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In the real world the good guys rarely win.


CAN YOU COPE WITH CORRUPTION?

The City of London. Deals and chicanery, Porsches and profit, wild animals in handmade suits. And you. Outwardly, you're on the fast track to success. The partnership in the broking from came through today, along with new car, new office, new secretary...

But behind the glittering facade, what corruption lurks unseen?
Are you really a winner? Or are you a dead man? Because in the world of big money, there's nothing in between.

Corruption. It's new. It's different. It´s on everyone's mind. Because these people are rich. Vicious. And they run the country.

Corruption is written by Magnetic Scrolls, home of classics like The Pawn and The Guild of Thieves. It's a fast-paced thriller, a battle of wills like nothing else you've ever placed. Your only weapons are communication and information. There's nobody you can trust. And it isn't easy. But then, neither is life.


THE GAME OF POWER. PROFIT. DOUBLE-DEALING AND DECEIT.


ARE YOU RUTHLESS ENOUGH TO SURVIVE?

You're on the fast track. At last, a partnership in the firm. With perks...new car, new office, new secretary. This is the life.

Wakr up. Thias is the real world. The underworld. The city of London, where high-finance and low double deals are commonplace. Where drugs, gambling and big money talk. And you? You find yourself the victim of a frame-up...the chief suspect in an insider tarding scandal. And to survive, you have to be as devious, if not more so, than the rest.

Power. Profit. Double-Dealing and Deceit. The name of the game is Corruption. Written by Magnetic Scrolls, the home of classics like The Pawn and The Guild of Thieves, it's a fast-paced thriller, a battle of wits and willslike nothing else you've played. With extraordinary graphics and an amazing vocabulary, it's illustrated interactive fiction at its best!

COMPELLING ADVENTURE tests your skills at manipulating characters and extracting information to solve the puzzle.

EXPANSIVE VOCABULARY lets you interact with over 15 characters in everyday language.

POWERFUL GRAPHICS reflecting the financial world and underworld of London.

Recommended for adult minds only.

Facts

Released:
1988
Distributor:
Firebird / Rainbird
Story:
Rob Steggles, Hugh Steers
Graphics:
Alan Hunnisett, Richard Selby, Title picture: Duncan McLean
Programming:
Hugh Steers
Music:
John Molloy
Goodies:
Michael Bywater, Martin Atkinson, Damon Jones, Richard Cubison
Platforms:
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple 2, Archimedes, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh, MS-Dos, Spectrum +3
Game box contents:
Tape "Derek Rogers, March 25th"
Casino chip 500
Adventure Guide
Gameplay guide
Hint section
Guide to casino games
Personal organizer pages
Quickstart guide (US box only)
Disk
Known release versions:
1.09. - Atari ST
 
1.11. - Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple 2, C64, Macintosh, IBM PC, Spectrum +3
 
1.12. - Archimedes, Collection Vol. 1
 
? - Amstrad PCW
Known packages:
Standard Rainbird/Firebird blue box for the European market ( 15.2 cm x 18.3 cm - 7.25" x 6" ) and a completly different white colored package for the US market (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm - 7" x 9")

Game box contents

  • Disk:

  • Amiga

    Atari ST

    C64

    Archimedes

    IBM PC

    Archimedes
  • Gameplay Manual
  • Time Off Guide
  • Cypheric hints
  • The Gamblers' Casino Companion
  • Personal Manager
  • Tape - Derek Rogers, March 25th:
    Photo
    Side One MP3, 64k/s, 22kHz
    Side Two MP3, 64k/s, 22kHz
    Full tape MP3, 128k/s, 44kHz
  • Casino Chip 500
  • Adventure Guide: Archimedes (other platform guides were game independent)
  • Registration & Copyright notice
  • Quickstart Guide (US box only)

Background information

  • Time is the most important factor in this game. Magnetic Scrolls altered the game engine to count player actions as virtual minutes in the game. So there are situations in the game where you have only "one minute left" which means you can only enter one valid action, otherwise...
  • The german version of the game box came with a fully translated game manual.

Walkthroughs, solutions and more...

corruption-organiser.pdf
Organizer pages (PDF, provided by Andreas Scherrer)
organiser.zip
Organizer pages - 'Fast Download'-Package
corr_s.zip
Solution
Corruption_music.lha
The original music score of Corruption in DeliTracker custom format. To play use e.g. Deliplayer or UADE
corruption.html
Ami Cheat's Page Solve
Archived material:
Time Off Info Fax Guide:
Page 1 Page 2
Cypheric Hints:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Casino Rules:
ccrules.htm
Personal manager:
Diary 1 Diary 2 Diary 3 Address 1 Address 2 Memo 1 Memo 2 Personal information Standing Orders & Birthdays Expenses Day Planner

Articles and Reviews

Game reviews - Corruption
Title Source Authors, Credits File Language
Corruption (C64) UK flag
ZZAP! iss. 44,December 88, pages 134-135
donated by Iain Black
? Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Amstrad CPC) UK flag
Amstrad Action 40,1988/1989
p.76
donated by Nicholas Campbell
The Pilgrim Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Amstrad CPC) UK flag
Amstrad Computer User 03/89
p.10
donated by Nicholas Campbell
Gandalf Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Atari ST) German flag Happy Computer unknown issue,
page 7x
Boris Schneider
?
German flag
Corruption (Atari ST) German flag Happy Computer 09/88,
page 74
? German flag
Corruption (Amiga) UK flag Amiga User International Vol.2 Iss. 10, October 1988, p.58
donated by Tim Janssen
Andy Moss Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Atari ST) UK flag The Games Machine 9, August 88,p.69 Rob Steel Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Atari ST) UK flag ST Amiga Format Iss. 2, August 88,p. 48-49 ? Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Spectrum +3) UK flag Your Sinclair No. 35, November 88, page 104 Mike Gerrard Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Spectrum +3) UK flag Sinclair User No. 79, October 88, page 48 ? Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Atari ST) ASM October 1988, pages 80-81,
donated by Michael Schmitzer
Peter Braun Download article
Corruption (Spectrum +3) UK flag Crash magazine 57, 1988, pages 43-44 ? Download article  UK flag
Corruption (multiple) UK flag Computer & Video Gamesiss. 81, July 1988, pages 92-93 Keith Campell Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Amiga) UK flag Your Amiga, December 1988, page 39
donated by Tim Janssen
Derek Rogers Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Amiga) UK flag Commodore User , June 1988, pages 96-97,
donated by Tim Janssen
Keith Campell Download article  UK flag
Corruption (Amiga) UK flag Amiga Computing Vol.1 Iss. 6, November 1988, pages 17-18,
donated by Tim Janssen
Dave Eriksson Download article  UK flag
On the Eve off Corruption (multiple) UK flag Computer Gaming World Iss. 56, page 18 Frank Eva Download article  UK flag

Availability

Amiga
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad PCW
Apple 2
Archimedes
Atari ST
C64
IBM PC
Macintosh
Spectrum +3