Pawn, The
OCS
Information
Year of the first release
1986
License
Commercial
Number of disks (or CD)
1
Publisher
Firebird [Telecomsoft] - USA
Rainbird [Telecomsoft] - Rest of the World
Number max of players
1
Budget publisher
Simultaneous max players
1
Developer
Magnetic Scrolls
Language
English
Artists
Coder :
Anita Sinclair
Coder :
Hugh Steers
Coder :
Ken Gordon
Graphician :
Geoff Quilley
Musician :
John Molloy
Misc :
Robert Steggles
Language in manual
Hardware
OCS
Amiga original game
no
Have cheatcode
yes
Have SPS release
yes
WHD install
yes
WHD information
Author
Galahad
Updated
2002-11-04 18:26:35
HD install
yes
HD notes
- Copy the disk contents to HD (e.g.
DH0:The Pawn
) including devs, libs and c dirs to SYS:
- Launch game from CLI/shell by typing:
cd DH0:The Pawn/ThePawn
(or the relevant path)
ThePawn
Genre
Category
Adventure
Subcategory
Adventure - Text With Still Pics
Dimension
2D
Scrolltype
None
Theme
Fantasy
Viewpoint
First Person
Conversion hardware
Acorn Archimedes
Amstrad/Schneider CPC6128(+)
Amstrad/Schneider PcW 8256/8512/9256/9512/10
Apple II/IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari 800/130/XL/XE
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
PC (DOS)
Sinclair QL – CST Thor 1/20/21/XVI
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
Conversion notes
Based on 1985 Magnetic Scrolls/Sinclair Research Sinclair QL text-only release, QL-PAWN.
PC versions: 80-column text mode, EGA, Tandy
N.B. Amstrad 128k and AtariXL/XE releases were disk only.
Classic compilation
Relationship
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Rarity:
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
Notes:
Game storyline by Robert Steggles.
Last known release:
V2.2 (22-May-86)
Coded by RCK of
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