Jinxter

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Description

Aquatania has recently become the land of misfortunes, due to a group of plotting witches. The task of finding five charms and a magic bracelet to put things right falls on you.

And you need a change of luck because events in this game often emphasize the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. You get hit by a car, fall from a great height, are sprayed with a cheese sandwich, and more! Being the guinea pig in this strange world will drive you insane - if this jinxed land doesn't do it first.

Jinxter is an interactive fiction with graphics title that takes a realistic world of people and situations, and then plays with the boundaries to create a strange and puzzling world. Characters are all getting on with their own tasks, and getting them to help you is usually a case of making sure something's in it for them.

Dialogue aims to add a comic touch to proceedings. Puzzles can often be solved in multiple ways, but the most obvious way is not always the correct one. Due to the presence of a Guardian, you can't actually die.

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Alternate Titles

• "Green Magic" -- working title

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Critic Reviews

Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	May, 1988	10 out of 10	100
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Feb, 1988	37 out of 40	92
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Atari ST	Feb, 1988	37 out of 40	92
The Games Machine (UK)	Atari ST	Feb, 1988	92 out of 100	92
The Games Machine (UK)	Amiga	Feb, 1988	92 out of 100	92
Power Play	Atari ST	1987	9 out of 10	90
Amstrad Action	Amstrad CPC	Mar, 1988	88 out of 100	88
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Mar, 1988	83 out of 100	83
Popular Computing Weekly	Amiga	Dec 31, 1987	16 out of 20	80
Amiga User International	Amiga	Mar, 1988	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

Extras

The game came with a lot of goodies: a beer coaster, a 'Independent Guardian' newspaper (and another translated one in the German version) and an envelope with information.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • November 1996 (15th anniversary issue) – #14 Least Rewarding Ending of All Time

Related Web Sites

• Jinxter Fan Page (has scans of all document pages, an html map, screenshots, solution and walkthroughs)
• Jinxter Walkthrough (by Ton Kroon)
• The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial (Fan page with lots of information about all versions, goodies, trivia and tests.)