Meet The First Knight of Little Round Table

2025/12/14 - something quite remarkable was reported earlier today by a member of Commodore Finland Facebook group. He was the first player that reported beating the dragon on the final level of Little Knight Arthur for Commodore 64. Without cheats, using original target hardware... and he had video to prove it. So, merely 40 years after the game was made, and about 10 years since the game was released to a larger public, along with three related gameplay challenges, a genuine non-play-testing player (meaning player other than myself, the developer of the game) accomplished the ultimate goal of the original game without any of the traniners, cheats or other modern conveniences. Oh dear, I might just be a little emotional now.

To check out who finally did it and who are the very few who have accomplished any of the three game play challenges for Little Knight Arthur, I posted in 2016, see the glorious annals from Order of the Knighthood To get a feel on what type of feat playing the game or the challenges might be, you can download the game, get your Commodore 64, or an emulator, and try yourself.

Interested in the obscure background of the game? Read the tales of Little Knight Arthur: Digital 80's II: First steps in computer programming, or how I got started in game development

Digital 80’s III: Home Computer Programming for Fun and Profit, or the humble beginnings of Little Knight Arthur

Digital 80’s IV: Little Knight Arthur's Awesome Anniversary and Publishing Day!, or how the game eventually got published online

Finnish Game Award 'Sensation of the Year 2015' to Little Knight Arthur, or how the game got some unexpected recognition

Little Knight Arthur is getting a tape release by K&A plus!, or how the blog title actually tells what this part of the journey of Little Knight Arthur was about