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Every silver lining has a cloud...

JUST WHEN A MAN THINKS HIS LUCK IS RUNNING OUT...

... things start getting even worse. He gets run over by a bus. Sprayed with cheese sandwich by a supernatural being. Smashed against a tunnel by a speeding train. He falls from two thousand feet into an artificial waterfall. He gets drunk, drowned and cursed. He gets incinerated, widdled on, folded,bent, spindled, mutilated and generally mucked about with.


And in return ?
In return he gets the leading role in a perplexing, hilarious race against time and chance, set in a jinxed land menaced by the impending death of good fortune.
Who are we talking about? Who is holding this box?
You guessed it.


Look on the bright side. It could be your luckiest move yet. Jinxter comes from Magnetic Scrolls, authors of international award-winning adventures The Pawn and The Guild of Thieves. It´s more than a collection of crossword puzzles; it´s a whole universe, where things behave as they do in the real world... with some alarming exceptions. Don't expect tiresome trolls, obvious orcs, silly spells and wet, wimpish witches in JINXTER. Infuriating, enchanting, absurd and hilarious by turns, JINXTER will surprise you with every move you make.
But don't forget: every lining has a cloud...


JINXTER - SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALL THE LUCK.

Released: 1987
Distributor: Firebird / Rainbird
Story: Georgina Sinclair, Michael Bywater
Graphics: ?
Programming: ?
Package: Michael Bywater
Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple 2, Archimedes, Atari ST, Atari XL/XE, Commodore 64/128, Macintosh, MS-Dos, Spectrum +3
Game box contained
(Atari ST):
Magazine "The Independent Guardian", Staff Memo, Adventure Guide Atari ST, Beer mat "Old Moose Bolter", one 3.5"-disk
Known release versions: 1.01 Amiga
1.05 Amiga, Apple 2, Atari ST, C64, IBM PC, Spectrum +3
1.1
IBM PC
1.22
Atari XL, Macintosh, Amstrad CPC
1.3
Archimedes
? Amstrad PCW
Known packages: Standard Rainbird/Firebird blue box ( 15.2 cm x 21.4 cm - 6" x 8.5" )

Game package contents

  • Disk or tape:
  • Beer Mat "Old Moose Bolter": Front (Variant 1), Front (Variant 2), Back
Reviews, articles,... :
  • Articles are reviews are available here

Background information
  • The german version of Jinxter came with a german issue of The Independend Guardian

  • There exist at least three variants of the Old Moose Bolter beer mat

Walkthroughs, solutions and more...
jinx_s.zip Solution
jinx_w.zip Walkthrough
jinx-unp.zip Password list
jinxtermap Map (donated by Matej Pokorn and Helena Kenda)
jinxter.html Ami Cheat's Page Solve
Jinxter_music.lha The original music score of Jinxter in DeliTracker custom format. To play use e.g. Deliplayer or UADE
Jinxter_Book.pdf Official Jinxter solution book
Archived material:
Availability
Acorn Apple2 Macintosh
Amiga Atari ST MS-DOS
Amstrad CPC Atari XL Spectrum +3
Amstrad PCW C64    



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