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Knight Orc

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Knight Orc is a text-based adventure game released in 1987 by Level 9 Computing, a British game development studio renowned for creating interactive fiction during the 1980s. In Knight Orc, you play as Grindleguts the Orc, flipping the conventional fantasy trope of playing a heroic knight or adventurer.
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Genres:
adventure, interactive fiction
released in:
1987
publisher:
Firebird
developer:
Level 9 Computing
designers:
Peter Austin
themes:
fantasy, fables and fairy tales
keywords:
feelies included
Game modes:
single-player
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Rating
3.94 / 5.00 (17 votes)

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Main executable game file: knighto/MENU.exe.

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Knight Orc review

Computer Gaming World (1988): "The puzzles are too uneven. Part one can be finished off in an afternoon, while some puzzles in part two will take that long even if you have the hint sheet! When random bad luck can spoil a well thought out solution, it's hard to be sure if you're on the right trail. On the other hand, this game has the best parser I've seen in a while. Special options (available on the more powerful computers) speed the game along. The "oops" command returns you to where you were before the last move (you can keep using this command and move backwards through the game!). RAM save makes life easier, but with the "oops" command, it's almost redundant. Overall, the game rates a strong recommendation. While it has negative points, it is certainly above average."

Retro gamer collector's corner:

The original box contained the following feelies:

  • a 52-page booklet with loading instructions
  • a game play guide
  • Peter McBride's novella "The Sign of the Orc"
  • a map by P.R. Human
  • disk

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More information on Knight Orc

Status: abandonware
Input: keyboard
Distributed on: 5,25 floppy disk
Also published for: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
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