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  developer Magnetic Scrolls
  publisher Rainbird Software
  designer Rob Steggles
  released 1986
  genre Interactive Fiction
  modes Single Player
  ratings N/A
  platforms Acorn Archimedes , Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Amstrad PCW , Apple II , Apple Macintosh , Atari 8-bit , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , DOS , Sinclair QL , ZX Spectrum
  media Floppy Disk , Audio Tape


''The Pawn'' is an Interactive Fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics (on some versions) and its opening music which wasn't available in the 8-bit versions of the game. Also the game itself - story and parser - got mostly positive reviews. The story takes place in the fairy land of Kerovnia, which you need to escape from.


AMIGA VERSION'S TITLE MUSIC

Amiga version is notable for using digitized instrument samples in its title music. When the game was released, Amiga was the only home computer which had hardware support for digitized samples. However, there was probably no other Amiga game released in 1986 that utilized the capabilities of Amiga's Paula sound chip like ''The Pawn'' did. This means that ''The Pawn'' was a pioneer release in the field of digitized Computer Game Music . The peaceful title music is composed by John Molloy and it features guitar and flute sounds among others.


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