Kobyashi Naru

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Kobyashi Naru
Kobyashi Naru DOS Cover Art.jpg
DOS cover art
Publisher(s) Mastertronic
Platform(s) Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC
Release1987
Genre(s) Adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Kobyashi Naru is a 1987 adventure game by Mastertronic. The title comes from the Kobayashi Maru scenario in the Star Trek fictional universe, a training test. The player attempts to complete a series of challenges in order to complete the Kobyashi Naru test. Gameplay is standard for text-based adventures of the era. ZZap!64 summed it up as "harmless claptrap", [1] while CVG Magazine commented on the "extremeley basic" graphics. [2] Computer Gamer praised the intuitiveness of the game's parser, as opposed to other games that require a persnickety combination of words. [3]

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References

  1. "ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 025". 1 May 1987. p. 62 via Internet Archive.
  2. "CVG Magazine Issue 068". 1 June 1987. p. 94 via Internet Archive.
  3. "Computer Gamer - Issue 25 (1987-04)(Argus Press)(GB)". 1 April 1987. p. 52 via Internet Archive.