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MAGNETIC An interpreter for Magnetic Scrolls adventures. Written by Niclas Karlsson Amiga port by David Kinder DOS port by Stefan Jokisch and David Kinder DOS 32bit port by David Kinder BeOS port by Tinic Uro EPOC port by Simon Quinn GEM port by Dan Ackerman Glk port by Simon Baldwin Linux/GTK port by David Lodge, Torbjörn Andersson MacOS X port by Jan Schliemann Palm OS port by Jeff Mitchell RISC OS port by Shaun Lindsley, Phil Mellor Unix/X11 port by Jeff Mitchell Windows port by David Kinder Java port by Stefan Meier What do you need for playing ? (1) the story files; (2) optionally the graphics files; (3) optionally the title screen (4) optionally the hint files for Magnetic Windows games (5) documentation from the original packages; (6) the Magnetic interpreter. The required files and the interpreter can be downloaded from this page. Most parts of the original game manuals are available as scans on the game pages. How does it work ? A documentation is included with the interpreter and available below. Please refer to the specific Magnetic version. What about the Magnetic Windows versions ? The games using Magnetic Windows are supported by Magnetic 2.

 

MAGNETIC 2.3 binaries
Port	Author	Screenshot (click to enlarge)
Magnetic 2.3 for Amiga	David Kinder www.ifarchive.org
Magnetic 2.3 for DOS: 16bit 32bit	David Kinder www.ifarchive.org
Magnetic 2.3 for Java JMagnetic 2.3	Stefan Meier
Magnetic 2.3 for Windows	David Kinder www.ifarchive.org
MAGNETIC 2.3 source code
Magnetic 2.3 combined source distribution contains the generic source code plus the specific files for Amiga, DOS, DOS/32, glk, GTK, and Windows ports

 

MAGNETIC 2.2 binaries		View Magnetic 2.2 docs
Port	Author	Screenshot (click to enlarge)
Magnetic 2.2 for Dreamcast	Eytan Kaziberdov
Magnetic 2.2 for Debian/Ubuntu: i386 AMD64	Christian Garbs Debian repository	n/a
Magnetic 2.2 for GEM GEMagnetic 0.8	Dan Ackerman
Magnetic 2.2 for Linux/GTK Source only, get the Magnetic 2.2 source pqackage and follow instructions to compile the GTK release.	Torbjörn Andersson
Magnetic 2.2 for Linux/glk	Simon Baldwin
Magnetic 2.2 for Mac OS X MagnetiX 1.2	Jan Schliemann MagnetiX home
Magnetic 2.2 for Nintendo DS The Pawn, Guild of Thieves, Jinxter, Corruption, Fish, Myth, Wonderland Please note: The packages contain the interpreter plus all necessary game files!	papafuji "papafuji" home
Magnetic 2.2 for PalmOS 3/4/5 Kronos 1.47	Jeff Mitchell Kronos home
Magnetic 2.2 for Windows CE	James Moore
Magnetic 2.2 for RISC OS: Port by Shaun Lindsley Port by Phil Mellor	Shaun Lindsley Home Phil Mellor Home	n/a
MAGNETIC 2.2 source code
Magnetic 2.2 combined source distribution contains the generic source code plus the specific files for Amiga, DOS, DOS/32, glk, GTK, and Windows ports
MagneticX 1.2 sources Magnetic 2.2 for Mac OS X by Jan Schliemann
Kronos 1.41 sources Magnetic 2.2 for Palm OS by Jeff Mitchell
GEMagnetic 0.8 sources Magnetic 2.2 for GEM by Dan Ackerman
Magnetic 2.2 WinCE sources Magnetic 2.2 for Windows CE by James Moore
Old MAGNETIC releases		View Magnetic 2 docs View Magnetic 1 docs
Port	Author	Screenshot (click to enlarge)
Magnetic 2.0 for EPOC (Psion7,,..) Magnetic 2.0 for EPOC (Nokia 9210) The EPOC versions reqiure the title screens in a special format. Get them here	Simon Quinn Home
Magnetic 1.0 for BeOS	Tinic Uro
Magnetic Utility Collection	Dark Fiber
Interpreter files
An important note: Magnetic Scrolls' games have not been made freely available by the owners (Although I tried to find out, it is even unclear who holds the rights on the games now). It is illegal to play Magnetic Scrolls games if you do not own the original packages. Their games, sadly enough, have been unavailable for years, and your only choice may be downloading them. The reason for making the interpreter files and the game related materials available here is to prevent the loss of the games. Read more on the "About..." page. Anyway, despite my personal view and intentions, please be aware of the situation and decide for yourself!
Game All files* Story file Graphics Title screen Music*** Hints The Pawn  pawnall.zip pawnm.zip pawng.zip pawn.png pawns.zip pawns_hq.zip - The Guild of Thieves  guildall.zip guildm.zip guildg.zip guild.png - - Jinxter  jinxterall.zip jinxterm.zip jinxterg.zip jinxter.png jinxters.zip jinxters_hq.zip - Corruption  corruptall.zip corruptm.zip corruptg.zip corrupt.png corrupts.zip corrupts_hq.zip corrupts_alt.zip - Fish!  fishall.zip fishm.zip fishg.zip fish.png fishs.zip fishs_hq.zip - Myth  mythall.zip mythm.zip mythg.zip - - - Wonderland  wonderall.zip wonderm.zip wonderg.zip wonder.png wonders.zip wonderh.zip The Guild of Thieves (Collection)  guildmwall.zip guildmwm.zip guildmwg.zip - - collecth.zip** Corruption (Collection) corrmwall.zip corrmwm.zip corrmwg.zip - - collecth.zip** Fish! (Collection)  fishmwall.zip fishmwm.zip fishmwg.zip - - collecth.zip** * The combined packages contain all the files for the specific game in one download archive. ** This file contains the hints for all three Collection games (as in the original game). *** The "hq" files contain MP3 files of slightly higher quality (128kBit/s, 44kHz) than the older files (24kBit/s, 16kHz), otherwise they are equal. Because of the nature of the original music scores you will probably notice few differences. The Corruption alternative score was taken from the Archimedes version and uses some slightly different instruments. The Wonderland archive contains both the title music as MP3 and the snd file for the ingame music (Magnetic 2.3 compatible port required) Please note: Magnetic Windows games are supported by Magnetic 2 interpreters only.