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Throughout the years, the influence of Star Trek has expanded sufficiently to warrant the creation of a long series of PC games. One of the most notable is 'Star Trek Armada' by Activision. This game's sequel, Star Trek Armada 2 (by MadDoc Software and published by Activision), is often considered the highest quality Trek game commonly available. However, the Star Trek games franchise dates to at least 1993 with Interplay's now classic title Star Trek: 25th Anniversary for the PC.

Interplay, Simon and Schuster, Microprose and Activision all had their part in the early era of Star Trek gaming, with Activision ultimately taking over the publishing rights for the main license packs in late 2000, bringing to an end what was known as "The Golden Era" by Star Trek gaming fans and PC gaming magazines. The short period between the release of the Microprose PC title "Birth of the Federation" (1999) and Activision's "Star Trek: Armada" (2001) saw the release of many major Trek-themed PC games. The quality of the games compared to the older titles of 1993 to 1999 had risen to new heights and along with the Interplay mini franchise of "Star Trek: Starfleet Command", "Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 - Empires At War" and "Star Trek: Starfleet Command 2 - Orion Pirates" -- not to mention the timeless classics "Star Trek: StarFleet Academy" and its sequel "Star Trek: Klingon Academy"-- sealed the future of Star Trek gaming going into the 21st century.

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