I found this in the attic over Christmas. "Interactive" board games were all the rage back in the mid 90's. Basically you ran the included tape while you played the game and the character on screen would give instructions that altered the game play. "Athmosfear" was the first if I'm not mistaken, certainly the most famous Video-Board game. Very privative stuff, but I guess it seemed cool back then.
I think I played this game once or twice (literally) before moving on to something else. Everything is still there and except for the box, which is a bit scuffed, it's all in pretty excellent condition. The quality of the tape is still fairly ok but the sound got a bit messed up. There's some serious over acting on it by Robert O'Reilly (who played Gowron in TNG and DS9), but it's all good campy Star Trek fun.
In the clip, you see a star field with a timer counting down. Pretty obvious why thats there. Then the klingon Kavok(O'Reilly) who's hijacked the Enterprise comes on screen and demands that the player who's currently active must "experience Bij" which is basically an instruction to pick up a Bij card that acts as a luck variable. Oh how terrificly fun it sounds I know.
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Well that brings back memories. I still have that. A lot of money was spent out on it; it was only played with once or twice. I once sat and played the tape right to the end once. That's an hour of my life I won't get back.
I did the same over Christmas when I transfered the video to DVD (just in case!). The pathetic acting/effects/camera angle right at the end was worth it :)
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