Vintage Fantasy Art - NOAINov 19

« Kronos of Kerovnia », 1986

by Geoff Quilley (British artist, born 1961)
Game box illustration and poster for Amiga and Atari ST versions of "The Pawn",
videogame by Rob Steggles, Magnetic Scrolls, 1986

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root42Apr 14, 2025
Another nitpick about The Pawn: some objects are designed in a weird way. The potion can‘t be picked up. You have to pick up the potion BOTTLE. Inside the bottle is the potion, yeah. This intricate world modeling is detrimental to the gameplay.
#interactivefiction #thepawn #magneticscrolls
root42Mar 31, 2025
The Pawn has some weird triggers and mechanics. You can only move the floorboards in the Tree Trunk Room, if you close the door first -- and perhaps have the white light, not sure about that...
There are a few situations like that, which make this rather good game slightly irritating and illogical...
#interactivefiction #commodore #c64 #thepawn #magneticscrolls