| Mike McCormack wrote ... | 2009-09-01 21:38:29 |
| This was the first game I bought for my Atari 520 St back in 1986. I just wanted to comment on how I used to dream (since the 70's) about playing a game that was intelligent enough to understand written text! I remember reading about it in the early 80's...an all text PC game about magic & wizards...I could never remember the name. I bought my 520ST for about 1000.00 in 86 - cost me a couple of paychecks. When I started playing "The Pawn" - I could not stop playing it until at-least 3 AM every night! It was an amazing piece of software designed for Europeans obviously...most of the words (and you had to type them exactly) were spelled differently then the American version - Color = Colour...this took me months to figure out! I just hooked this system back up after 23 years and it works like a champ! I am very excited to have found this wonderful website and to see that I can download the games that I have forgotten about long ago! I am looking forward to reading all of your comments etc...
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| Universe Bandit wrote ... | 2007-03-08 17:18:45 |
| I loved this game. I am an avid adventure gamer, and this one was just like Zork for DOS, This game was good at the time when Windows was still wearing diapers. |
| ZZip wrote ... | 2004-02-12 16:05:57 |
| The graphics in this game were revolutionary for a home system at the time.
Like many others, this is one of the reasons my Atari 800XL felt inadequate, and I wanted an ST! |
| James Fredericks wrote ... | 2003-06-27 03:31:06 |
| I never played this game for more than about 2 hours, but remember the graphics were so cool. I remember drooling over the ads for it in an Atari magazine like Antic or something. I had an Atari 800XL at the time and it was one of several that made me want to get an Atari ST. Weird that I never got into playing it too deep when I could... Oh well, it was pretty neat how the graphics helped the text adventure story along. |
| Kellys Hero wrote ... | 2003-03-07 16:13:58 |
| Had this game for my green-only screen Amstrad PCW (had a whole 256k memory - whoo hoo!) but could never find a copy for the 520ST I later got. Never quite managed to finish this one but must have come close to it - always wondered how the story ended and it's about time I found out... |
| Ross Harris wrote ... | 2002-07-16 22:01:35 |
| Was working freelance down in Brighton doing art for a Spectrum/Amstrad/C64 text and graphic adventure (Rigel's Revenge). Saw The Pawn, and Guild of Thieves and had to get myself both and an ST to play them on... |
| Chris Bourne wrote ... | 2002-02-13 19:04:13 |
| I remeber this being loaded onto an ST in my local computer shop and the whole place STOPPING beause of the graphics. I remember it more for being a bloody great adventure game. (the graphics still impress me for such a limited colour scheme though) |
| Mikko Keinänen wrote ... | 2001-11-11 18:12:05 |
| This was my first Atari ST game. I was very much into text adventure gaming (and I still am), and this one really blowed my mind! Great parser and storyline like in those great Infocom adventures plus magnificient graphics! I remember looking at those great preview pictures at C+VG. Maybe that's why I bought my 520 ST??? Also this was perhaps my first adventure game that I really managed to solve. This is quite a classic adventure with modern touch and great humour. I really don't remember the plot but I have great memories adventuring in the Land of Kerovnia (did I remember that right?). This is a must for every adventure game fans. From the great Magnetic Scrolls the Guild of Thieves was next. |
