Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past

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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Licensor: Paramount Pictures
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Adventure

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9959.99[2] 1313
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046220
Non-Sega versions

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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past is an adventure game based on the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series. It was released for the Sega Mega Drive exclusively in the Americas in 1994.

A Sega Mega-CD version was planned for later in 1994[3], but cancelled.

History

Release

Echoes from the Past was prevented from release in Europe as it "[didn't] represent value for money"[3][4]. A 16-megabit cartridge with battery back-up would have led to the game selling at £59.99 in the UK[3]. There was also a suggestion that the show itself was only available on satellite TV at the time, limiting its audience[4] (although this is not strictly true, as the UK's public broadcaster, the BBC had obtained the rights to the first three seasons and were airing them at the time - seasons 4, 5, 6 and 7 were only available on satellite channel Sky One).

Production credits

Source:
US manual
Star Trek TNG Echoes MD US Manual.pdf
[5]

Magazine articles

Main article: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[8]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)
80
[9]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
81
[2]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[10]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
67
[11]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2 (RU)
70
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
43
[13]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
70
[14]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
69
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
47
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
79
[17]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
52
[18]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
52
[19]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U
82
[20]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
86
[21]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
78
[22]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[23]
Sega Mega Drive
70
Based on
18 reviews

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past

Mega Drive, US
STTNGEftP MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Star Trek TNG Echoes MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
STTNGEftP MD BR cover.jpg
Cover
STTNGEftP MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 272153fb
MD5 ee813bdb98573ed8de080773e2cc7355
SHA-1 ca0cf81784262fe6c00502cb495ede7daf3685c0
2MB 1994-01 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 ef840ef2
MD5 c829ae57c252fc1a5e49efedc0c6c11c
SHA-1 fe72aff307182dc6970048e88eaa5f03348781f5
2MB 1994-01 Cartridge (US) v1.1
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 3ba670f9
MD5 67a11e541cfa471fccb15a7dadba7246
SHA-1 b3f800ae3009296614d1b0943b4245b4510a30f0
2MB 1993-12-28 CD-R disc[24] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 316bbc43
MD5 e03791feb953a36ea71b7ba21f88975e
SHA-1 e01d14c9dc9cd63800a793350e88af5de71b699b
2MB 1993-12-29 CD-R disc[25] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 cac86b68
MD5 1cd6e41c96854e725c8f43d9a748894c
SHA-1 c6d702396d090b80fa1bb86b5079870de1c2dd70
2MB 1994-01-03 CD-R disc[26] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 d138ca3e
MD5 9b9078a1d131488356dfa1a31d9a644a
SHA-1 4ed46dc5faafa8e92c753fcad5f37dd7c563e28c
2MB 1994-01-10 CD-R disc[27] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 d8dab97a
MD5 b4060015d45627d76d27cfc79b8ab397
SHA-1 94a7b71aada60f0a622f6156a31f22700c484505
2MB 1994-01-18 CD-R disc[28] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 63f29e6f
MD5 3754c9cbeafa26f7dd04a6a88bb6b81e
SHA-1 7e1b9bd971088d083c4f9447ae5daff50bcc67c2
2MB 1994-01-25 CD-R disc[29] Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 272153fb
MD5 ee813bdb98573ed8de080773e2cc7355
SHA-1 ca0cf81784262fe6c00502cb495ede7daf3685c0
2MB 1994-01-26 CD-R disc Page
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 ef840ef2
MD5 c829ae57c252fc1a5e49efedc0c6c11c
SHA-1 fe72aff307182dc6970048e88eaa5f03348781f5
2MB 1994-02-01 CD-R disc Page

External links

References

  1. GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 174
  2. 2.0 2.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 7 July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sega Magazine, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-15), page 10
  4. 4.0 4.1 MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 7
  5. File:Star Trek TNG Echoes MD US Manual.pdf, page 9
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 131
  7. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 62
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  9. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 281
  10. GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 56
  11. Game Informer, "July/August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 22
  12. Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 326
  13. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-0x-xx), page 20
  14. Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 32
  15. Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 114
  16. MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 32
  17. Mean Machines Sega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-28), page 72
  18. Sega Power, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-05), page 58
  19. Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 42
  20. Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 16
  21. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 25
  22. Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 88
  23. VideoGames, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 82
  24. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Dec 28, 1993 prototype)
  25. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Dec 29, 1993 prototype)
  26. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Jan 3, 1994 prototype)
  27. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Jan 10, 1994 prototype)
  28. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Jan 18, 1994 prototype)
  29. Hidden Palace: Star Trek - The Next Generation (Jan 25, 1994 prototype)


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