Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative
Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative was a Star Trek themed computer software game, designed for the Apple II Plus, Apple IIe, and Apple IIc. The game was also available for the Commodore 64 and Macintosh. This text adventure was first published in 1985 by Simon & Schuster Interactive. The player assumes the role of Captain James T. Kirk. As Kirk, the player commands the actions of the Enterprise crew, as well as the Enterprise ship itself. The game was expansive and ambitious, but also very buggy.
The plot is based on the idea that Starfleet is replacing the Kobayashi Maru scenario with a new test based on a mission from the Enterprise logs. The player is supposedly testing this "Kobayashi Alternative Command Performance Evaluation" for a Starfleet admiral.
A review in Computer Gaming World berated the game for its many bugs, and poor documents regarding the game itself. However, the design of the game, as well as its portrayal of the crew, was well received.[1]
References
- ^ Scorpia (March 1986), "Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative", Computer Gaming World, pp. 36–37, 42, 45
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