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Pains ‘n’ Aches (C64) by Psytronik Software

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A Knight ‘n’ Grail Adventure
**Mikael Tillander, H
å
kon Repstad & Hans Axelsson,** the team who brought you the original stunning Knight ‘n’ Grail game are BACK with an amazing new arcade adventure for the Commodore 64!  The game continues the story from the original Knight ‘n’ Grail, but with a twist!  Prepare yourself for a massive arcade adventure with lots of locations to explore, puzzles to solve, exciting boss battles and clever story twists.

PAINS ‘N’ ACHES  is also available  to buy on 5.25″ floppy disk professionally packaged in the following versions for the C64:-
The COLLECTOR’S EDITION BOX SET is presented in a stunning fully printed glossy box that contains the game on floppy disk, soundtrack CD, artwork stickers, a deluxe art card, printed instruction manual, badges and glossy poster featuring the game artwork!
The PREMIUM PLUS DISK EDITION features a 5.25″ floppy disk presented with full colour double-sided artwork in a clear plastic disk case.
The BUDGET DISK EDITION features a 5.25″ floppy disk presented in a full colour glossy disk-sleeve with a glossy disk label and printed instruction booklet. 
  ** PAINS ‘N’ ACHES STORY ** 
Upon freeing the Knight’s beloved from the curse, the Archmage was given the Grail as a reward. With this powerful asset in hand, the Archmage plannedto rule the kingdom. The plans, however, were thwarted by the brutal Titans!
In a cruel twist of the fate the Archmage’s partner was enchanted with the same spell that cursed the Knight’s beloved. She was transformed into ahideous monster! The Archmage fled into exile.
Years later, the Archmage heard rumours of a pendant that could reverse the spell. However, in order to embark on this quest, the Archmage would need to take on human form … And so it begins
 ** GAME FEATURES ** 
• Massive map to explore. • Atmopsheric soundtracks for each location. • Power-up your character to reach new parts of the map. • Interact with characters you meet on your quest.
 • Lots of nods to the original Knight ‘n’ Grail.
• Features simultaneous music + SFX.
• Intro + end sequences.
• Atmospheric Soundtracks.
• Game save + load feature.
• SD2IEC compatible.
• PAL and NTSC compatible.
• C64mini .d82 version now included!
Note to NTSC users: Scrolling sections may glitch slightly and music plays faster on NTSC machines but this does not affect gameplay. 

** GAME CREDITS ** 
Coding & graphics by Mikael Tillander Additional graphics by Håkon Repstad  Music & sfx by Hans Axelsson Game artwork by Håkon Repstad  larger image 

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