The original free-and-open StarTrek console game was THE most played game of the day .... back in the 1970's!

So far:

• Converted from Python 2, to Python 3.
• Changed in-system coordinates to simple 'chess like' (b,4 (etc)) references.
• Added random event Quips – should make the game a tad more ‘NPC’?
• Added that classic sublight / in system propulsion system. Warp speeds engines are now a seperate navigational system.
• Heavily re-factored for growth, testing, re-use, and maintenance using modern Python.

Video: https://youtu.be/TpmtCLOJ5Uw

Original authors did an excellent job here - made the modernization a WHOLE LOT easier!

-- Nagy

Original:

I recently discovered the classic old BASIC game Star Trek from 1971, through a post seen on Reddit.

The post contained a version of the game rewritten in C-Sharp which I thought was quite good. I wondered if anyone had ported it to Python.

After a little bit of research, I didn't find a definitive version for Python.

This is by no means a definitive version itself; I just took the C# version and converted it to Python.

There's heaps that can be done with this program. A lot of implementations used global variables. I tried to fix this by encapsulating them in a global object, but this can definitely be improved further.

Here is a list of possible improvements:

• Encapsulate everything in classes
• Include help/instructions

• Add extra features;

  • new ships, celestial objects, etc
  • new weapon types
  • crew functions

• Easier navigation (using cartesian system maybe)
• Make some parts more 'Pythonic'
• ...Plenty more!