The game is unrelated to the film of the same name, Star Trek: First Contact (1996), which was released eight years later.
This is the last of three Star Trek text adventures that were published by Simon and Schuster, and it features a multiple window presentation.
While the game box depicts the U.S.S. Enterprise as it appeared in Star Trek (1966), the crew is shown wearing the uniforms used from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).