STG's Dev Zone - Star Trek Final War II / Racoon Software

Game Info:

Racoon Software, based in the Czech Republic have released a total of 4 fan developed games. The latest 2 in the series both called "Final War" has an air of old style top down Armada play in it. More details about the games will be available soon.

Final War (or improved version – Free War) Simple low quality graphics arcade. The game is made in Turbo pascal with resolution 640*480. Each of cca 50 ships you has it´s password. You get this password, if you capture this ship (there are no passwords in Free War version). The game has no missions or story. You can fight one on one battles, or together with two wingmen. Battle take place on one screen, where you can move in 8 directions or you can simulate „warp-fly“ battle. Ships has various weapons such as phasers, dirsuptors, pulse weapons and torpedoes, each with specific strength and range. You can also use tractor beam and cloaking or divert energy among weapons/shields/engines. Packed game has a size of cca 300KB. Final War II

This is much more sophisticated game with better graphics and sound. It´s made in Delphi with using DirectX and 1024*768 resolution. The game is arcade/simulator. You can play battles in any possible constitution with up to 10 ships in time. Ther are the well known species as Federation, Klingons, Romulans, Borg, Cardassians, Dominion and some other and special ships. Each ships has a prestige cost. At the beginning you have just a small amount of prestige points and you gain more by defeating enemies. Game system includes various weapons : beam, pulse and torpedoes. Each ship has weapons placement made as accurate as possible according to ST series or movies. You can use tractor beams, cloaking devices, reinforce shields or use high energy turns. Energy could be diverted among weapons, shields, engines and battery. You can use warp to move to distant targets or to escape/pursue enemy. You can play prearranged scenarios such as : Alternate Nemesis battle, Wolf359, Call to arms etc. Ships systems could be damaged (and repaired) during the fight so you can e.g. destroy enemy´s engines or warp core.Packed game has a size of cca 6MB.