Retro Replay Review

Gameplay

Total Insanity starts with a choice rather than a hook. You pick between Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity, PGA European Tour, and Network Q RAC Rally Championship, and that immediate spread is both refreshing and slightly awkward. There is no shared genre or common rhythm to ease you in; this is a compilation built around contrast.

That can work nicely if your taste changes by the hour. A Star Trek game, a golf game, and a rally championship cover very different corners of PC gaming, so the bundle has more range than a typical three-game package. Instead of asking whether one concept can hold your attention, it asks which of its three games suits you today.

The downside is that Total Insanity has no clear central identity beyond being a Europress collection. If you only care about one of these games, the other two can feel like bonus material rather than a reason to buy the set. Its value rises sharply when at least two of the three names already interest you.

Graphics

You are moving between three separate games, not one consistent look. The Star Trek: The Next Generation branding sits alongside the sporting focus of PGA European Tour and the motorsport focus of Network Q RAC Rally Championship, giving the compilation a deliberately mixed visual character from game to game.

Story

The compilation has no single story tying its games together. Its closest thing to a narrative pull comes from Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity, while the golf and rally entries naturally shift the focus away from a shared dramatic throughline.

That separation matters because Total Insanity never becomes a curated journey. You are opening three distinct games that happen to share a package, so any investment in characters, competition, or atmosphere belongs to the individual selection rather than the collection as a whole.

For a gamer drawn to the Star Trek name, that entry is likely the emotional center of the box. For everyone else, the story value is mainly in the freedom to leave one game behind and try a completely different kind of experience without changing discs or seeking out another purchase.

Overall Experience

Total Insanity is a curious 1996 DOS time capsule with a simple strength: it refuses to put all its value in one genre. The mix of Star Trek, golf, and rallying is odd enough to be memorable, and it gives you alternatives when one game is not landing.

Still, variety is not the same thing as cohesion. This is not a collection with a unifying theme, shared tone, or obvious progression from one game to the next. It feels more like three separate invitations, and you should judge it by how many of those invitations you actually want to accept.

Give it a chance if you enjoy sampling the wide, sometimes strange range of mid-1990s DOS releases or have real affection for more than one included title. If you want one polished, consistent game to sink into, Total Insanity is too scattered to be an easy recommendation. As a grab bag, though, it has a modest charm.

Retro Replay Score

6/10