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 | | Magnetic Scrolls "graphics file"; you can't play a game with just this, but if you have both the.mag and the.gfx file that go together, you can fully experience the game.. | | | Magnetic Scrolls "story file"; its all you need in order to play a game, though without a.gfx file, you wont' see the artwork. | | | Kronos depends on Frotz and Magnetic for its compatability with the games. |
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http://www.codejedi.com/magnetic/binaries/README.htm
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| | Untitled Document |
| | To prevent software pirates from spreading their programs, Magnetic Scrolls added a password protection to most of their games. | | | Their games, sadly enough, have been unavailable for years, and your only choice may be downloading them from the Internet. | | | The title files should have the same name as the game file, except that the picture files must end in ".png" and the music files in ".mp3". |
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http://magnetic.sourceforge.net
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| | Amiga Reviews: Corruption |
| | This may only be achieved by playing various stages of the game in different ways to discover who goes where to do what and why. | | | The parser is at least as effective as in other Magnetic Scrolls adventures, although communication with characters is limited to asking or telling them about something or someone. | | | Like starving dogs grabbing at a piece of bone some kindly person has tossed their way, adventure-hungry people will snap up Magnetic Scrolls' latest game. |
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http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/corrupti.htm
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| | CRASH 55 - Magnetic Scrolls |
| | They supply all the goodies to go in the box and suggest alterations on the text (usually supplied by Magnetic Scrolls) to go into the manuals. | | | The realistic setting of Corruption is a pretty drastic departure from the fantasy world of Kerovnia and an even more innovative game is due to be released later this year. | | | Anita Sinclair is concerned that people should consider what the game is about before they buy it. |
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http://www.crashonline.org.uk/55/magscrol.htm
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| | Abandonia forums -> Jinxter |
| | Anyone playing this game may want to visit the above site where there are viewable/downloadable copys of the stuff included in the JINXTER game when first released. | | | The above link has MAGNETIC on it, along with more info, AND the files needed to play the other MAGNETIC SCROLLS adventures. | | | I miss those days of opening an adventure game box and finding it full of strange and fun odds and ends. |
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http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=6386
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| | And just as European artists and scientists of the Rennaissance were beginning to realize that it was possible to go beyond the achievements of the ancients, so we're beginning to see new IF that's in many ways better than the Infocom classics. | | | Your first task is to solve three mini puzzles of an "intermediate" toughness, then its onto the "large" portion of the game in the land where everyone is a fish. | | | SUPPORTS: See review of "Fish!" above AVAILABILITY: Commercial (see above) Ahhh, Magnetic Scrolls first illustrated text adventure and, like Infocoms first official game Zork, is just about as famous unless you lived in America in the the late 1980's of course, which is a pity. |
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http://sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/SPAG12
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| | Magnetic Scrolls |
| | I have been told that some of their games were available for the Amstrad PCW, but I don't know what titles. | | | They originally wrote adventure games with a very powerful (but sometimes unusually picky) parser, and very nice 16 color hi-res pictures. | | | They have also been involved in designing an RPG called The Legacy: Realm of Terror. |
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http://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/Magnetic_Scrolls.html
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| | Message |
| | I tried Magnetic 0.8.1 with the game Pawn. | | | Another subtle issue is parsing the game to draw a map; you can't really do that; adventure games are not data files showing a list of rooms with joints in between.. | | | I particularly liked the humor and that is very difficult to convey in the current point and click adventures (although "Grim Fandango" comes the closest that I have found - a very good game). |
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http://shadow.skeleton.org/pipermail/magnetic-test/2003-August.txt
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| | EPOC Interactive Fiction |
| | However Infocom adventures are still copyright but there is a large library of free games written in the Infocom format. | | | Although adventure games have "moved on" introducing pretty pictures and sound they have lost that quality that only text based games can produce - i.e. | | | You'll need adventure files to play on these interpreters. |
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http://www.geocities.com/epocif
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| | Even when you know what you're supposed to be doing don't hang about, because you've only got so long before the Fins' sabotage will succeed. | | | Well, if you're a keen adventurer you'll buy it anyway and I think that, on the whole, you'll enjoy the fishy goings on. | | | I noticed only one spelling mistake (in the hardware shop) and no fatal bugs at all (unlike the pub in Jinxter and the hospital in Corruption). |
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http://www.syntax2000.co.uk/issues/04/fish.rev.txt
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| | Technorati Tag: magnetic scrolls |
| | Scrolls at Amazon.com Amazon.com has great prices on every kind of video game. | | | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Separate tags with "OR" to search multiple subjects. |
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http://technorati.com/tag/magnetic+scrolls
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| | Kronos 1.4.2 Released! - Emuboards |
| | Kronos is a player for Infocom style ZMachine games, Magnetic Scrolls text+graphics adventures, and Scott Adams style adventures. | | | Scott Adams released all his as free to play; go get em. | | | I tried a Magnetic Scrolls game and Scott Adams game, though game shoudln't matter as it uses a single display engine for all of them.. |
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http://www.emuboards.com/invision/index.php?showtopic=11006
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| | Tucows Downloads - Magnetic 1.0 Freeware Software |
| | Magnetic is an application designed to enable text based adventure games written by Magnetic Scrolls to be played on the EPOC OS device. | | | If you do not have access to these text-based games, please refer to the authors Web site. | | | I'm sure you're familiar with the word resolution, but did you know that it can have many different meanings depending on the output you're referring to? |
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http://www.tucows.com/preview/162903?_mid=000000915
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| | Magnetic Scrolls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A second collection, containing their remaining games, was planned but never completed. | | | Magnetic Scrolls was a British computer game developer during the mid 1980s and early 1990s. | | | In 1987, Magnetic Scrolls released two new games. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_Scrolls
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| | SPAG Game Reviews M |
| | If anyone else is planning on a game of this type, please consider a system of casting magic straight from the book or scroll. | | | All in all, a tres fun set to play around with, if you're lucky enough to actually -find- the box. | | | Olsen's other games, which include more fantasy, and even some horror, among other things. |
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http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/m.html#mulldoon
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| | Magnetic |
| | This file contains the hints for all three Collection games (as in the original game). | | | (4) optionally the hint files for Magnetic Windows games | | | Magnetic Windows games are supported by Magnetic 2 interpreters only. |
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http://www.if-legends.org/~msmemorial/magnetic.htm
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| | RWAP Adventures - The PRAWN for the Sinclair QL by Talent Computer Systems |
| | Do not worry if you have never played the original game The Pawn, as this spoof is self-contained and contains enough explanation for you to perform all the tasks without reference to the original adventure. | | | You will however, need the original adventures as the games remain copyright. | | | However a Magnetic Scrolls interpreter for various platforms can be downloaded from here and you can also download the files needed to play a version of Pawn and many other Magnetic Scrolls adventures. |
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http://www.rwapadventures.com/QL/prawn.html
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| | The Good Old Days - Amiga - The Pawn |
| | Apart from the obvious facts of being founded a lot later and surviving longer, Magnetic Scrolls developed their games for a completely different market. | | | The Pawn, their first game, was developed for the Sinclair QL, a then brand new computer which turned out to be a very bad flop. | | | The game was ported to the other new 16 bit machines: the Atari ST and the Amiga. |
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http://www.goodolddays.net/amiga/t/pawn
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| | Magnetic Scrolls Chronicles - Index @ xsorbit Free Message Boards |
| | This board is reserved for discussion about the Magnetic Interpreter - a tool that lets you play Magnetic Scrolls games on your PC. | | | This board is reserved for those people who need any help whatsoever with a Magnetic Scrolls game. | | | You want to talk about the games they released and share memories with fellow Kerovnians? |
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http://www.xsorbit4.com/users/sermon/index.cgi
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| | All characters information is saved to Magnetic Disk 4, which can be copied to permit the play of more than one simultaneous games. | | | They are referred to as "Magnetic Scrolls" within the game. | | | If possible, try starting the game on another computer to verify the problem, or, consult your software dealer for assistance, or try d/l'ing it again, may be a bad download. |
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http://www.textfiles.com/apple/DOCUMENTATION/windwalker.ref
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| | codejedi.com - Home of Shadow Plan for Palm OS |
| | The games were popular on the Atari ST and Amiga platforms and later in "best of" format on the PC. | | | Magnetic/Palm - Interactive Ficton for Palm OS Magnetic Scroll's was a UK based text adventure game company from the middle 1980's; their games helped kick off the adventure game genre by introducing high quality artwork, a fancy English-like parser and wonderful plots. | | | While Infocom was better known and more influential, Magnetic Scrolls was lightyears ahead in their time. |
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http://www.codejedi.com/shadowplan/magnetic.html
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| | The problems, as with all Magnetic Scrolls games, are intriguing and range from easy to head-scratching. | | | I found Jinxter a most enjoyable game apart from one thing - the ending and so far, I haven't found anyone who HAS been satisfied by it. | | | They have brought out several games, all of which have been well received: The Pawn, Guild of Thieves, Jinxter, Corruption and Fish! |
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http://www.syntax2000.co.uk/issues/01/jinxrev.asc.txt
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| | Index: if-archive/magnetic-scrolls/interpreters/magnetic |
| | MagnetiX 1.0, a port of Magnetic v2.2 to Apple Mac OS X 10.4 or above, by Sandro Tolaini. | | | Magnetic 2.2 for Linux, built by Simon Baldwin. | | | Magnetic 2.0 for EPOC v5 (Psion Revo/5mx/7/ netBook/Mako/MC218), ported by Simon Quinn. |
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http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXmagnetic-scrollsXinterpretersXmagnetic.html
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| | Birthday Scrolls |
| | 16: All five of these ''megillot'' ("scrolls ") are traditionally read publicly in the synagogu | | | The Elder Scrolls 1: '''The Elder Scrolls ''' is a computer role-playing game series v 7: ed in nine provinces. | | | Magnetic Scrolls 1: '''Magnetic Scrolls ''' was a British computer game developer duri 4: on and Hugh Steers in 1983, London-based Magnetic Scrolls initially dabbled with development on the Sincl 12: Magnetic Scrolls immediately took advantage of the considerable ga 14: In 1987, Magnetic Scrolls released two new games. |
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http://www.daikaiju.com/edge/48357-birthdayscrolls.html
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| | Palm Games: Interactive fiction |
| | Palm OS readers for this format include CliFrotz, Frobnitz, Kronos, and Frotz (which are all described below). | | | This is a great place to learn about and download Magnetic Scrolls games. | | | These are the two news groups where interactive fiction enthusiasts hang out. |
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http://www.palmsource.com/interests/games_if
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| | The Guild Of Thieves |
| | And note that it was Game Of The Year, not just Adventure Of The Year, so it must be something special. | | | Magnetic Scrolls games come with a box full of goodies, just like American adventure giants Infocom, and this time Rainbird's bright blue box contains: | | | It's not often that you know you're buying the Game Of The Year, but in this case it's true because Guild earned that accolade for authors Magnetic Scrolls in last year's British Microcomputing Awards. |
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http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/theguildofthieves.htm
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| | Probably the best role playing game released on the Amstrad - You must destroy the evil Mangar to succeed but the road to this is long and dangerous - many days of fun await! | | | Basically nearly all of the Infocom, Magnetic Scrolls or Level 9 games are very good and usually much better than the games available at present. | | | Yuppie insider dealing and power struggles make this probably the best Magnetic Scrolls game around. |
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http://www.stuartwhyte.btinternet.co.uk/BALROG/buyer_guide.html
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| | CRASH 51 - Jinxter |
| | Surprisingly, the GO TO command introduced in The Guild of Thieves is absent, possibly because the complexity of the landscape would have made it too difficult to implement. | | | Magnetic Scrolls' parsing improves with every game, and Jinxter accepts most complex sentences and synonyms. | | | The good fortune of Aquitania depends on the safekeeping of the bracelet created by its wise magician. |
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http://www.crashonline.org.uk/51/jinxter.htm
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| | Magnetic Scrolls etc................ - English Amiga Board |
| | All the copies that I have found are protected at the point of doing a save game. | | | I would'nt mind cracked copies of the Magnetic Scrolls adventure games. | | | English Amiga Board > » Requests > Games images which need to be WHDified |
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http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=6172
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| | The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial |
| | Nevertheless their thrilling stories, a trailblazing parser and excellent graphics made them a milestone in adventure game history. | | | After releasing only seven games Magnetic Scrolls perished in the fast growing multimedia age. | | | In the mid 80's a small British team of programmers called Magnetic Scrolls prepared to become the European answer to Infocom. |
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http://www.if-legends.org/~msmemorial/memorial.htm
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| | WHDLoad Install for Jinxter (Magnetic Scrolls) |
| | You MUST be registered to play this install. | | | EXTRA NOTES ----------- Typical Magnetic Scrolls adventure game Copy protection wasn't anything exciting. | | | Short : HD-Installer for Jinxter - (C) Magnetic Scrolls Type : game/patch Author: Galahad / Fairlight (gldflt@blueyonder.co.uk This install applies to "Jinxter" © 1987 Magnetic Scrolls Slave requires WHDLoad V15+. |
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http://www.whdload.de/games/Jinxter.html
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| | A brief history of amateur IF |
| | A few other commercial firms tried their hand at text adventures, but none really took off. | | | This was mainly because the tools to develop IF just weren’t there. | | | The rise of the home computer market in the late 1970s and early 1980s led rapidly to IF’s golden age thanks to remarkable output of the Infocom Imps (implementors), but actual IF development was limited primarily to the professional, commercial community through much of the decade. |
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http://www.tela.bc.ca/tads/authoring/articles/if-history.html
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| | Acorn Arcade discussion forums: Support: Magnetic Scrolls |
| | Has anybody tried any of their games under these systems? | | | I recently bought an old Magnetic Scrolls game and would like to get one or two of their others in the future but unfortunately I couldn't get this one (Wonderland) to work on RISC OS 4 or under A310em. | | | I'd need an Iyonix and I'm not sure if even that would run UAE well. |
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http://www.acornarcade.com/alpha-board/viewthread.php3?forum=support&threadid=1107636485-15
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| | IGN: The Magnetic Scrolls Collection |
| | Not yet ranked -- see 8552 rated PC games | | | Adventure game collection containing three of the Magnetic Scrolls titles: Fish!, Corruption, and The Guild of Thieves. | | | Find out what other IGN readers have to say about The Magnetic Scrolls Collection. |
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http://pc.ign.com/objects/724/724789.html
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| | The Magnetic Scrolls Collection for DOS - MobyGames |
| | Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form. | | | More than a compilation, this collection brings three Magnetic Scrolls' hits, now enhanced to run under Wonderland's Magnetic Windows game environment: | | | The Magnetic Scrolls Collection for DOS - MobyGames |
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http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/magnetic-scrolls-collection
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| | Gbafan.com - Emulators: Interpreters |
| | For more information on the Level 9 games, visit the Level 9 Memorial. | | | The Magnetic Scrolls interpreter is similar to Frotz in that it interprets text adventure games. | | | For more information on the Magnetic Scrolls games, visit the Magnetic Scrolls Memorial. |
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http://www.gbafan.com/interpreters.html
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| | Jinxter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Jinxter is a text adventure computer game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Rainbird in 1987. | | | Jinxter is set in the fictional country of Aquitania, which bears a strong resemblance to early-to-middle 20th century Britain. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinxter
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| | Random Thoughts :: Steve Lacey :: Magnetic Scrolls |
| | It’s cool to see that the games that Magnetic Scrolls produced are still played and enjoyed today via emulation. | | | Rob was at Magnetic Scrolls, a prominent late 1980’s adventure game company that I had the good fortune to work at whilst I was at college. | | | Rob was at Magnetic Scrolls, a prominent late 1980's adventure game company that I had the good fortune to work at whilst I was at college. |
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http://www.steve-lacey.com/blogarchives/2005/01/magnetic_scroll.shtml
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| | CORRUPTION Walkthru CORRUPTION, by Magnetic Scrolls, is a surprisingly small and slightly less "political" game than many of their others. | | | Also, beware of hints regarding the end of the game, because an attempt has been made to mislead you. | | | (The person in California had not actually played the game and was working only from notes sent from Magnetic Scrolls in London.) What I'd neglected to do was read a couple of items in my latest save, and the game hadn't been "told" I knew about them. |
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http://www.gamesover.com/walkthroughs/corrupti.txt
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| | Magnetic Scrolls Adventures - Maddes.net - Stand: 2005-01-17 |
| | You can also use a C64 or an Amiga Emulator to play those versions of the games. | | | You can still play them on Windows via the Magnetic Emulator. | | | Have a look at the fact sheet at the Magnetic Scrolls Memorial homepage to see which versions of each adventure are currently known. |
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http://www.maddes.net/magneticscrolls
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| | Games Video Games Developers and Publishers M Magnetic Scrolls Titles |
| | Top Games Video Games Developers and Publishers M Magnetic Scrolls Titles | | | Adventureland: Magnetic Scrolls - Summary of games produced by Magnetic Scrolls. | | | The Magnetic Scrolls Chronicles - Tribute site contains game information and links. |
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http://www.iper1.com/iper1-odp/scat/id/Games/Video_Games/Developers_and_Publishers/M/Magnetic_Scrolls/Titles
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| | Pocket PC magazine Forum - A roundup of some adventure games |
| | Then came the Autumn of 1990 and the game Spellcasting 101 from Legend Entertainment. | | | I drooled when I saw the Magnetic Scrolls games on the Amiga when I went for the PC back in 1989 and couldn’t (then) afford an additional Amiga (those were really expensive back then!). | | | I’ve read the reviews of Magnetic Scrolls games a lot and hoped the PC would receive text adventures like those. |
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http://www.pocketpcmag.com/FORUM/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17488
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| | Jinxter |
| | We find a 3" disk with a game on it. | | | We find a beer mat advertising Moose Bolter beer, and a compo that gives four people the chance to win every Magnetic Scrolls game for life. | | | Don't expect a cloaked figure with a black pointed hat and a touch of the scrolls. |
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http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/jinxter.htm
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| | Amiga Reviews: Fish! |
| | Most variations of a command are recognized and there are loads of abbreviations: L for LOOK, X for EXAMINE and so on. | | | Ever Magnetic Scrolls adventure gets praised to the skies, wins a thousand (or thereabouts) awards and gets an incredibly high mark in all the magazines. | | | You'd think they could produce a dud once in a while just for variety's sake (what do you mean, you can't imagine that — just use your brain will you?). |
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http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/fish.htm
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Lightworks |
| | The development team contained former members of the computer games company Magnetic Scrolls and the Computer Film Company, some of whom went on to join the Sohonet media network development team. | | | Sold to Tektronix in 1994, who were not successful at developing the company's products, and then on sold to the newly formed Lightworks inc in 1999, then owned by Fairlight Japan, and then purchased by Gee Broadcast in 2004. | | | The system went on to win Scientific and Technical Academy Awards and Emmy Awards. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/L/LI/LIG/Lightworks
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| | The Magnetic Scrolls Gallery |
| | this site began as a humble Amiga game carrying some Magnetic Scrolls screenshots taken with UAE. | | | I would be grateful for reports of spelling errors. | | | Due to space limiations, most pictures are unavailable.If you are a Magnetic Scrolls fan and have about 25 MB of webspace to spare, please consider donating it to this site! |
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http://www.webpan.com/dsinclair/ms/news.html
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| | Jinxter (Rainbird (Telecomsoft)/Magnetic Scrolls) Help |
| | According to the people at Magnetic Scrolls in England, they judged this to be the only ending possible, since you were plucked from in front of the bus for the sole purpose of retrieving the bracelet and charms; they merely put you back where they found you. | | | Seems to me they could have given you more than a cheese sandwich. | | | Don't yell at me! I didn't write the ending! |
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http://home.flash.net/~rayearle/Jfiles/Jinxter.html
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| | Interactive Fiction FAQ |
| | None of the companies that produced IF during the 1980s are still around and producing IF. | | | 2 What happened to Infocom (Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, etc.)? | | | What happened to Infocom (Magnetic Scrolls, Level 9, etc.)? |
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http://nickm.com/if/faq.html#How_can_I_download_and_play_IF.3F
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| | WHDLoad Install for The Pawn (Magnetic Scrolls) |
| | Short : HD-Installer for The Pawn - (c) 1986 Magnetic Scrolls Type : game/patch Author: Galahad / Fairlight (gldflt@blueyonder.co.uk) This install applies to "The Pawn" © 1986 Magnetic Scrolls Slave requires WHDLoad V14+. |
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