Begin (computer game)

'Begin' is a computer game which was released in the 1980, and which consists of combat between spaceships. It is a tactical starship simulator where the player commands between one and a hundred ships against an alien fleet.

The game is set in the Star Trek universe, logically somewhere in The Old Series (TOS) range, (as determined by the ship names, types, and the warp scale). Players can take the side of yhr Federation, Klingon, Romulans, or Orion Pirates. Various weapons and functions are included, such as phasers, phton torpedoes and tractor beams.

A variation of the game has been programmed which allows it to be multiplayer. It is available at sourceforge.net, shown below.