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Synopsis

Since it first release in early 2019, dMagnetic is a Magnetic Scrolls interpreter for modern devices. Its main goal is being as portable as possible, and can be found in various operating systems as a pre-compiled package. Instead of relying on graphical libraries such as GTK, QT or SDL, it is designed to run the games in a terminal window.

Input Formats

Being an interpreter, dMagnetic needs the original game binaries to play them. Since release 0.29, it is capable of reading them in one of the following formats:

.mag/.gfx files (from the Magnetic Scrolls Memorial)
MS DOS directories
C64 Disk images (D64)
Magnetic Windows Resource Files
Amstrad CPC disk images (DSK)
Spectrum128/Spectrum+3
Acorn Archimedes
AtariXL/Atari800 ATR image files

Graphical Modes

Magnetic Scrolls was known for its beautiful graphics. dMagnetic is capable of displaying them, on its own, in the terminal window.

none - does not render the graphics
monochrome - Renders images as ASCII Art
low ansi - Renders images in 16-Color ANSI Art
high ansi - Truecolor graphics
sixel - High Resolution graphics
utf - Uses UTF-8 characters to render the pictures

Installation

Debian/Ubuntu: % apt-get install dmagnetic
OpenBSD: % pkg_add dmagnetic

Screenshots

dMagnetic 0.23, running "The Guild of Thieves" in sixel mode.

dMagnetic 0.23, running "The Guild of Thieves" in low ansi mode.

Links

https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic - Project homepage
https://repology.org/project/dmagnetic/versions - Packages for various operating systems
https://msmemorial.if-legends.org/ - The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial
https://manpages.debian.org/testing/dmagnetic/dMagnetic.1.en.html - Manpage for dMagnetic (from Debian)

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+{{engine infobox|image=[[File:Dmagnetic_verysmall.jpeg]]|title=dMagnetic|author=Thomas Dettbarn|released=April 14th, 2019|last_release=0.29|platform=Anything with a C compiler|language=English|license=BSD 2-Clause|color=yes|graphics=ANSI, ASCII, sixel, UTF-8|sound=none}}
 == Synopsis ==
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 == Input Formats ==
-Being an interpreter, dMagnetic needs the original game binaries to play them. Since release 0.24, it is capable of reading them in one of the following formats:
+Being an interpreter, dMagnetic needs the original game binaries to play them. Since release 0.29, it is capable of reading them in one of the following formats:
 * .mag/.gfx files (from the Magnetic Scrolls Memorial)
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 * Spectrum128/Spectrum+3
 * Acorn Archimedes
+* AtariXL/Atari800 ATR image files
 == Graphical Modes ==
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 * high ansi - Truecolor graphics
 * sixel - High Resolution graphics
+* utf - Uses UTF-8 characters to render the pictures
 == Installation ==