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The Pawn

1985 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1721167
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The Pawn

Summary

The Pawn is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Pawn's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • The Pawn was published by Telecomsoft[4].
  • The Pawn's genre is interactive fiction[5].
  • The Pawn's developer is recorded as Magnetic Scrolls[6].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Acorn Archimedes[7].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Amstrad PCW[8].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as DOS[9].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[10].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Atari ST[11].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[12].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[13].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[14].
  • The Pawn's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS[15].
  • The Pawn's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[16].
  • The Pawn was distributed by floppy disk[17].
  • The Pawn's input device is recorded as computer keyboard[18].
  • The Pawn's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • The Pawn was published on January 1, 1985[20].
  • The Pawn's P14470 is recorded as Games/The_Pawn[21].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Pawn was published by Telecomsoft[4].

Publication

The Pawn was released on January 1, 1985[20]. Its genre is interactive fiction[5]. It was distributed by floppy disk[17].

Why It Matters

The Pawn ranks in the top 6% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Classic Mac OS computer keyboard DOS floppy disk Magnetic Scrolls Telecomsoft United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Abandonware-france game id → 3598
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P12267]]: 3598, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275230|batch #275230]]"
  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → United Kingdom
    Distribution format → floppy disk
    Publisher → Telecomsoft
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
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