- Not to be confused with Apple Star-Trek by Bob Bishop. For other uses, see Star Trek (disambiguation).
Apple II Trek, originally released as Startrek and sometimes referred to as Apple Trek, is a sci-fi strategy game that was written for the Apple II by Wendell Sander and released by Apple Computer.[1] It is based on a text-based game originally created in 1971.
History[]
In 1976, Sander acquired and modified an Apple-1 computer, with which he wrote a Star Trek game that impressed Apple Computer Company co-founder Steve Jobs. By June 18, 1977, he had adapted it to run on the Apple II. Sander was hired in August 1977 as the newly-incorporated Apple Computer's 16th employee.[2][3]
The game was released by Apple on cassette as Startrek in January 1978, with Starwars on the reverse side. To avoid legal issues, it was renamed Apple II Trek and some proper names in the game were modified for a January 1979 re-release. However, the game's source code was otherwise unchanged.[1][4][5]
Name changes[]
- Dilithium ➡️ Trilithium
- Enterprise ➡️ Endeavor
- Klingons ➡️ Klarnons
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apple Computer, Inc., Brutal Deluxe Software. Accessed 2023-02-20.
- ↑ Father and son engineers reflect on past, working together at Apple by Willa Colville, Iowa State Daily. 2017-11-12. Archived 2022-08-09.
- ↑ Apple-2 Trek (Wendell Sander, June 1977) by Sketch the Cow, Internet Archive. 2016-07-08.
- ↑ 1978 Apple ][ Startrek by Wendell Sander, GitHub. 2019-04-08.
- ↑ Space Wars / Apple Trek Releases, MobyGames. Accessed 2023-02-20.
External links[]
- 16K-Star Trek at Gaming History
- Apple-2 Trek (Wendell Sander, June 1977) at the Internet Archive
- Space Wars / Apple Trek at MobyGames
- Apple II Trek at Universal Videogame List
