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| Author(s) | papafuji |
| Type | Adventure |
| Version | 1.51 |
| Licence | Mixed |
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Magnetic Scrolls Adventure, one of the 'Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series' port to NDS created in the 80's for old computer like the TRS-80, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, Atari 8 bits or 16 bits machines like the Atari ST or the Amiga.
It contains the 7 graphic adventures developped by Magnetic Scrolls between 1985 and 1990 with the original Amiga bitmap graphics.
Installation
- Download and extract file
- DLDI patch .nds file (since version 1.5) and copy it to the root directory of the card
User guide
There are two ways to type words with stylus of Nintendo DS:
- Grafiti mode: directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf grafiti.jpg)
- Keyboard mode: use mini keyboard (cf keyboard.jpg), choose input mode by pressing 'X' button
To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons - each icon has two or three states, for example, the 'hand' icon means "GET ", "DROP " and "GIVE ", and the 'N' button means "GO NORTH" and "GO UP" - just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
Vocabulary
A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, for example, "OPEN DOOR", "GO NORTH"... some sentences can have only one word, for example "INVENTORY" (to see what you're carrying), or "SCORE"
Each game has his own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games - here's a list of the most common words :
GO, ENTER, CLIMB, SWIM, LOOK, EXAMINE, GET, DROP, THROW, CAST, WEAR, REMOVE, OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, UNLOCK, BREAK, CUT, CHOP, SAY, KILL, HELP...
In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary:
For example, "G HELM" is equivalent to "GET HELMET", or "CLIM DRAWB" is equivalent to "CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE"
Shortcuts
As many words come often in the same game, some shortcuts have been defined:
- N S E W - equivalent to "GO NORTH", "GO SOUTH", "GO EAST" and "GO WEST"
- NE NW SE SW - in Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to "NORTH-EAST", "NORTH-WEST".
- L - look
- I - inventory
- X - examine (classic games), exit (in Level 9 games)
- H - help
- G - get
- SC - score
- SV or SAV - save
- RS or RST - restore
- LD or LOA - load (in Level 9 games)
Controls
X - swap 'keyboard' and 'grafiti' input modes
Y/A - means 'YES'
B - means 'NO'
L/R - in Level 9 games, size up/down the images
Start/Select - save, restore, pause, exit the game
Credits
Author - Magnetic Scrolls
1st release - 1986
Game engine - Magnetic v2.2