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Knight Moves

Knight Moves is a mid-90s computer puzzle game. In the game you take control of a knight that must hop between spaces in the manner that a knight from chess moves. You must collect all the coins in each level…

31 December 1995

Knight Moves is a puzzle developed by Alexey Pajitnov, released 31 December 1995 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Knight Moves is

Knight Moves is a puzzle game developed by Alexey Pajitnov and released in 1995. It was published by Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Knight Moves is a mid-90s computer puzzle game. In the game you take control of a knight that must hop between spaces in the manner that a knight from chess moves. You must collect all the coins in each level to progress, meanwhile avoiding pumpkin headed scarecrows and other monsters as you hop in L shapes to progress.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Knight Moves launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer.

Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.

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When did Knight Moves come out?
Knight Moves was released on 31 December 1995 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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