayne]

I remember having 25th Anniversary on my first (home-built) computer as a kid, and it was a blast, playing with the joystick etc. I used the predecessors of the internet, Prodigy & CompUServe & AmericaOnline! to get the walk-through etc. but when I got A Final Unity (years later, on a better computer...) -- I COULD NOT FREAKING FIGURE IT OUT. It's hilarious to me now, to watch it, how complicated it was. How the hell was a 15-16 year old supposed to understand that stuff ? Nowadays, kids can program hacking computers before they can play wiffleball lol.

[@tetsuyatsurugi9250]

25th aniversary and JR is what should be the fourrth and fifth seasons of TOS. TAS is good but they didn’t explain Chekhov’s absence .

[@DemonBlueDays]

Technically A Final Unity could be considered almost a series arc or Series 6.5/7.5 as 47111.1 puts it almost literally between Descent and Liasons....but my gut says between Timescape and Liasons would have been a better fit given the narrative. Either way this is a game sorely overdue a remaster, hell even a faithful update and a third person adventure style update as some of the scenery would be absolutely ball clenching beautiful in full 3d (Morassia/Allanor/Horst 3 to name my 3 favourite artistically designed planets)

[@countjobula]

@@Ser_Arthur_Dayne eh i disagree. kids these days wouldnt even be able to launch the game in DOS

[@alienrefugee51]

Wow those voice-overs are awesome.

[@noahletwinski6955]

Funny you mention that since the TNG crew voiced the characters they played on the show.

[@Chaldera1]

The game seems pretty awesome as a Trek fan, but I do love the implication that the bridge is just deathly silent with everyone standing around awkwardly when they're warping inbetween star systems.

[@ujustgotpwned2008]

Lol. Awkward small talk in deep space. "Mister Worf, how are things?" "... fine, sir." "... good." "Mr Riker, how's uh... how's the trombone practise going?" "Very well, sir." "Good." [more silence]

[@SamuelBlack84]

Praying for Q to appear and break the monotony

[@wrathwraith2324]

How this story never got to be part of the TV series is beyond me. I loved it. A very harsh and deep analysis of Picard near the end. It had me interested from start to finish!

[@bsdbb]

I had this game back in 96 on a slow computer. glad i was finally able to see actual game play and know the story

[@darrenc2721]

me too needed a dx chip, i only had a 486 sx, the combat was so slow i couldnt play it. those were the days!

[@Nickelodeon81]

I was in the exact same position, in '96.

[@TheOmega1989]

I had the issue of we had a custom computer built but the place cut corners and didn’t install all the drivers so for like 10 years we never knew why we couldnt run the game, because you couldn’t run it inside windows

[@12CylonModels]

This game was ahead of its time

[@robynkuscher1775]

I genuinely forgot the scale of this game until the LCARS/Tactical/Galaxy Map and then I was like whoa.. this was massive for its time. Many fond memories even though I didn’t finish it as a child

[@PJKP82]

03:24:36 Worf: We are being hailed. Picard: Fire. 😄

[@Scorch0017]

- We are being hailed! - Fire. - We are being hailed! - Fire. - The Romulan Warbird has been destroyed.

[@krillian23]

looks like the way Riker shifts back and forth on the bridge he needs to..... take a seat

[@Qardo]

Well, the actor who played Riker has a bad back. Even during the times of shooting the series. Reason why he seemed to be standing a lot and never sat in a chair normally, the Riker Maneuver as the fandom dubbed it. Sitting for him was really really bad on him. Even in Picard series. Riker, even in his older age, you can see how hunched over he is. Barely able to walk in some scenes. Hey when running it was more of a jog.

[@dj2bklyn]

This was the most professional game every made wow

[@Silenced23]

most professional? You must've not played many PC games.

[@tokra1000]

@@Silenced23 don’t be mean. I had this when it was originally released and for the time it was very well produced. Buggy as fuck but acting and direction for the VO was spot on.

[@CrashHeadroom]

​@Anthony Bailey then it wasn't very professional was it, if it had problems? Lol also the streamer isn't that good and didn't know hie to fix cutscenes.

[@nicholasjayres]

The audio quality is surprisingly good for a mid-90s computer game

[@MedalionDS9]

They were using CD's by this point... cd quality audio is usually sufficient

[@DevilMaster]

That was one of the reasons I switched from Amiga to PC in 1995.

[@crimsonator]

Always loved the Chodak atmospheric sound effects.

[@ValiantWrestling]

This was the first pc game i ever bought before i even owned a pc. Such good memories.

[@lukemitchell5962]

Truly, one of the best games created in my lifetime. It feels exactly like an episode of The Next Generation.

[@Teckno77]

Great game, loved playing this. Very very immersive back then, totally makes you feel like you're in an episode.

[@don4797]

2:23:00 I always enjoyed including Picard for this away mission; he had some interesting archeological insights.

[@Ben82077]

Riker / Troi: I’m sorry Captain I don’t have any suggestions now. Picard: (looks at camera) My senior staff, everyone. 😆

[@kellyweingart3692]

😂😂😂😂

[@r2dezki]

Data: I suggest we contact Starfleet

[@scotteous]

I should like to consider the situation a bit further.

[@ynkybomber]

Nostalgia OVERLOAD! I played this for hours and hours as a kid.

[@jasontilford3397]

2:29:49 That song soothed me to my core when I played this as a kid. It soothes me to this day! Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@buzzfunk]

Playing it right now. Still one of the best!

[@thoth47]

dosbox? i want to play too!

[@Xifihas]

My brother was big into adventure games and both he and my oldest sister were Star Trek fans. I was too young to really appreciate this game. Years later, I have a lot to appreciate.

[@bobpage6597]

That Spectrum Holobyte logo at the beginning.......ohh the sound of childhood!! I was 11 years old when I played STTNG - AFU. Awesome memories. If I could get it working now somehow, I swear I'd play it again haha!

[@mikehunt8501]

How old are you now, Bob?

[@bobpage6597]

@@mikehunt8501 I turn 35 in a few weeks, so 34 for a few days more :)

[@cellio9]

I still have a Mac from 2003 running System 9. I used it to play the game a few months ago and it was paradise!

[@bobpage6597]

@@cellio9 I managed to get it running using DosBOX. Did a full play through and enjoyed every minute of it haha. For old times sake I flew into the Neutral Zone and Romulan space picking fights. The funny thing is though, whenever I go up against multiple Warbirds and get the upper hand (it is difficult but possible if you manually control the Enterprise yourself instead of letting Worf do it) the game always seems to freeze and crash. Every damn time. So I can never walk away successfully after destroying three Warbirds, I'll nail perhaps two, be wearing down the third and be close to victory and the game crashes. Every time. Very odd haha!

[@scotteous]

@@bobpage6597 that sounds frustrating, I loved playing battles in this game when I was young too, it sounds like we’re close to the same age. Did you ever play much birth of the federation?

[@daviddickson2228]

Can I just say: The middle section of this game is such an on-point tribute to cheesy Seventies sci-fi, I feel like growing a mullet. All this "Gynarch" and "Plegu" and "Pluvoids" and what-not. Almost puts me in the mood to whip out the ol' nerd glasses and try to impress girls with my Dr. Who knowledge.

[@Jamescush]

Oh man I totally forgot I owned this. Went missing with the rest of my PC games. Thanks for the upload.

[@CC-jb5id]

That’s a lovely shot of the Enterprise in the intro

[@DreFromMaine8472]

I love this game so much! I got it as a gift back in 1997, around the time I started using the internet on a regular basis. Looking up how to get through certain parts of it was really cool. I was able to manage for a while but I truly got stuck on Allanor and the hints and walkthrough I found was a godsend! Also, the Chodak are my favorite non-canon race in all of Trek, the Brassica from Judgment Rites being a close second. And in the PC game based on Generations (which I've never played) the Chodak return and assist Soran in his plans to re-enter the Nexus. None of that is canon, of course. But it's still a cool idea!

[@jaredt2590]

Ashame they didn't put anyone at helm. It looks off with Picard and Riker to his left. This game was a lot of fun, haven't played it since the 90's. Way better than the console title.

[@VSG1798]

This was one of the best TNG Episodes. I love playing it even to this day just for watching it. By the way i feel like it would have been even better if the Chodak were called Iconians or T'kon Empire from the last outpost. Inventing a total new ancient race that was never heard of and never heard from ever since was a bit lazy in my understanding. But still, this is outstanding piece of art.

[@mharbaugh]

You know, it's funny, I think Spectrum Holobyte was trying to create their own version of the TNG universe in which the Chodak, ancient rulers of the galaxy, were back and making waves. They're actually a major part of the plot of the previous game, Start Trek Future's Past (SNES and Sega), which a story similar to this game's: an ancient superweapon was sent forward in time, and now Picard has to deal with it. What's really nuts is that the Chodak make an appearance in the following game, Start Trek Generations. Of course, in that game, they are completely out of place and totally shoe-horned in. But for me, being a 12 year old Star Trek nut who sunk a million hours into A Final Unity back in '95, it was like an easter egg seeing the Chodak show up in another game a few years later! I wonder how many other people picked up on the recurring Chodak thread throughout the Spectrum Holobyte/Microprose games...

[@DreFromMaine8472]

According to this game, the Chodak Empire spanned the Milky Way galaxy some 900,000 years ago. That was before either the T'Kon or the Iconians had begun their empires. But like I mentioned before, the Chodak are not canon, the other two are!

[@DigitalDistortion]

I loved this game as a little kid. 💫

[@user-lc8tx3pw4z]

I played this on pc too

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

More faithful to Star Trek: TNG than a show named Picard lol

[@DreFromMaine8472]

Do you still feel that way after it's third and final season?

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

@@DreFromMaine8472 oh I enjoyed the third season a lot. I don't think the overall show was good but the third season was.

[@tedpilledtonysoprano5512]

I have only watched the third season, but they seem to have reduced Star Trek to impotent Borg and Memberries.

[@jdspencer60]

So tired of hearing the whining about that, have you kicked the dead horse enough yet? Jesus christ

[@StephenLewisUniverse]

@@jdspencer60 I will say over a year ago when I posted this it was more relevant than it is today.

[@jamiethomas18]

There's better quality storytelling and acting in the first two minutes of this game than in any Star Trek made from 2009 to present day!

[@nathanhatch1125]

That is certainly the truth! All of the new Star Trek of the last 12 years, whether movies or TV have been a vast disappointment.

[@hatednyc]

You absolutely read my mind.

[@markrtoffeeman]

agree.

[@mimh8548]

Totally agree, after Star Trek Nemesis/Enterprise everything was disappointing, the spirit is totally not there.. So in fact just after 2005 the Star Trek I loved is dead, and it makes me so sad. Edit: Well, if maybe ST Strange new worlds that gives me a little hope, it is surely the least bad in the new ST since 2009.

[@jefferyhodges8835]

Discovery is the best comedy Star Trek that was never made to be a comedy LOL I have fallen on the floor laughing many times watching it and everytime I watch Picard I keep saying like why does he even eat why does he even sleep he's just a synthetic not even the real Picard and what they did did Riker in season 3 with his character my God assembling that watches TNG DS9 Voyager every night for like years I got to sleep on it it's kind of hard to watch TNG now

[@lookoutherecomestom1874]

Thank you SO much for putting this out here! I just used your longplay to find the Chodak logo so I could have it commissioned at a fan-convention! ...Granted, it was a My Little Pony convention, but the vendor was selling coasters from other fandoms---and now I'm getting a chodak coaster!! :3

[@jonathanbreton123]

This game is between Descent Part 2 and Liaisons on the TV Series

[@randompalmtopgaming7541]

This is unbelievably high quality.

[@marshallartsprops9211]

Wow. I still remember the sttng coding to boot this game up in Ms dos. I could never get past the jungle planet. Granted I was 9. Thank you for uploading this I always wondered how it ended

[@Shindai]

I started playing this game in 1996. I'm grateful I finally get to see how it ended. At the time I was only 9 and had no idea what Star Trek was or how any of it worked, I never got past the first planet lol then dad upgraded the PC and it wouldn't play anymore. I've been waiting so long to see those damn closing credits lol. Thanks :)

[@peep39]

Loved this game when I was a kid. Still have it somewhere

[@psi-christtree5298]

I used to play this a lot. Which is not to say I got very far into it. Look forward to seeing how the bit I always got stuck on is resolved

[@RichardBirdsall]

I listened to the entire gameplay as though it was an extended episode while I worked, this really was made by people who respected the core material! No attempt to hijack the story or characters for a writer's personal message, just fun action and content!

[@johngerity]

Don't get mad, but holding down shift will make all walking speed up by at least 3x.

[@eddieolshefski6467]

Oh. Now you tell us! 😂

[@johngerity]

​@@eddieolshefski6467 Don't feel bad, it took me over a month of playing this to figure that out. Kicked myself so hard I got a cramp.

[@eddieolshefski6467]

@@johngerity Damn. Wish I knew when I was younger. 😆🤣 But thank God I have the patience of a saint.

[@ianhigson719]

Damn it 10 year old me could have really used that 😪

[@gordalot]

Played through most of the game in 97 before I found that out! Stupid Animal planet and walking slow! 😂

[@Dave-sk9mn]

I was a total sadist when playing this game, I'd get stuck at a point, go "fuck it" and just plot a route to Romulan space and let the ship get blown the fuck up over and over lol, oh I am so downloading this!

[@Silenced23]

I remember back in the late 90s video game companies were obsessed with animation like this in their games. Lots of PC games came out with animation like this.

[@rjb1216]

Lord this makes you appreciate script writers the dialogue is so ponderous. I had this game never got very far

[@torgrim123]

I loved this game thanks for the upload, they don't make games like this these days.

[@Lowlander-ci7is]

Lol I played this game on my dad's pentium 75.... Great days 😎

[@Spacegoat92]

Break neck speed!!! I used my brothers 486 DX50 LoL

[@NohjAnec]

I loved this game so much! I wanna play it again.

[@EaglefireflyGaming]

KZbin brought me here 1 year later! Great game

[@dj2bklyn]

This is awesome

[@tofton1977]

Those old game give me so much "Dune" vibes!

[@Rick_Cleland]

*_Darude - Sandworm_*

[@MattySadler]

Who else came here for a large amount of Ensign Carlstrom and Ensign Butler content?

[@Housestationlive]

sounds amazing! i want to try it!

[@dand8538]

3:37:49 Good view of the sky they can see less than 10% of the sky from down that hole.

[@dj2bklyn]

They should have had a choice to beam down data since hes strong enough to lift the debree

[@dotnetdevni]

Man this was the best game the puzzels were great.

[@don4797]

42:30 This guy always sounded to me like some random dude from the original Scooby Doo series! XD

[@wicket20]

Found this disc in my box of old games but not sure how to get it working. Or have the patience to get it working in a dos emulator:) was awesome when I played it 20 years ago.

[@ascelot]

There are websites and youtube videos that can help you play the game through dosbox.

[@grappler0430]

I second the recommendation of DOSBOX. Worked great! You have to “mount” the drive it is installed on (DOSBOX command), mount the CD drive. Make sure when you mount you add the Cd Rom command -t cd rom. The new CD drives are so fast that the game thinks they are too slow when you install it. Test sound and video in setup before you play, otherwise you won’t hear sound at first. Learned these along the way and it ran like a charm after. Good luck!

[@OpenDoorEnglish]

Has anyone ever managed to find out who Tybok is? He's listed in the manual as a character and has a voice actor but I've never encountered him!

[@DreFromMaine8472]

Yep, I could never find him either!

[@TheTech9]

They had all the right voices and it even felt like playing a TNG episode. This was peak nerd

[@Heinrich99]

I still have this game including the large box with the communicator, I vaguely remember playing at years ago. Unfortunately I don't have a computer that will run older games like this. Or the software like dosbox.

[@fahrradmittelfranken8207]

We will now play the Traveling song (means get the fuck out) followed by the Song "Watch Your Step" - (or else...)

[@JeffUK]

This game was bundled with my pc - I loved it but had no clue what I was doing.

[@thespacecowboy420]

the fluctuations in the fartblast are changing captain ptohtphpt

[@dj2bklyn]

dame you feel like your watching an episode

[@Izael1701]

Pretty sure there is a way to activate the holotable in the right side engineering room in the first mission. Can't remember if it works on its own or if you need to repair it but I've never found a KZbin video where a player shows it... the table shows the whole station if I recall correctly.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

Yep, you use a certain tool on it and it shows you the station schematics.

[@starfox1]

i like that troi is wearing her starfleet uniform instead of the "counselor " v neck onesie

[@KHayes666]

This came out after the show ended, by the final season she was in full uniform

[@randyranderson690]

Anyone else fall asleep watching this? Interesting game but all that time with the player muddling their way in the preserve like a drunken toddler was less enjoyable than being constipated

[@jonwalton19]

I wasn't able to play this game for the longest time because my computer was too fast. And I had a newer version of Windows. And then I found dosbox

[@Oncampus2k]

OMG! I remember playing this game! I couldn’t get very far because I was too young. I’d love to be able to play this game again. I wonder if it’s possible without an old computer.

[@daneast]

TONS of voice acting in this game. They should remake it with a modern game engine with much more advanced graphics, since they already have all the voices.

[@LeftIsBest001]

Wish there'd been more "episodes" (ie games) made using this engine and game style during this period.

[@ujustgotpwned2008]

1:47:00 I got stuck here and couldn't progress for like years, then came back to it, solved it and completed the game. Weird how getting stuck in a game before you had the internet just meant that you were pretty much done, lol.

[@KHayes666]

Lol that's pretty much how it went. I got stuck in the Chodak level with the transporter and got through it with blind luck.

[@hopefulkoala01435]

Oh shoot, I remember this game!!

[@Teadrinker-zy1yp]

Is this purchasable anywhere? Or perhaps on the high seas?

[@Duricas]

How can I play this on a modern PC? PLEASE! Someone tell me! I loved this game growing up!

[@AndreaPannocchia]

Dosbox is the only way if you don't wanna get crazy.

[@SodaPopBarbecue]

@@AndreaPannocchia GOG?

[@Monkofmagnesia]

I had this game. It took so long to get the charcters to walk from one side to another. Real long.

[@maddslothii2532]

This was my first true 'modern' pc game, I got it for my birthday... Sure it was super limited in what you could do and I mostly remember flying off in to the natural zone to fight random warbirds then having to balance out my repair power to fix the ship but it was good fun.

[@KHayes666]

The only complaints I have about the game was you could explore as much as you want but there's no reward for it. No secret missions, no easter eggs, there's really no reason to fly anywhere that's not directly related to a mission.

[@maddslothii2532]

@@KHayes666 yeah but it was what 1995 or 96, I think it was pretty good for its time. Today that would be super annoying not having a more open world, and a huge knock on the game. Honestly the first space game I can remember playing like that was Mass Effect.

[@afterace]

Never played this but it does look very advanced for 1995

[@michablueflamestar5347]

Does anyone know how to GET this game? It looks awesome, though I am unsure how to get a legitimate download link.

[@dorpth]

I wouldn't call a Borg invasion fleet bent on (effective) genocide a "petty political dispute".

[@TheOmega1989]

To a god?

[@KHayes666]

​@@TheOmega1989Q would have laughed at Picard for that one

[@DreFromMaine8472]

Good thing it wasn't real, it was presented by the Guardians of the Unity Device as the final test!

[@KHayes666]

3:09:45 - You're supposed to stay and fight not run away.

[@taekwondotime]

Can't believe YT cut the opening theme.

[@countjobula]

this is star trek

[@FlorisDVijfde]

How on earth did I miss this, as a huge fan of TNG back then? I did play 25th anniversary back then and really liked it! A poor choice was to use photo imagery, they look clunky and out of place, but otherwise it looks pretty neat.

[@johngerity]

42:27 When I played Fallout 4, I could have sworn Nathan Filmore was the same voice actor as Dr. Griems. I was waiting for him to say "Jetisin it? nnnNNNNOOOOO!!" Alas, Bruce Thomas and Sean Owens are two totally different people. fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Nathan_Filmore

[@KHayes666]

Lol imagine Worf trying to fight off Mirelurks with a phaser or his bare hands

[@nicholasdiaz9424]

Star Trek fans ; this would be considered a "lost episode". Just like "Echoes from the past" of TNG.

[@andremarc1275]

damn i would suck playing this lol... it looks very cool.

[@Cloakdasasin0]

Oh man so many memories coming back watching this gameplay.

[@rjherche]

Amazing how the cutscene renderings of the crew are worse than the in-game graphics.

[@LoLeinster]

My first Star Trek & PC game. Unfortunately it doesn't run on a modern PC. The plot & story are great.

[@njspencer79]

dosbox or gog that wrap it in Dosbox

[@likeaboss1104]

How can download this game and get it to work on my PC?

[@manewland1]

I always thought of this as "Season 8" of Next Generation.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

According to the stardate given by Picard, it takes place in the early seventh season.

[@RVDDP2501]

any chance of playing klingon honor guard?

[@AndreaPannocchia]

My channel is focused on adventure games.

[@RVDDP2501]

@@AndreaPannocchia Oh! I see! Thank you and sorry for bothering you :P

[@4bakasurvivorplaystwitchvt770]

Remembered directed by the show but no audio by intro? Never played it only star trek borg

[@calanon534]

The SNES version of this was incredibly dumbed down, but very fun to play, none the less.

[@DreFromMaine8472]

I prefer the SGEN "Echoes From The Past" game a lot better!

[@Seadweller451D]

Können Sie empfehlen Medikamente für Furz und Durchfall? Ich Furz wie eine große Trompete. Vollen Klang, wie ein Kaiser Furz. Mein Durchfall fließt wie ein Fluss.

[@mrFalconlem]

Damn Garidians !

[@dj2bklyn]

what game system is this on

[@AndreaPannocchia]

pc dos

[@leroynelson-oc1ck]

Great game well done scolors