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| Full title | Knight Orc |
| Year of release | 1987 |
| Publisher | Rainbird Software Ltd (UK) |
| Author(s) | Level 9 Computing Ltd (Pete Austin, Mike Austin, Nick Austin, John Jones-Steele) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: Text |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £14.95 (£19.95 for disk version) |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Features Padlock Protection Features Bookware Also listed on Freebase |
| Remarks | The novella is required in order to play parts 2 and 3. |
| SPOT comments | 1. Loosed Orc; 2. A Kind of Magic; 3. Hordes of the Mountain King |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and MSX An unofficial conversion exists for the Commodore Plus/4 |
| Score |
8.23 (37 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
|  | KnightOrc.tzx.zip | 231,526 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5012439006435 | ||
 | KnightOrc.dsk.zip | 209,337 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | ||||
|  | KnightOrcPart1-LoosedOrc.z80.zip | 47,354 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) | ||||
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| | KnightOrcPart2-AKindOfMagic.z80.zip | 57,792 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) | ||||
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| | KnightOrcPart3-HordesOfTheMountainKing.z80.zip | 58,167 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | KnightOrc.gif | 2,194 | (Loading screen) |
| KnightOrc.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| KnightOrc.gif | 3,151 | (In-game screen) | |
 | KnightOrc.txt | 18,463 | (English instructions) |
| KnightOrc_TheSignOfTheOrc-Novella.html | 97,060 | (English instructions) |
| KnightOrc.jpg | 108,366 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| KnightOrc.jpg | 200,168 | (Advertisement) | |
| KnightOrc_Novella+Playguide-Cover.jpg | 126,239 | (Novella + playguide) | |
| KnightOrc_RainbirdHintRequest.jpg | 73,027 | (Rainbird hint request) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Sinclair User | 7.86 | page 10 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.86 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 9.86 | page 59 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.87 | page 105 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.87 | page 100 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 3.87 | page 23 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 3.87 | page 80 | (Feature - Rainbird) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 4.87 | page 4 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 58 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 6.87 | page 73 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.87 | page 241 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.87 | page 504 | (Letter) | |
| Crash | 9.87 | page 117 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.87 | page 94 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.87 | page 79 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.87 | page 44 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.88 | page 45 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.88 | page 80 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.88 | page 82 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.88 | page 79 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.88 | page 31 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.88 | page 81 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.88 | page 81 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 101 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.88 | page 84 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.88 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.88 | page 70 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.88 | page 78 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ACE | 10.88 | page 69 | (Feature - 100 Top Games) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.88 | page 104 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.88 | page 88 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.88 | page 98 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.89 | page 69 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.89 | page 96 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.90 | page 46 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.90 | page 46 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.91 | page 47 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.91 | page 38 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 10.87 | page 85 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.87 | page 90 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.87 | page 20 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 10.87 | page 40 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.87 | page 102 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.88 | page 29 | (Offer) | [full page] |
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