We take a look at "Star Trek: D.A.C.," a brand new downloadable game coming to the Xbox Live Arcade on May 13. Also, a brief look at another Hollywood-flavored title, "Top Gun."
By Brian Jacks
"Star Trek" will be boldly trekking into theaters this Friday courtesy of director J.J. Abrams, but that's not the only venue the blockbuster sci-fi franchise will be visiting. On May 13, a downloadable game set in the new universe will be made available on the Xbox Live Arcade, with future plans targeting the Playstation Network and the PC.
The top-down, 2D game plays like a suped-up version of the 80's classic "Asteroids," with players choosing to fly either the Federation flag or the villainous Romulans. Ships glade across space, targeting each other with phaser beams, photon torpedos and explosive mines, all while dodging assorted sizes of asteroids.
Up to 12 players can engage in combat ranging from team deathmatch to king of the hill, with 6 on each team. If users prefer to fly solo or with less than 12, the computer A.I. picks up the slack, doing a fairly good job at pushing the mission forward. Three classes of ships are available, each with different modes of attack and speeds: the sluggish but powerful flagship Enterprise, a speedy but fragile bomber and a diminutive all-purpose fighter.
But "Star Trek" won't be the only frontier for Hollywood; a "Top Gun" game is also jetting its way to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Set years after the original film, players find themselves as new recruits under the eagle eye of Maverick and Iceman, now instructors. With a soundtrack that includes a remade "Danger Zone," the game -- one of the first to utilize a 3D engine for the platform -- features 10 missions total that have the user dodging missiles and flak and maneuvering to take down enemy fighters with missiles and bullets.
"Top Gun" is available as of today on the Apple app store.
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