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Magnetic Scrolls
Magnetic Scrolls was a British video game developer active between 1984 and 1990. A pioneer of audiovisually elaborate text adventure games, it was one of the two largest and most acclaimed interactive fiction developers of the 1980s.
History.
History Formation.
Formed by Anita Sinclair, Ken Gordon and Hugh Steers in 1984, London-based Magnetic Scrolls initially dabbled with development on the Sinclair QL home computer before deciding to take advantage of the emerging Atari ST and Amiga gaming platforms. Having secured a publication deal with Rainbird
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- The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial
- Magnetic Interpreter for different operating systems to play the games on Modern Computers
- dMagnetic A Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter which renders the pictures in ANSI art
- Magnetic Scrolls Fact Sheet
- Magnetic Scrolls section of The Interactive Fiction Archive (walkthroughs, game information, interpreters, manuals, tools)
- The Magnetic Scrolls Chronicles
- Message in a Microchip (a Crash magazine interview with Magnetic Scrolls)
- Interview with Anita Sinclair, 1989
- Strandgames