Windows Magnetic

An interpreter for Magnetic Scrolls adventures

Magnetic 2.3.1 by Niclas Karlsson, David Kinder, Stefan Meier and Paul David Doherty.
Windows Magnetic by David Kinder.
Web: http://www.davidkinder.co.uk/
Email: davidk@davidkinder.co.uk

Magnetic is an interpreter for the games written between 1985 and 1991 by Magnetic Scrolls, a text adventure producer based in London, England. Although they only produced seven games they have acquired legendary status for text adventures of as good a quality as Infocom accompanied by exceptional graphics.

Magnetic is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See the file COPYING that is included with this program for details.

The most recent release of Magnetic can always be downloaded from the IF Archive, the central site on the Internet for text adventures and related interpreters, compilers and other tools.

Getting Started

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 from the Internet. Having said this, you should get hold of the following: