An email to the game publisher Interplay (update)
The following email I just sent to the game publisher Interplay. I wonder if I’ll get an actual response.
Good evening.
I recently went through some old boxes and found my copy of Starfleet Academy. With glee I remembered the hours of fun I had playing it.
Then I asked myself: Why is there not one good Star Trek game for iOS? Sure there was the promo game for the 2009 Star Trek movie, but that was it.
So I thought: Starfleet Academy would be the one of the best games to re-release and port to iOS. Both the iPad and the iPhone 4 have displays that can easily handle the games interface and the internals are more than capable to run smoothly.
What other devices have come closer to what we have seen in the countless Star Trek episodes than the iPad (P.A.D.D. anyone?) and the iPhone?
What better homage could you give the creators of Star Trek, than making them and yourselves more money, by letting people play one of the greatest Star Trek games on an interface that so closely resembles what the characters in the movies and TV series have used daily?
Just think about it.
Kind regards,
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Well, I received a response from a nice soul at Interplay this morning. I’m going to assume he or she doesn’t mind me posting it:
Mr. Hoffmann,
Thank you for writing. Star Trek for iOS makes sense to us, unfortunately, we no longer have the Star Trek license and are not permitted to make Star Trek games for any platform, including iOS.
I’m not sure who is the current license holder for Star Trek. Last I heard, it was Bethesda, but that was a while ago. Perhaps you should contact Paramount directly.
Thanks again for the suggestion, sorry we can’t do anything about it.
It looks like I’m going to have to write another email. I’m not giving up though.
