The Pearl of Dawn (C64)
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The Pearl of Dawn is an action adventure, where you guide Dolk through his quest to retrieve the pearl of dawn, which provides his home village with all its power, from the fortress of the thieving prince of darkness. On his way, Dolk has to defeat a plethora of swift enemies with only a slingshot and bring a few items to other places.
The game is not large and not widespread, but apart from its toughness, it is commented favorably on a few C64 sites and videos, especially the music.
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Music
The title and ending songs are jolly, harmonic and while they feature many pop elements, a few flutey and warbling sounds convey a medieval theme.
The in-game music varies between dramatic and spooky. There are no sound effects other than those in the music itself. Green Forest and Blue Forest share a rhythmic 4-bar pattern towards their end.
The driver is an optimized version of the one in Soundmonitor. Green Forest uses the instruments of one of its example tunes, Holiday Morning, and the other outdoors songs use two of its bass instruments. All other instruments are unique creations.
The titles are unofficial and based on the respective song's appearance in the game.
Recording
The music uses SID's built-in filter. Unfortunately, filters sound different on every SID chip, causing some notes to be muted or too loud if played on the wrong one. Altogether, the music sounds best in VICE 3.2 with the model 6581 (ReSID) and a filter bias of 250 and was recorded from the original game running on a such configuration, but it is unconfirmed how close it is to what the arranger heard.
| # | Title | Composer | Length | Listen | Download |
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| 01 | Title | Jens Hansen | 4:36 | Download | |
| 02 | Green Forest | Jens Hansen | 2:43 | Download | |
| 03 | Red Forest | Jens Hansen | 3:34 | Download | |
| 04 | Blue Forest | Jens Hansen | 2:58 | Download | |
| 05 | Castle | Jens Hansen | 8:04 | Download | |
| 06 | Dungeon | Jens Hansen | 2:53 | Download | |
| 07 | Game Over (Outdoors) | Jens Hansen | 0:10 | Download | |
| 08 | Game Over (Indoors) | Jens Hansen | 0:09 | Download | |
| 09 | Ending | Jens Hansen | 2:12 | Download |
Credits
- Ripper: HVSC
- Recorder: Professor Chaos
- Game Credits:
- Music by: Jens Hansen
- Not Credited Programmer: Chris Hülsbeck
- Not Credited Programmer: Ulrich Scholz
(Source)
Game Rip
The driver and the game include a rip protection, clearly made by the game programmer, which is Ulrich Scholz.
Audio Devices
This game uses the computer's built-in SID chip.
Releases
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Links
- mobygames.com/game/c64/pearl-of-dawn - MobyGames.
- gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/578209-the-pearl-of-dawn - GameFAQs.
