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Star Trek: Encyclopedia Version 3.0
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Take a warp-speed trip to the future with Star Trek Encyclopedia, a double CD-ROM set that covers the history, science, and peoples of the United Federation of Planets--not to mention their many allies and enemies. Watch a biography of Captain Picard, browse the plans of the original Enterprise, or evaluate the terrifying Borg menace for yourself. Virtually everything a Star Trek viewer would ever want to know is available in this program. Star Trek Encyclopedia covers all of the Star Trek films up to Star Trek: Insurrection, along with detailed information about the live-action series. Its database extends to the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager. What's more, a great deal of care is taken to distinguish between facts that are canon--that is, explicitly detailed in the series or films--and those that have merely been extrapolated from evidence provided in those shows. With thousands of video clips, photos, technical schematics, and articles, this program has everything a user might need in order to become a certified Star Trek expert. With such a huge volume of information to cover, it's no wonder that the Star Trek Encyclopedia is not absolutely unabridged. The program doesn't cover Star Trek's animated series, which is a shame, nor does it provide a list of the many tie-in novels associated with the Trek franchise. The interface for the program is frustratingly nonintuitive, though its official Starfleet look is appealing. Even with these few gaps, the vast amount of data that is included makes this a resource that no true fan of Star Trek should be without. --Alyx Dellamonica
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Summary: The Final Frontier?
Comment: The latest version of The STAR TREK Encyclopedia leads fans on a wonderful trip of all things TREK...although I question it's ability to be considered an up to date version of the compendium...it is entertaining enough to use as a resource material, especially involving certain episode specific adventures. The video streams are also extremely entertaining!
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Summary: Time to Updat again
Comment: I used to enjoy idly looking through the database augmenting my knowledge. Unfortunately I updated to Windows XP and now I can't look at it at all. Come on MacMillan, not only do you need to update the Encylopeadia to include the latest DS9 and Voyager, but you need to make it compatible with Windows XP!
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Summary: Great reference
Comment: For those who enjoyed the encyclopedia, will definatly enjoy this software, an updated version of the Omnipedia. With clips from the shows and movies and pictures from all, this is an absolut must for all trekkies.
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Summary: Pretty good
Comment: This thing was amazing when it was first published as the Omnipedia...it had guided tours through certain subjects narrated by Mark Lenard, voice activated response a la the TV show for computers with the capability, high quality, for the time, videos. This version, though, is outdated, and getting more so, the videos and pics are still low-res by newer standards, and everything in it's "episode by episode" guide is available on the ST web site. In fact, the episode synopses are word for word from there, and the previews are available there too.The entries, as I said, are getting outdated, and there's no more nifty tours or voice activation or even simple "search for entries with video" function anymore. When all the Trek series are over and they have a chance to completely update this thing, then good. Until then, I'd recommend leaving it alone and maybe buying the book.
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Summary: Redressed Omnipedia
Comment: While purporting to contain information on the Star Trek universe complete through the 98-99 season, many encyclopedia entries were simply carbon copies of Omnipedia or Enclopedia entries that are no less than a year and a half old. If there is information from the later seasons, it is simply stapled on to the end of an entry. Additionally, in the episode browser area, there is no mention of the most recent seasons of DS9 and Voyager, much to the chagrin of anyone attempting to read, for instance, a summarized version of the entire Dominion War, the conclusion of which coincided with the end of DS9.Of course, all of the griping aside, the interface is quite friendly, if not immediately intuitive. Most features work as advertised - the multimedia presentations are a treat, even if most of them do not contain up-to-date information. For instance, there is no mention in the Feature of Captain Picard about the Enterprise-E, neglecting to include any information from the last two feature films. In all, this would appear to be little more than a rushed polishing job on a previously released product, rather than something deserving of a new version number.
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