{{Short description|1987 video game}} {{Infobox video game | title = Kobyashi Naru | image = File:Kobyashi_Naru_DOS_Cover_Art.jpg | caption = DOS cover art | modes = Single-player | publisher = Mastertronic | released = 1987 | genre = Adventure | platform = Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, IBM PC }}
'''''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",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/zzap64-magazine-025|title=ZZap!64 Magazine Issue 025|date=1 May 1987|page=62|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> while ''CVG Magazine'' commented on the "extremeley basic" graphics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-068|title=CVG Magazine Issue 068|date=1 June 1987|page=94|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Computer Gamer praised the intuitiveness of the game's parser, as opposed to other games that require a persnickety combination of words.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_25_1987-04_Argus_Press_GB|title=Computer Gamer - Issue 25 (1987-04)(Argus Press)(GB)|date=1 April 1987|page=52|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{moby game|id=/kobyashi-naru|name=''Kobyashi Naru''}} * [http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero043/TILT%20043%20-%20page030.JPG Tilt review] * [http://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_happycomputer_spielesonderheft-4_seite92 Happy Computer review] * {{IFDB|id=br0ulk5iz6kymihy}}
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Category:1980s interactive fiction Category:1987 video games Category:Adventure games Category:Amstrad CPC games Category:Commodore 64 games Category:Mastertronic games Category:Science fiction video games Category:Single-player video games Category:Video games based on Star Trek Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:ZX Spectrum games