Jinxter /

Jinxter is a text adventure computer game developed by Magnetic Scrolls and published by Rainbird in 1987 for popular 8-bit and 16-bit machines of the time as well as the 32-bit Acorn Archimedes. The game was originally conceived as an answer to Infocom's Enchanter. Jinxter was originally written by Georgina Sinclair, the sister of Magnetic Scrolls' founder Anita Sinclair who had previously written the novella A Tale of Kerovnia for the game The Pawn, later script-doctored by Michael Bywater. The game is set in the fictional country of Aquitania, which bears a strong resemblance to early-to-middle 20th century Britain. The central characters in the story are the Guardians, immortal guardian angel-like beings who look after and help people. The Guardians are described as liking to wear herringbone overcoats and eating cheese sandwiches. Centuries ago the country was threatened by the rising dark power of the evil Green Witches until the good magician Turani created a magical object, called the Bracelet, which holds luck and distributes it throughout Aquitania to limit and keep in check the menacing magic of the witches, banning the dangerous parts of the witchcraft and rendering