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• "Your Computer", Jan 1987 (Image)

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Also, here's Mac User; (Image)

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Shame it didn't have graphics for the Spectrum. Perhaps it was to do with the wierd way spectrum graphics worked. Here's the Amstrad PCW. (Image)

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Hi, Thanks for reminding me about this one. I think it's actually a hangover from the original game. What happens is the game signals whenever there's a new picture to show. BUT, that means unless you encounter a new picture, any old picture (from…

  in Android :: UI pictures not synchronizing? Comment by hugh July 2017
• it works fine on Windows 8.1 with firewall disabled. I flagged this problem because it is so weird. Most people don't switch off their windows firewalls (except me), so i don't regard is as especially serious. Just in case anyone else does get this…

  in Fonts not working in Windows 10 Comment by hugh July 2017
• is this a permissions thing? Strange that it works when extracted and not otherwise??

  in Linux release won't start Comment by hugh July 2017
• Indeed. However, i liked the bit previous turn undone. This our new automatic undo from death feature. Really saves a lot of hassle for the player. :-)

  in The Pawn :: Easter eggs (WARNING : Contain spoilers) Comment by hugh July 2017
• sorry for the confusion.

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• I think i've found it. After a load game, it doesn't refresh the inventory sidebar immediately. either 1 move later or after you press the refresh icon (at the top). it's then ok. so the load works, but the UI lags by 1 move. I'll file a bug report.

  in Android :: Save game feature borked Comment by hugh July 2017
• The save games from the remastered versions are not compatible with the originals. Turned out the originals used to encrypt the save games to prevent tampering. We dont't do that anymore. Also the remastered saves might contain additional informati…

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• I just meant, if you type save then Y in the dosbox emulated version on Android, whether the save game really makes it out to Android, so that you can then do "Load" and get it back.

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• that's pretty cool. do save games work, i wonder? For the remastering project, we're trying to significantly improve the mobile experience. We have a map, a compass and clickable text. Of course, you can still type things. People have been asking …

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Fixed thanks. For notification preferences, go to "edit profile", then notifications. You should be able to activate notification from posts.

  in Forum discussions and suggestions Comment by hugh July 2017
• Yes, i've seen this too. it can depend on the keyboard type. It's actually a bug in Qt.

  in Android :: Keyboard arrow sometime obscure virtual keyboard when typing in commands Comment by hugh July 2017
• Yeah. I think he should also say Mwahahaha as well :-)

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Nice! thanks for the pictures.

  in Trivia :: Screenshots of The Pawn on other platforms Comment by hugh July 2017
• Hi, I'm currently in the process of cleaning up the tapes files into a sensible arrangement. The plan is to release a version of the original source code and the tools. You could even build your own version! There's a lot of junk on the tape. mult…

  in GoT source code recovered Comment by hugh June 2017
• Well, we plan to release the original source code now that it's been recovered.

  in Parsing player input Comment by hugh June 2017
• re: theming. Yes, it's on my todo list!

  in The Pawn :: Android Comment by hugh June 2017
• Sorry for the delay. I keep meaning to follow this up. Currently re-building The Guild of Thieves...

  in Restaurant At The End Of The Universe game outline?! Comment by hugh June 2017
• Hi Gerd, Thanks for your interest in our project! Yes we are remastering the old games as best we can. Also, there's the possibility of extending and updating them. Just to tell you some really uptodate news, yesterday i managed to rebuild "T…

  in ReRelease of old MagneticScrolls Games for AmigaOS Comment by hugh June 2017
• I figured out that these changes are part of a global taxation movement to tax sales rather than profits. It appears that legal changes that treat services a bit like imports means the receiving jurisdiction can tax software products (classes as se…

  in Google to withold GST for sales in India regardless of seller location Comment by hugh June 2017
• Hi, Thanks a lot for your feedback. Typing "Quit" should restart the game. On my mac here, it will restart the game and prints the start message again. is there another way you're quitting? Compass rose; do you mean it should cover the …

  in Feedback on The Pawn Comment by hugh June 2017
• Thanks for your comments. I have a minor update to the Android version. will push that later today (hopefully).

  in First public beta release of The Pawn Remastered for Android Comment by hugh June 2017
• Hi There! The plan is to make public all the documents and source codes to the original games as far as we can. I have permission to publish the original source codes and to remaster the original games. However, I need to check that these document…

  in Restaurant At The End Of The Universe game outline?! Comment by hugh June 2017