ʻO Knight Lore, ke kolu o ka mahele o ka franchise Sabreman, ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻenehana i ka pāʻani ʻana ʻoiai he pāʻani ākea ka pāʻani isometric ma mua o ka pāʻani ʻana i ʻike ʻia, a ʻike nui ʻia ia he manawa wehewehe i ka hoʻolālā pāʻani wikiō i nānā ʻia ma ka UK. Luʻuluʻu loa hoʻi.
I kēia manawa hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i nā leʻaleʻa loea o ka pāʻani no ka ʻoihana a nānā i nā hopena no ka mōʻaukala pāʻani. Akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka ʻo Knight Lore kahi huahana o kona manawa e pili ana i ka hiki ke pāʻani. ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e like me ka haki maʻamau e like me ka mea ma mua, Underwurlde, ua ʻike ʻo Knight Lore i nā hopena o ka ʻelemakule a hāʻawi i ke kumu liʻiliʻi e hana hou me ka ʻole o ka mōʻaukala. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he manaʻo hoihoi maoli kā Knight Lore:
ʻO ka protagonist o ke kaʻina, Sabreman, i nahu ʻia e Saber Wulf a ua lilo i werewolf iā ia iho. E haki i kēia hōʻino, pono ʻo Sabreman e hele i kahi hale paʻahao kahiko a nānā i nā mea kūikawā e hana i ka lāʻau e ʻimi nei. Akā he kanahā wale nō ona mau lā a i ʻole e lilo ʻo ia i wōhiu mau loa.
Hōʻike ʻo Knight Lore i ke kaapuni lā a me ka pō me Sabreman i ke ʻano kanaka i ke ao a me ke ʻano wolf i ka pō. ʻO kēlā me kēia pōʻaiapuni wale nō ma kahi o 30 kekona, ʻo ia hoʻi he lā pāʻani holoʻokoʻa i kahi minuke. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i kēia ke pāʻani (a pono) e hoʻokuʻi koke ʻia, akā koi kēlā iā ʻoe e ʻike maoli i kāu hana. Minamina, e like me ka poʻe ma mua o ZX Spectrum, ʻaʻole kōkua ʻo Knight Lore i ka mea pāʻani no ka mea he cryptic ka mea āpau.
Hāʻawi ka pāʻani i nā lumi he 128 i ka hale paʻahao. ʻO kahi wili maikaʻi kēlā me kēia playthrough e hoʻomaka ai i kahi lumi ʻokoʻa. E hoʻonā paha ka mea pāʻani i nā puzzles e hala i kekahi mau lumi (ma ka hoʻokau pinepine ʻana i nā mea a me nā paepae) a i ʻole e ʻalo lākou i nā mea keakea a me nā ʻenemi. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻōlelo ma mua o ka hana. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa pāʻani maoli wale nō ma waena o ko Sabreman ʻano, ʻo ia ka lele ʻana o ka ʻīlio hae a kiʻekiʻe a ʻaʻole makemake kekahi mau ʻenemi i ka ʻīlio hae.
No laila inā ʻoe i noʻonoʻo ma ka liʻiliʻi loa e loaʻa ana i kahi wolf i kekahi ʻano hoʻouka ... E kala mai, ʻaʻohe dice. Ua kū aʻe kekahi pilikia mai ka kaohi o Sabreman iho. Neʻe ʻo ia i kahi neʻe loa a pono e neʻe i mua ke lele ʻo ia.
Hoʻohui pū me kēlā me ka prototype isometric prototypical a me nā paukū paepae weliweli loa. He paʻakikī e hoʻokele i nā pahele i hala a me nā ʻenemi, ka mea e pili ana i kā Sabreman mana clunky a me ka paʻakikī nui o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ke ākea a me nā kuanaʻike mai nā mea. Aia kekahi palena papaha kiʻi kaulana i ka mea āu e ʻike ai a me kāu mea e loaʻa ai. ʻO ia kaʻu i manaʻo ai i loko o kekahi lumi e hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae i nā wahi āpau i loaʻa, ʻoiai i nā hihia ʻē aʻe e like me ka hiki iā ʻoe ke hele a puni kahi mea akā ʻaʻole hiki.
ʻOiai e pale paha kekahi i ka pāʻani ma muli o ka palena o ka lako pono, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻololi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka inconsistency e hoʻokau maoli i ka mea pāʻani. Ke nānā nei i ka ʻike pāʻani, ʻaʻole leʻaleʻa ʻo Knight Lore. Manaʻo maoli ia archaic ʻaʻole wale i nā kiʻi a me ke kani, akā i ka gameplay.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Knight Lore ma ka ZX Spectrum i Nowemapa 1984. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Super Mario Bros. he ʻumi mau mahina ma hope, i Kepakemapa 1985. ʻO ka hope loa ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo e hiki ai i nā pāʻani 80 ke leʻaleʻa i kēia lā. Aia he ʻokoʻa ma ka lā a me ka pō ma waena o kahi kahiko kahiko a me kahi relic o ka wā i hala. Inā ʻo Super Mario Bros. ka mea maopopo leʻa mau loa, ʻo Knight Lore ka relic.