Star Trek: Invasion is a video game, released in 2000 for the SonyPlayStation console. The game was developed by Warthog Games and published by Activision. The game also has some distinction being developed by the same team (who were mostly working under Warthog Games) responsible for the Colony Wars series.
A Game Boy Advance version of the game was planned by Classified Games under license from Activision, but it was scrapped due to the publisher's problems.[3]
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4]Starlog praised the game, saying that it "delivers big and entertains" and said that the graphics were "great",[2] but criticised the Star Trek experience saying that the music lacks the feeling of the franchise and the ships seen in the game don't match those which appeared on television or in the films. It added that players should be "pleased with the game" if they could sidestep the lack of a typical Gene Roddenberry/Star Trek feeling.[2] John Gaudiosi of NextGen said of the game, "A textbook example of how to blend a popular license with solid console gameplay, this deep-space shooter offers an original Star Trek storyline and fun multiplayer action."[15]GamePro said that the game "isn't an enthusiastic 'Engage,' and its story isn't up to Trek standards, but it does throw down the space-shooting gauntlet to be picked up by fans wishing to expand their experience of the venerable franchise."[18][b]
^Perry, Douglass C. (August 24, 2000). "Star Trek: Invasion". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
^Extreme Ahab (November 2000). "Star Trek Invasion"(PDF). GamePro. No. 146. IDG. p. 136. Archived(PDF) from the original on July 17, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.