The Pen and the Dark
Aliases  The Unorthodox Engineers: The Pen and the Dark
Release Date  1984
Original Publisher  Mosaic Publishing Ltd (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language  English
Genre  Adventure Game: Text-Only
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £9.95
Features  Bookware
Tie-in Licences  The Unorthodox Engineers (Book) from Colin Kapp (UK)
Other Platforms  BBC Micro, Commodore 64
Martijn's WoS score  45% (4 votes)

Authors/Contributors
     Keith Campbell (UK) - ?
     Sacha Z - Inlay/Poster Art

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
PenAndTheDarkThe(different).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
PenAndTheDarkThe.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
PenAndTheDarkThe.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     PenAndTheDarkThe.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     PenAndTheDarkThe.gif3,547OriginalRunning screen
     PenAndTheDarkThe.jpg271,377OriginalInlay - Front
     PenAndTheDarkThe.txt74,657OriginalInstructionsEnglish

Magazine Reviews
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #27-1984/Jan supplement "Book of Adventure"page 21- Review
     Micro Adventurerissue #6-1984/Aprpage 23- Review

Magazine References
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #33-1984/Julpage 137- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #41-1985/Mar supplement "Book of Adventure"page 29- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #58-1986/Augpage 73- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #66-1987/Aprpage 64- Tips
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #100-1990/Marpage 88- Tips
     Micro Adventurerissue #1-1983/Novpage 7- News/Note
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #42-1985/Oct/17 special "week#3"page 17- Tips
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.4 #42-1985/Oct/17 special "week#3"page 20- Tips

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     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #28-1984/Febpage 98- Advert
     C&VG (Computer & Video Games)issue #30-1984/Aprpage 144- Advert
     Micro Adventurerissue #4-1984/Febpage 5- Advert
     Micro Adventurerissue #6-1984/Aprpage 4- Advert
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #5-1984/Feb/2 special "week#1"page 9- Advert
     Popular Computing Weeklyissue v.3 #9-1984/Mar/1 special "week#1"page 4- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.4 #2-1984/Febpage 93- Advert
     Your Computerissue v.4 #4-1984/Aprpage 150- Advert
     ZX Computingissue #11-1984/Febpage 63- Advert

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