Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative
You replay the recovery of the USS Heinlein, which was under the command of Captain Sulu when it got lost under suspicious circumstances in the 145 Trianguli area while on a classified mission. The main reason…
Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative is an adventure developed by Micromosaics, released 31 December 1985 on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.
What Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative is
Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative is an adventure game developed by Micromosaics and released in 1985. It was published by Simon & Schuster. It is available on Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You replay the recovery of the USS Heinlein, which was under the command of Captain Sulu when it got lost under suspicious circumstances in the 145 Trianguli area while on a classified mission. The main reason for simulating the incident is to ascertain if the rescue mission is a viable alternative for the Kobayashi Maru training mission for space cadets at Starfleet Academy.
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Star Trek series
Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative is the seventh of 90 entries we hold in the Star Trek series. It arrived 12 months after USS-Enterprise. The next entry was Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy in 1986.
What it launched against
Star Trek: The Kobayashi Alternative launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.
Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.
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