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.
- The Independent Guardian
- Staff Memo: Envelope Letter
- Beer Mat "Old Moose Bolter": Front - Variant 1 Front - Variant 2 Front - Variant 3 Back
- Adventure Guide: See list of guides
Amiga
Atari ST
C64
Apple II
Atari XL/XE
Amiga
IBM PC
Amstrad PCW
Archimedes
Amstrad CPC
- The german version of Jinxter came with a german issue of The Independent Guardian
- The french version of Jinxter came with a small booklet which summerized the most important parts of The Independent Guardian
- There exist three variants of the Old Moose Bolter beer mat (at least).
- The working title of Jinxter was "Green Magic". At the beginning the game was developed by Giorgina Sinclair. When the release date drew nearer Michael Bywater jumped in to rework the scripts and design the game goodies.
- Buried in the Amiga version is an unused image. The image is not included with the 8bit releases. It is not known if it is actually belonging to a location in the game or just a left-over.
Solution
Walkthrough
Password list
Map (donated by Matej Pokorn and Helena Kenda)
Ami Cheat's Page Solve
The original music score of Jinxter in DeliTracker custom format. To play use e.g. Deliplayer or UADE
Official Jinxter solution book