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The Guild of Thieves

The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn. The player's character is "an…

31 December 1987

The Guild of Thieves is an adventure developed by Magnetic Scrolls, released 31 December 1987 on Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Amstrad PCW.

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What The Guild of Thieves is

The Guild of Thieves is an adventure game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and released in 1987. It was published by Firebird. It is available on Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn. The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamous Guild of Thieves" and is to steal all the valuables that can be found in and around an island castle. The game features "extremely atmospheric" descriptions and 30 artistic renditions of key locations. Included in the game package are a faux newsletter of the Guild of Thieves titled What Burglar providing instructions and hints for the game, a Bank of Kerovnia Trading Account Card, a guild contract detailing the arrangement between the player's…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Guild of Thieves launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did The Guild of Thieves come out?
The Guild of Thieves was released on 31 December 1987 for Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

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