Video game:Sega Genesis Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time

Few series, if any, have made as large a pop culture impact as "Star Trek." When it first aired in 1966, the television show failed to make a large impression, and NBC cancelled it after only three seasons. However, over the years it has amassed a cult following, several spin-off shows, a movie series, and a library of novels and comics. Beginning with a board game in 1967, developers released many forms of interactive entertainment involving the beloved "Star Trek" characters.

Mike Mayfield developed the first "Star Trek" video game in 1971. Entitled simply "Star Trek," this text-based computer game spread to most home computers by the end of the 1970s, and became the first of its kind to sell more than one million copies. It showed that games based on the series could be successful, and paved the way for the release of many more video games.

In 1995, Playmates Interactive released "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Crossroads of Time" for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. In this side-scrolling adventure, gamers play as Captain Benjamin Sisko and must investigate a terrorist attack on a Federation space station.

"Crossroads of Time" received mixed reviews from critics, who found that fans of "Star Trek" would enjoy it more than nonfans. They praised the way the game captured the feel of "Deep Space Nine," as well as its graphics and characters, but criticized the gameplay and repetitiveness of the levels. The French gaming website Consoles Plus called the game "interesting and well done," yet "monotonous." Nevertheless, in 1996, Viacom released another game based on "Deep Space Nine" entitled "Harbinger."

More than four decades after the original "Star Trek" series aired, the franchise remains popular. J.J. Abrams and Paramount released a rebooted movie version of the series in 2009, followed by its sequel in 2013. Over fifty different video games featuring the beloved "Star Trek" characters exist, allowing fans to go "where no one has gone before."