Trek 2  Version 1.1

Introduction

Trek 2 is named that way because it is the sequel to a game called Trek 1.  If you haven't played that one, I recommend downloading it also.  Although Trek 2 was based on it, Trek 1 has its unique features, such as the ability to beam to a planet, ship, or starbase, the option of communicating with them, and most of its missions are based on the original Star Trek movies.  Trek 2 is slower, but for good reasons. It has many advantages:

  1. Many ships can be on the screen at a given time.
  2. More clearly-labeled buttons.
    • Labeled by function, not by crew member.
    • At the bottom of a full screen, not a split screen.
  3. The ability to receive a message (and view the talker) while continuing combat without interruption.
  4. Better phasers and photon torpedoes
    • The scope can be above (not just on) the target to fire the phasers.
    • You can watch the torpedoes (yours and theirs) homing on their targets, and you can shoot them with phasers before they hit you.
  5. A changing starfield, rather than one border used thoroughout the game.

If you have a previous version of Trek 2 (It does not display "Version 1.1" in the title screen), you will have to download the new version in order to play these episodes. EPISODE1 has the same missions as the earlier TREKDATA.  However, it has been slightly altered to run with the new version.  Version 1.1 is better than the original version in the following ways:

  1. Better sensors.
    • Press the button at any time and get a readout of everything in the system, not just what you have your scope over.
  2. Visible Phasers
    • Instead of flashing and making the target disappear, the new phasers move from the bottom of the screen up, and make the same explosion as the torpedoes.
  3. Greater flexibility
    • The episode programs can interact more with the main program.  Things will react in Episode 2 in a way impossible with the first version.

Starting to Play

In order to begin you first need to have the following programs on your TI-82:

  1. TREK2
  2. TREK2DAT
    • If you don't have this program, you can make it yourself.  Just make prgmEPISODE? (substitute the episode number for "?") the first and only line.
  3. PASSWORD
  4. EPISODE?
    • i.e. EPISODE1 or EPISODE2.  You only need one episode on the calculator at a time.
Episode 1 comes with Pic1 of Admiral Zwicker.  Episode 2 uses Pic1 and Pic2, an officer sitting down inside of a starbase.  When you are finished playing one episode, all you have to do is put the next one on and change the first and only line of the program TREK2DAT accordingly.  To start playing, choose the TREK2 program.  You don't need to run any of the other programs.  They'll be run by TREK2 and won't do anything by themselves.

Briefing

At the beginning of each mission, Admiral Zwicker will tell you what's happening where.  Take notice of which star system he mentions.  This is where you will need to warp to complete the mission.

Combat

There is a scope that starts in the middle of your main viewscreen.  Use the arrow keys to move this scope.  To hit something with phasers, put the scope on or above it and press the 2nd key.   to hit something that has something else underneath it, or just to fire a photon torpedo at something, place the scope directly over it and hit the ALPHA key.

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