Long time Birth of the Federation player here.

[Player 9000]

So I've been playing Microprose ST: BOTF since 1999?

Greatest Star Trek 4x ever made, based on a abandoned version of MoO3 (I still play the MoO remake, Master of Orion fyi)

The game is still being maintained today if you just wish to google it with a amazing amount of mods.

Original game has 5 races (Feds, Roms, Klingons, Ferg, Cards) They replaced the cards with the Domminion for some mods. Other mods go into older trek alittle. Other mods added the Borg as a player faction.

Game is great.

I never heard of this game till today, I honestly thought it was a BOTF "2" that got official backing based on the way it looks.

But yes google Star Trek Birth of the Federation, its abandonware now. Theres a site with all the patched versions, all the mods and a HD version!!!

Another cool note about this game is it uses the Falcon 4.0 engine to render the 3d battles (LOL).

[DirishDevil]

Yea i still have the disk and sadly cant get the game to work anymore... defiant spam

[corestandeven]

Originally posted by Hari Seldon:

Yea i still have the disk and sadly cant get the game to work anymore... defiant spam :worf_rage:

I also have the original box and CD from 1999. No good for me now as my latest PC doesn't even have a DVD drive :-)

However. as the OP says, you don't need the original to play, Anyone can get it for free here: https://www.armadafleetcommand.com/onscreen/botf/viewtopic.php?t=3509

Don't be put off by the very long and (in my opinion) overly detailed installer instructions, it isn't complex to install. You can play original or with one of great mods. Personally I find Balance of Power more true to the original BotF, but many like the Ultimate Dominion Mod (that replaces Ferengi not Cardassians).

AI is still poor, but still a better experience and feels more Trek than STI. Putting aside the mods, the original devs of this clearly put more care and attention to make each of the five factions look and feel unique.

[skeetz]

just play botf2 fan game im sure u can find a link, its pretty good too.