"A decade that only lasted ten years" Great throwaway line. LOL

@TheUnmade

2 жыл бұрын

I legitimately hit pause, fifteen seconds in, to make sure I heard that right.

@CathrineMacNiel

2 жыл бұрын

Why can't the 90s last two decades :(

@Martini_Mcfly

2 жыл бұрын

@@CathrineMacNiel Truth!

@stevenmcd4741

2 жыл бұрын

This channel is full of great throwaway lines, that's why I love it!

@Martini_Mcfly

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenmcd4741 Oh, absolutely!

Wasn't expecting another video so soon! Yay!

@tonyah.960

2 жыл бұрын

W0W did not you follow our show???

@BirthquakeRecords

2 жыл бұрын

It makes me happy that TrekCulture watches other Trek youtubers

@Gouranga_Man

2 жыл бұрын

@@BirthquakeRecords makes me happier that it's, my favourite, Junkball (Sorry TrekCulture).

@theawesomeran7779

2 жыл бұрын

TrekCulture👏👏👏👏👏👏🙌

@tedcharter4804

2 жыл бұрын

Yes to the rocks video!

Dude. I laughed out loud right out the gate with the “decade that only lasted 10 years”. Man you are legit the funniest star trek reviewer out here.

@Transfixed

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@ergodoy7741

2 жыл бұрын

Some decades seem like they don’t ever go away tough. Like the 50s during the 80s.

@dlove714

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 👍

It’s disappointing the 90’s lasted only 10 years. Such a simpler time- I miss it.

@salenstormwing

2 жыл бұрын

Alas, 1990 to 1999 was only 10 years in length, while 2020 lasted at least 5 decades, 2 millennia, and potentially one geological age.

@samdeitz2993

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@M167A1

2 жыл бұрын

Yet it pailed in comparison to the glorious 80s.

@Ottophil

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia is dumb. Today rules

@dannyr2976

2 жыл бұрын

I do too!

''Let's take a trip back to the 1990s, a decade that lasted only 10 years.'' Not even 15 seconds in and I'm already dying.

I fondly remember that game. It's the perfect portable game, which is why it was the best on Gameboy. Pick it up, play a mission or two, and put it back down. It had the atmosphere of the show. It was great in its simplicity.

@Takeshi357

2 жыл бұрын

This, 100%. It's perfect for casual gaming. And it was particularly meaningful for me back when I was a kid because 1) TNG had been off the air for years by the time I got it so it was the only way to get my Star Trek fix, and 2) I've always been pretty bad at videogames, but this one, apart from the Borg mission (which I could never figure out), I could actually handle.

@andrewcrawford2807

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously this looks great, gonna have to get it for Gameboy

I think you misunderstood how the engineering mini game works. It's not for repairing - it's for boosting power. T = transporter, P = phasers, S = shields. Sending a majority number of sparks into a specific item will boost the system. Phasers become more powerful, or shields become more powerful, or transporter locks and beams up people much faster. Repairs happen on their own, but you can tell Geordi which system to work on first. The only way to get them to speed up in any noticeable way is to return to earth and enter orbit. Repairs will proceed very quickly there. You can also engage sensors directly from navigation mode by pressing Start. You don't have to exist navigation mode and then check on Data. You also don't need to slow down to begin orbit (at least not on the gameboy version). you just ask Data to do it as soon a the planet is the largest size it gets. Edit: Yes, apparently I'm somehow a nerd on this particular game.

@DgtlRnn042

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Someone else who has ACTUALLY played this game!

@das-das-dasboot7956

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, got a copy on the GameBoy. I wasn't aware how good the GameGear version looked, so I've started playing that version now. I agree the controls take some getting used to, but they're not that hard. I wish they implemented indicators around the viewscreen that pointed out targets.

@orusandornots1915

2 жыл бұрын

You def remember more then I do. I only vaguely remember this game lol.

"If you're old enough to remember Gamepro magazine" Thanks for the existential crises.

@TRJ2241987

2 жыл бұрын

I work with 16-21 year olds these days who basically never understand anything I reference anymore....I'm always saying things like, "Wait a minute, do you guys know who The Brady Bunch was?.......SERIOUSLY?!?"

You need to do a retrospective on Star Trek The Next Generation: A Final Unity. I still play that game trough every now and then.

@longWriter

2 жыл бұрын

It's both a case of a good licensed game, and a case of a point-and-click adventure with a serious tone to it. Almost all point-and-click adventures since have been pretty humorous, but I can only remember one piece of humor in the whole thing, some throwaway lines on the Bridge that happen if nothing happens for a while when Dr. Crusher gets on the comm.

@shadowalk

2 жыл бұрын

The thing with A Final Unity is that it's a game that appeals only to the trekkies themselves. A non-trekkie will find that game incredibly dull. However, it is definitely THE most authentic trek experience you'll ever experience in gaming...bridge commander, starfleet command 3 and STO don't even come close.

@jagger2001

Жыл бұрын

Wow I had completely forgotten about that game until I read this. I need to dig it out from the closest and fire up the good ol virtual windows 98 😅

@TheTurbinator

Жыл бұрын

@@jagger2001 if you get the Good Old Games version of the game, it runs on Windows 11 no problem.

@TSR1776

Жыл бұрын

That game fucking rocks! I just got a DOS emulator running on my Series S so I could play it in my living room

I can't wait to hear what you have to say about the PC Game adaptation of Star Trek Generations.

@das-das-dasboot7956

2 жыл бұрын

that's the most unforgiving Trek game created.

“A decade that only lasted 10 years” Lmao. The very first sentence caught me off guard.

My first video game ever was Star Trek Operations Simulation on a Sega Master System. My father's coworker let him borrow it overnight and he set it up in the garage so we could all watch. Just being able to control what's happening on the TV blew my freakin' mind!!!

I used to love this game when I was a kid. You forgot to mention that you grow in rank as you complete missions and get progressively harder ones unti the Captain missions see you tasked with single-handedly destroying Borg cubes

@stevemichaels3497

2 жыл бұрын

That was hard. You had to sit there pummelling it for ages to beam down the virus!

@chrissetti1390

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevemichaels3497 on the Game Gear version, there was a specific angle and distance you could sit at where you could pummel them without them shooting back.

@stevemichaels3497

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrissetti1390 Same on the Gameboy. It was quite close if I recall as only two torpedos could be on screen at once but it was close enough to be a constant stream of them. I think it was the only fight you couldn't avoid by going into orbit too.

That "a decade that only lasted ten years" line sounds like a joke, except that the 1980s are celebrating their 41st continuous year

@Corbomite_Meatballs

2 жыл бұрын

No where near as bad the the non-stop celebration of the 60's. *shudders*

Hey, I was selling those “Tandy’s” when that game came out. It sold a lot of computers! Thanks again for sharing!

I had this for the Game Boy, back in the day. I accidentally beat it in about fifteen minutes. After the first couple of Star Trek related passwords it gave me to continue the game, I saw where they were going and entered: LOCUTUS... Brought me right to the final showdown with the Borg

@jaredblack4076

2 жыл бұрын

I thought there is a final Borg mission. Kept thinking that when he was saying that there’s no ending.

I remember having a really good time playing "A Final Unity" It played like an episode of the show which made it more interesting. The space combat was janky though.

@ice.t.9347

2 жыл бұрын

Final Unity is still one of my favourite games of all time. Would give my left kidney for a good remake. I still have Star Trek Generations for the GameBoy. It wasn't really better than "STTNG", was it?

@braveintofuture

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, A Final Unity was pretty awesome. I'd love to have another game like that

@DanielMReck

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. "A Final Unity" was a great evolution from "25th Anniversary" and "Judgement Rites," even though it was from a different publisher. Space combat in most Trek games suffers on account of designers trying to cram "exciting" fighter jet combat into a Starfleet mission simulation. Starships are not fighter jets and it never quite feels like Trek.

"The 1990's, a decade that only lasted ten years," may be my favorite opener of a youtube video ever.

I played this on my gameboy when I was little. Good to know there was no way to "beat the game" and it wasn't just me that gave up on it. lol

You should do a video talking about the golden age of Star Trek gaming. Don't know the years, but late 90's to early 2000's. I think it started with _Star Trek: Starfleet Command,_ and ended with _Elite Force II._ There could be more to it then that. Some might include _Starfleet Academy,_ and _Klingon Academy._ But from that era you get all the great Star Trek games like _Armada_ and its sequel, _Bridge Commander,_ _ST: Voyager Elite Force._ So many!

@joshuacalkins

2 жыл бұрын

Some of those were awesome! Hard to call the live action ones games though. You mostly just clicked on options I seem to recall. I loved how the Voyager ones recreated the sets so well, and let you go to the holodeck for combat simulations.

@casinoroyalewcheese

2 жыл бұрын

Idk about Elite Force II, but the first one is badass. I like revisiting that one a lot

@mccallosone4903

2 жыл бұрын

Armada is one of the best RTS games ever

@joshuacalkins

2 жыл бұрын

@@mccallosone4903 Cool! I seem to recall it was First Contact era, with ships like the Akira class. I don’t suppose there’s a way to play it these days? Seems like it came out around ‘98…. Legacy for the 360 was exciting fun too, when it wasn’t confusing. My favorite RTS is probably LOTR Battle for Middle Earth 2.

Love the fact that trekculture watches these!

The only TNG game I remember playing was Spectrum Holobyte’s “A Final Unity,” which came out on just about everything, but the “best” version was the PC release where you got to control wax figure versions of the crew.

@tartrazine5

2 жыл бұрын

No, there was a different TNG game (with the same name as the show) for the SNES and Genesis around the same time, but A Final Unity only came out on Mac and PC.

@Flatlower

2 жыл бұрын

@@tartrazine5 it was Echos From the Past.

I absolute…ly loved this game back in the day.

@endersftd

2 жыл бұрын

The closest to getting to the end is fighting the Borg cube that only has a chance of appearing when you're in Captain tier.

Honestly, I always hit thumbs up on every Junkball video before it starts playing, and I have NEVER been let down. It’s always an amazing mix of information and hilarity. Well done Junkball Media guy!

Junkball almost singlehandedly got me into Star Trek last year. Very glad to see new videos coming out. Thank you for your service, Junkball.

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the videos.

Missed this one, but played Echoes From the Past and A Final Unity to death.

@salamand3r-

2 жыл бұрын

Final Unity is amazing. Even more amazing is in the pre-internet era, a game that installs to a directory named "STFU" garnered no negative attention :D

@pepe6666

2 жыл бұрын

oh yeah that was awesome

@pepe6666

2 жыл бұрын

@@salamand3r- oh yeah i noticed that. lolololololol

Each of your videos is a gem, thank you!

1:33 Hold it. First of all, Tandy computers were DOS machines with greatly enhanced graphics (at the time) they were very popular in the late 80s. Also, the Transinium Challenge was also released for classic Macintoshes, which is the version I had. It was pretty cool. Had something approaching "video" clips, except monochrome and no audio.

As a fellow creator I just wanted to take the time to mention that you've done a great job editing this video. You switch between the versions, zoom in or move the screen in some way. This could've been a very static video but with clever editing you made it quite dynamic. Just wanted to recognise that and tell you to keep up the good work

Very fun and informative video + really nice editing.

Glad for a new video, and can't wait to hear you talk about TNG on the Genesis and SNES

1:31 “Tandy, whatever that was.” 8-Bit Guy: “Am I a joke to you?”

Well, I guess it's better than Star Trek Starship Creator.

@M167A1

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly a high bar to cross

@fiiral5870

2 жыл бұрын

Didnt exspect to see you here Aspec

@BirthquakeRecords

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao I just got given that as a gift. It sucks, huh? That’s a shame.

@Lewis2e

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my GOD.... I had blocked Starship Creator out of my memory.

@endersftd

2 жыл бұрын

That game... *sigh* Potential, but so janky.

This video just made my week so much sweeter!

Haha this game kept me entertained on a 10-hr drive when I was a kid. I had no idea it never ended!! Thanks for the amazing retrospective, I am now a massive fan.

This was great! Looking forward to the next one about the Generations game. And yes please to further Next Gen game reviews.

Great video! Keep up the good work!

Holodeck simulator was my fab on the Game Gear. Literally spent hours recently looking up info about this game and found nothing. At all. This was a great watch. Thank you

So soon?!?!? LUCKY DAY! We love you Junkball! :)

Your editing is just as smooth as your voice. 😇 love this channel!

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

My voice sucks, but I'll take that editing compliments. Much appreciated.

There's a goldmine of iffy and good ST games out there. Hope this is successful enough to warrant you digging into more of them! Great vid as always :)

Great video man!

Great video. Really enjoyed it

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. My pleasure.

man this was a great junkball transmission. i might Select another video.

Hello again fellow "Ball"! Love more frequent videos happening again!

Awesome video. Funny cuts. This should have more views

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it.

Good video. Yes do more video game retrospectives!

Please do more. There are so many Star Trek games to review. It’s a content gold mine!

I love the end of the video with Riker going crazy in the back ground from "Frame of Mind" LMAO

Oh man... Glad I missed those. My first TNG game was Final Unity. That was a pretty darn good game! Also, loved your ending. Cracked me up!

Always a good day when a new Junkball video appears! I never played this game but I did play Star Trek: The Next Generation - Future's Past on the SNES, which was also released in 1994. It's a pretty decent game but in my opinion the greatest Star Trek game of all time is Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity for PC and Mac(I think?). It's like playing a multiple hour new TNG episode. It's fully voiced and a great combo of point and click adventure and RPG. I still play it once a year. Great video. I can't wait for the next ten year long decade.

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Agreed, A Final Unity was an enthralling Trek game. Someone mentioned earlier in the comments that you need a specific specs in order to run it. What do you use to run it?

@WrestlingWithGaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@JunkBallMedia I run it using DOS box on both my editing rig and my laptop. I had to set the CPU cycles really low but it runs great. The one thing that doesn't run correctly are the space battles. They run extremely quickly so you pretty much have to leave Worf on to do the shooting for you. But it's no big deal. Let me know if you want me to DM you the dos box details on Twitter or something.

I remember Generations on the original Gameboy. That's was pretty cool. Probably my 1st Star Trek game.

Love this channel.

Awesome video!

The low-key biting humor is so good!

This cracked me up, loved the Decade joke! Also, brought back memories of being very frustrated with this game lol. Great video:)

I remember wanting this so bad for my game gear. I asked for it for like 3 months straight leading up to my Bday. Then on my Bday I see a gamegear shaped box and was so excited. I open the box and what did I get? instead of the star trek game. I got "Cool Spot" a game where you play as the red dot from the 7up soda can drink....I still never got to play this TNG game

I had this back in the day, it was actually quite good, the Borg cube was fun.

Frame of Mind was the first thing I thought of too! Great video as always! Then of course there's the tng lcd game....

Yes, I think Junkball should review that Starship Creator game. I watched about ten minutes of a playthrough just now, and I already want to throw rocks!

Today was a day and there was nothing of note til the walls fell and Junkball dropped an upload from Tenagra, my bandwidth spread wide.

Said it before and ill say it again.. this man uploads a video, I like and then watch it. Awesome.

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

The "27 years ago" in your name made me double take.

@grantwatson27yearsago14

2 жыл бұрын

@@JunkBallMedia lol.. thats kinda the point. 🤣

Loved it, thanks!

Another master piece, thanks ! I don't have high cholesterol had it checked out last year.

Yay. New video. I hit the like button before the vid even started…

Tandy was the British version of Radio Shack. I walked into a Radio Shack once on holiday in Florida and thought “this is a big Tandy” it was exactly the same even the shelves.

I'm glad you show a realistic green and yellow Gameboy screen :)

Holy crap, I remember that Game Pro review. Nothing like digging up a 28 year old memory. When you were a young videogame nerd with no money and no internet, you read your monthly Game Pro magazine, over and over again, until you memorized tips for games you'd never play, and jokes you wouldn't get until you were much older. Looking back on it, I'm glad I never got this game for my Game Gear, that poor machine suffered enough.

Oh, NOW someone says it doesn't end. Started playing in 1994 and just kept picking away. Select Data. Select destination. Select Worf. Select LaForge. Select sparks. Select O'Brien. Select Data. Select. Select. Been stuck next to this AC outlet keeping the Gameboy powered for 17 years. Select. Select. Select. Just waiting for Picard. Select. Just waiting to graduate from the Academy. Select. So much life gone. Select. ..... Or I never selected this this game for play. Thanks for selecting it for review. Awesome selection of content as always. It's why I select your Trek videos before all others. Live long and select.

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Your experience playing the game sounds like Inner Light.

Oh man, I actually still have this game, and the OG gameboy my grandmother gave me when I was little

I've never played any Star Trek game that I actually liked, but I like your videos so I watched it anyway 👍

Great video, would love to hear about some more obscure Star Trek games. Star Trek Starship Creator would be a good one to review.

I loved this video on ST video games. Please do more of these if they interest you.

Yes! Final Unity would be amazing.

sick editing 👏

I knew I loved your vids and channel almost immediately. However, I KNEW it and you were awesome when my fiancee rolled her eyes at me when she saw me excited for a new release from you. Carry on!

There should be a portion of the game before or after the engineering section either avoiding or cleaning all of the exploded rocks on bridge.

First Star Trek video game I played was on an IBM XT... It was 1986. I was logged onto a BBS in Monterey, CA. I downloaded the game in basic. It was a grid system graphic... Monochrome... You entered a heading, entered the distance, and hit enter. It re drew the grid. When you saw a square with a Klingon in it, you hit F key for fire, the typed in the grid square number. Random number generator decided hit or miss. It was crap so I added The TOS theme by recoding the basic and adding the command: 10 play (and then some numbers which corresponded to tones and lengths of tones) Ah the good old days

I can’t tell you how many hours I played the game boy version at my grandparents house as a kid on the weekends

Judgment Rites was the first one I ever played. Man, I was so young and innocent back then.

You didn't mention the Borg mission! Beating that mission was basically like winning the game as I don't think you actually get that mission until you reach the final rank of captain. Or maybe that's what gets you promoted to captain. It's been so long since I played this game that I don't exactly remember.

@JunkBallMedia

2 жыл бұрын

You're right.

Love these video

Remember playing this on the gameboy! Somehow managed to get to the 4th or 5th go round the missions and got confronted with a borg cube! Got destoryed before i completed it but this was the only level where you had to get close to a ship and transport a virus to it! Never had the patience to find this level again! Seem to remember that there were passwords as well to get to the next level or increased difficulty (Ensign, Lieutenant, Commander etc) and these were names from the show that you needed to be a true fan to know. Had no idea who Tomalok was as a young boy! Space ship fights were cool if frustrating though!

@endersftd

2 жыл бұрын

I think the code OVERRIDE will let you generate new missions until you find one you want.

Awesome game review. I'd like to see something on the games from the 2000's too.

Hilarious...I haven't laughed on ST stuff that hard in a long time...GREAT WORK you do here...love your content

It's no wonder Picard needed a holiday on his Risa vacation. He was exhausted from all the micromanagement using his select button with no end in sight. Makes much more sense sense now :)

I played this game so much when I was a kid! It was pretty bad but I didn’t know any better at the time lol. Very nostalgic, thanks for the hilarious video!

Final Unity and Judgment Rites weren't "half-bad"?

@M167A1

2 жыл бұрын

They were fine

4:24 "O'Brien beams things up and down." Yup, that sums up his existence on the Enterprise.

I actually still own a copy of this game on Gameboy. It was ok when I was little but it definitely hasn't aged well and I also hated how it never had an end. I remember getting to the Borg and thinking this is it, but sadly I was disappointed when it just continued on. My favorite Next Gen game at the time was the Super NES Next Gen. game but I haven't played it in years. I really enjoy your videos and your humor is perfect!

Oh man. Beyond the Nexus was my childhood… and incredibly broken. I can’t wait to see you review it.

The intro animation is so good

This is a worthy tribute. You got style kid.

I played this game a ton on road trips back in the day. I was determined to beat the Borg level but it just always kicked my butt no matter if I boosted Shields or Weapons.

I played a super fun PC game around ‘97, narrated by Sulu. I think it was called Starfleet Command. It was like submarine combat with a lot of strategy.

Please do more Star Trek game reviews/lookbacks! Particularly the golden era games

I got the game boy game for my birthday and I loved this game. I really enjoyed it

It's pissed me off for the last FIVE YEARS how damned SLOW the Subscriber rate is for this channel. C'MON, guys! Seriously, this is one of the best Trek and movies channels out there!

Hey Junk all, i love your videos. Are you ever gonna do an inside look at klingon, and romulan ships? I'd love that. Thank you.

Very nice video thank you 🎵🎶