Four lucky winners got the celebrity treatment in Los Angeles this week and will be appearing in an upcoming Star Trek game, all courtesy of Activision.

Bob and Pam May of Jacksonville, Florida, along with Jean Stanley and Sharon Edwards of Mobile, Alabama were all winners in a contest, securing not only a trip to Southern California, a collection of Star Trek games and a look at Activision's inner workings, but their likenesses will appear in a forthcoming Star Trek game.

"This has just been great," said contest winner Bob May of his experience winning the contest. "I haven't been much of a gamer," he said in Activision's Santa Monica offices, patting his duffle bag packed with Activision's Star Trek titles, "but I sure will start!"

Referring to the Original Series, Stanley said "I'm an 'old Trekkie,' I really like the Original Series and The Next Generation, plus I really like Enterprise, so far so good."

May, his wife Pam and other winners Stanley and Edwards were then photographed by Activision, getting a panoramic view of all angles of their faces, for future mapping and insertion into a game.

After the photography sessions, the group was taken on a tour of Activision's facility, where they got a sneak peak at several of Activision's upcoming Star Trek games.

Activision Producer Parker A. Davis led most of the tour, stopping to give the group a long look at the upcoming "Star Trek: Bridge Commander," showing off the game's cinematic opening sequence and some gameplay, showing how the game works and demonstrating what can happen if a ship happens to drift into another nearby starship, much to the group's enjoyment.

Also on the tour was a look at the sequel to Activision's popular "Star Trek: Armada." The new game, "Star Trek: Armada II," picks up where the last game left off story-wise and includes all kinds of new features, ships and dangers. When asked by May if the Ferengi appear in the game, Activision's Eric Lee pointed, "If you leave a ship disabled for too long, the Ferengi will show up and salvage your vessel, towing it away."

In a high-tech conference room used for teleconferencing and game demonstrations, Associate Producer Matt Morton showed the group some demos of Activision's other, non-Star Trek titles, including "Soldier of Fortune II" and "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" before the group was taken downstairs to Activision's testing area.

"This place goes 24-7," said Davis of the basement area, which is filled with computers and televisions along with console gaming systems, where dozens of testers play and play and play, searching games for potential programming bugs and other Quality Control elements.

Along with the Activision tour, the games and the photo session, the winners also had a chance to explore Hollywood. May and his wife also spent some time at the Universal Studios theme park, and got to join the studio audience for a taping of The Wayne Brady Show. "It's been a lot of fun," said Stanley during a break for fresh air as the group prepared to hop back into their waiting limousine and off to explore more of Los Angeles.