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.
AdventureScience fictioninteractive fictionlicensed gameunited federation of planetsstarfleetCommodore C64/128/MAX, Mac, DOS, Apple II
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Character
Cool, plot-driven, grave and earnest.
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX, Mac, DOS, Apple II
- Developer
- Micromosaics
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Released
- December 31, 1985
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
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