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The game became Square's first North American release under their Redmond subsidiary Squaresoft, and their first release as an independent company. The 1986 release's title screen credits Workss for programming. "King's Knight" saw a second release in 1987 on the NEC PC-8801mkII SR and the Sharp X1. These versions of the game were retitled "King's Knight Special" and released exclusively in Japan. It was the first game designed by Hironobu Sakaguchi for the Famicom. Nobuo Uematsu provided the musical score for "King's Knight". It was Uematsu's third work of video game music composition.