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Index The Pawn

The Pawn is an interactive fiction game for the Sinclair QL written by Rob Steggles of Magnetic Scrolls and published by Sinclair Research in 1985.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Argus Press, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Compute!, Computer and Video Games, Computer Gaming World, Crash (magazine), Dragon (magazine), Enhanced Graphics Adapter, Future plc, Golden Joystick Awards, Interactive fiction, Mac (computer), Magnetic Scrolls, Motorola 68000, MS-DOS, Newsfield, Sampling (music), Sinclair QL, Sinclair Research, Single-player video game, Telecomsoft, Text parser, Virtual machine, Zilog Z80, ZX Spectrum, 1985 in video games.

  2. Magnetic Scrolls games
  3. Sinclair QL games
  4. Telecomsoft games

Acorn Archimedes

Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England.

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Amiga

Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985.

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Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.

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Amstrad PCW

The Amstrad PCW series is a range of personal computers produced by British company Amstrad from 1985 to 1998, and also sold under licence in Europe as the "Joyce" by the German electronics company Schneider in the early years of the series' life.

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Apple II

The Apple II series of microcomputers was initially designed by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with the Apple II model that gave the series its name.

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Argus Press

Argus Press was a British publishing company.

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Atari 8-bit computers

The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800.

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Atari ST

Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas).

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Compute!

Compute!, often stylized as COMPUTE!, was an American home computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994.

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Computer and Video Games

Computer and Video Games (also known as CVG, Computer & Video Games, C&VG, Computer + Video Games, or C+VG) was a UK-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004.

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Computer Gaming World

Computer Gaming World (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006.

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Crash (magazine)

Crash, stylized as CRASH, is a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer, primarily focused on games.

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Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, along with Dungeon.

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Enhanced Graphics Adapter

The Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) is an IBM PC graphics adapter and de facto computer display standard from 1984 that superseded the CGA standard introduced with the original IBM PC, and was itself superseded by the VGA standard in 1987.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Golden Joystick Awards

The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted online via GamesRadar+. The Pawn and Golden Joystick Awards are Golden Joystick Award winners.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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Mac (computer)

Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.

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Magnetic Scrolls was a British video game developer active between 1984 and 1990.

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Motorola 68000

The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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Newsfield

Newsfield Publications Ltd (also known as Newsfield) was a British magazine publisher during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Sampling (music)

In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording.

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Sinclair QL

The Sinclair QL (for Quantum Leap) is a personal computer launched by Sinclair Research in 1984, as an upper-end counterpart to the ZX Spectrum.

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Sinclair Research

Sinclair Research Ltd was a British consumer electronics company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge.

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Single-player video game

A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session.

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Telecomsoft

Telecomsoft was a British video game publisher and a division of British Telecom.

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Text parser

In adventure games, a text parser takes typed input (a command) from the player and simplifies it to something the game can understand.

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Virtual machine

In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulation of a computer system.

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Zilog Z80

The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by Zilog that played an important role in the evolution of early computing.

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ZX Spectrum

The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit home computer developed and marketed by Sinclair Research.

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1985 in video games

1985 saw many sequels and prequels in video games, such as Super Mario Bros. and Kung Fu, along with new titles such as Commando, Duck Hunt, Gauntlet, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gradius, Hang-On, Space Harrier, Tetris and The Way of the Exploding Fist.

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See also

Magnetic Scrolls games

Sinclair QL games

Telecomsoft games

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pawn

Also known as QL Pawn, The Pawn (video game).