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In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the game scored a total of 26 out of 40.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 15.96 out of 25, as shown below.
Pajitnov stated that he made Knight Move shortly after Tetris in 1986 or 1987 and that it was his own version of the classic knight's tour chessboard sequence.
Pajitnov said this incarnation was released with his endorsement and approval though he had no input on it.
Outside Japan, KNIGHT MOVES (1995), which was arranged and produced on the basis of the ideas of this game, was released by Spectrum HoloByte as software for Microsoft Windows.
The writers praised its gameplay as simple yet deep and addictive, standing on its own merit when set apart from its creator's previous work Tetris.
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