Classic adventure game by Magnetic Scrolls 1985, remastered for mobile
About The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls is an adventure app developed by voidware.
How many times has The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls been downloaded?
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls has been downloaded 930 times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 2 times.
What is the rating of The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls?
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls is rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, based on 29 ratings.
Is The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls free?
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls costs $1.49 to download. The APK download size is 22.72 MB. The latest version available is 1.0.6.5. The last update was on September 19, 2017.
What are the requirements for The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls?
The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls requires Android 4.1+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play June 2017.
Description
The Pawn is a text based adventure game released by Magnetic Scrolls in 1985 to wide acclaim.
Set in the mythical world of Kerovnia, it is an amusing and complex tale. You, the player, are there by total accident. The Adventurer is supposed to rescue his Princess, not you. Can you escape, back to your own world? If so, not easily and certainly not without leaving an indelible mark on the history of Kerovina and its somewhat unusual inhabitants.
Magnetic Scrolls was a British video game developer active between 1984 and 1990. A pioneer of audio-visually elaborate text adventure games. It was one of the two largest and most acclaimed interactive fiction developers of the 1980s.
The original game has been remastered and improved by Stand Games (with permission) and adapted for modern devices, with a vastly improved UI.
Features include:
* Touch-Text Commands Tap "links" in the text to perform commands without typing.
* Sidebar Inventory All your things are conveniently listed in a sidebar. Drag and drop to use them or to apply them to things in the main text.
* Dynamic Map No need to draw out the map, we do it for you. As you explore the game, the map page will expand. Tap any previous room on the map to "fast-goto" that location.
* Compass Rose Quickly navigate with a handy compass gadget. It shows the available exits at all times, simply tap to move.
The new facilities make the original game fun and entertaining to play on modern mobiles. No more dead ends; the remaster has multi-level undo, save/load game and automatic undo from dying!
There's also the original artwork and newly reworked music score (Thanks John!)
Help support the Remastering Project After fees, we get only about 70p from each sale. We're working to restore original game content, source code and documents and hopefully to develop and share new IF technologies. See our blog (https://strandgames.com/blog) for details of our progress.
Thanks for your support! The Strand Team
Find out more at http://strandgames.com
See original press releases and magazine reviews: https://strandgames.com/blog/computer-and-video-games-1986 https://strandgames.com/blog/the-pawn-desktop-on-itch
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pawn http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=a3ege93gjofe5q0m http://msmemorial.if-legends.org/games.htm/pawn.php
Recent changes: * Improve map clarity * FIX: some text glitches. * FIX: game slowdown after playing a long time. * FIX: some game bugs.
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Comments on The Pawn by Magnetic Scrolls for Android
★★★★★Tony Jones· Nov 9, 2017
I remember seeing ads in computer magazines back in the 80s for The Pawn and other Magnetic Scrolls games. I used to want to play them so bad as a kid back then but never got the chance. But thanks to you guys, I can now enjoy The Pawn all these years later as an adult. Awesome job guys, and I'm looking forward to other Magnetic Scrolls games.
★★★★★butfukegypt· Jul 25, 2017
This is exactly what I remembered as a kid, and I'm happy that I don't have to fire up an old Commodore 64/128 to play it.
★★★★★Alex M· Feb 2, 2019
I paid peanuts for this release of a classic text adventure which has been done with such evident love and care. I've previously played many Info com classics but somehow never got around to trying Magnetic Scrolls games, so this seemed the perfect opportunity. Not only is the game utterly lovely (thus far, though this awful guru both keeps laughing at me and destroys me with his martial arts prowess), the new interface has made it a delight to play on my tablet on the train. Easy 5* Thank you!
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