The Pawn (1988)
- Platforms
- DOS, Mac, C64, Amiga, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST
- Where to get it
- My Abandonware
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A slow, literate puzzle adventure where you carefully parse text and solve wordplay-based challenges.
text-basedslowpuzzleliterateadventurouscontemplativeclever
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Pyradventure (1987)- More like this game, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.