Star Trek: Invasion

Activision was on a roll with the Star Trek licence and they made lots of games with it, most of them very good. Strangely, the PS1 only got 1 game and while very difficult, its not a bad game. The game is fast and smooth with lots of blurring,lighting and lots of glow effects at work and even...even a cockpit view!

It has taken me a while to record this game as it can be bloody difficult and the lightweight controls don't make the game any easier. I had to replay some missions over and over until I got them done how I wanted and within time limits for the unlocks. The game uses mixed gfx modes so it may be best to set the player to 16:9 to view the game play properly.

Speaking of time limits, these are hidden and absolutely no clues are given what times are needed to beat the level and unlock the medal. The only hint is at the end and it may say secrets found 0/1 Some missions have weapons that can be found and utilised in later missions, but again their are no in game clues to help find these. Its all very annoying and considering how difficult it is to get all the medals, the extra level reward seems...unrewarding as its an especially difficult turret fight with the borg.

I have included a run down of the mission list and what unlocks can be found in each mission. I replay mission 4a later in the game as I missed the weapon pick up the first time round. Its also easier the second time round with the extra weapon pick ups I have collected. I finish the game with the best ending, which involved completing mission 5a first and tractoring in the escape pod at the end. I have added the other 2 ending videos onto the end. The listed time limits are just what I think they are after numerous tries and fails.

00:03:00 Mission 1 Raw Recruits, Part 1:
00:16:10 Mission 1a Raw Recruits Part 2: Beat time limit of 5:20 to unlock 1b
00:23:45 Mission 1b Seek and Destroy:
00:30:40 Mission 2 Unusual Suspects:
00:38:00 Mission 2a Without Order:
00:42:45 Mission 3 Rightful masters: Beat Time limit of 4:00 to Unlock Medal 1
00:49:20 Mission 4 Bad Altitude: Beat time limit of 6:00 to unlock mission 4a
00:58:40 Mission 4a Escort Service:
01:05:10 Mission 5 Alien Chronicles: Collect two collectables to unlock 5a and 5b
01:16:50 Mission 5a The Infernal Machine: Photonic Missile weapon. Beat time limit of 4:00 to unlock Medal 2
01:23:50 Mission 5b The Host:
01:35:10 Mission 6 Prey for Danger:
01:45:05 Mission 6a Piercing Encounters: Enhanced Trilithium Warhead weapon.
01:50:40 Mission 7 Red Sunset:
01:58:30 Mission 8 Edge of the Abyss: Beat Time limit of 4:20 to Unlock Medal 3
02:05:10 Mission 8a Best of Enemies:
02:11:20 Mission 9 Shackled:
02:18:35 Mission 10 The Breeding Grounds:
02:23:25 Mission 10a Silent Stock:
02:29:40 Mission 10b David and Goliath:
02:35:35 Mission 4a Escort Service: Re-visit to collect Enhanced Polaron Beam I missed the first time.
02:40:05 Mission 11 Killing Time:
02:45:05 Mission 12 Moving Heaven and Earth:
02:52:10 Mission 13 The Bigger they Are, Part 1: Plasma Burst weapon. Beat Time of 5:00 to Unlock Medal 4
03:00:20 Mission 13a The Bigger they Are, Part 2:
03:04:45 Mission 13b Deadforms: Anti-matter salvo. (I never got to try this weapon)
03:19:50 Mission 14 No Mans Land, Part 1: Enhanced Pulse Phaser weapon.
03:28:00 Mission 14a No Mans Land Part 2:
03:38:45 Mission 15 The Sentinel Returns: Beat Time limit of 4:00 to unlock Medal 5
03:45:45 Mission 13c Deadspace: Unlocked by getting all 5 Medals.
03:53:50 Mission 16 End of Eternity:
04:00:32 Ending 1 + credits: (Success-Good) Tractor Escape Pod decision taken
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04:07:20 Ending 2: (Partial Success) By not completing mission 5a before finishing final mission.
04:08:12 Ending 3: (Bad) By repelling the escape pod into the rift on final mission.