Apple II Trek

Apple II Trek, originally released as Startrek and sometimes referred to as Apple Trek, is a sci-fi strategy game that was written for the Apple II by Wendell Sander and released by Apple Computer.Apple Computer, Inc., Brutal Deluxe Software. Accessed 2023-02-20. It is based on a originally created in 1971.
==History==
In 1976, Sander acquired and modified an Apple-1 computer, with which he wrote a Star Trek game that impressed Apple Computer Company co-founder Steve Jobs. By June 18, 1977, he had adapted it to run on the Apple II. Sander was hired in August 1977 as the newly-incorporated Apple Computer's 16th employee.Father and son engineers reflect on past, working together at Apple by Willa Colville, Iowa State Daily. 2017-11-12. Archived 2022-08-09.Apple-2 Trek (Wendell Sander, June 1977) by Sketch the Cow, Internet Archive. 2016-07-08.
The game was released by Apple on cassette as Startrek in January 1978, with Starwars on the reverse side. To avoid legal issues, it was renamed Apple II Trek and some proper names in the game were modified for a January 1979 re-release. However, the game's source code was otherwise unchanged.1978 Apple [ Startrek] by Wendell Sander, GitHub. 2019-04-08. Space Wars / Apple Trek Releases, MobyGames. Accessed 2023-02-20.
===Name changes===
*Dilithium ➡️ Trilithium
*Enterprise ➡️ Endeavor
*Klingons ➡️ Klarnons
==References==
==External links==
*16K-Star Trek at Gaming History
*Apple-2 Trek (Wendell Sander, June 1977) at the Internet Archive
*Space Wars / Apple Trek at MobyGames
*Apple II Trek at Universal Videogame List
Category:Apple-1 games
Category:Apple II games
Category:1978 games