Kobyashi Naru

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]

Kobyashi Naru
DOS cover art
Publisher	Mastertronic
Platforms	Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC
Release	1987
Genre	Adventure
Mode	Single-player