macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dmagneticlocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install dmagnetic with Homebrew, apt, zypper
Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter. Version 0.37 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.
install
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Linux
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install dmagneticDebian stable package indexes · dmagnetic · source: deb.debian.org
openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install dMagneticopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dMagnetic · source: download.opensuse.org
overview
Package summary
Magnetic Scrolls Interpreter
Project links
Commands and aliases
- dMagnetic
history
Project history and usage
dMagnetic is a portable terminal interpreter for the classic Magnetic Scrolls text adventures, letting modern systems run games such as The Pawn, The Guild of Thieves, Jinxter, Corruption, Fish!, Myth, and Wonderland.
Project history
The project is not a game distribution; it is an interpreter for original Magnetic Scrolls binaries. Its official page emphasizes portability through ordinary C compiler support and publishes the code under the BSD 2-clause license.
Adoption history
The official install notes list package-manager paths for OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, Homebrew, and Termux, showing that dMagnetic moved from a standalone source tarball into the usual retro-computing package channels.
How it is used
Users provide original game data in formats such as .mag/.gfx, MS-DOS resource files, Commodore 64 disk images, Amstrad CPC disk images, Archimedes disk images, Spectrum +3 disks, Atari XL disks, or Apple II disk images. The interpreter renders terminal graphics using modes ranging from no graphics through ASCII, ANSI, UTF-8, and sixel.
Why package nerds care
dMagnetic is the sort of package that keeps old commercial interactive fiction usable without emulators for each original machine. It packages a niche preservation workflow as a small CLI program that fits cleanly into Unix, BSD, macOS, Windows, and mobile terminal environments.
Timeline
- 2023-05: dMagnetic 0.37 was published with help-screen updates and Apple II graphics memory improvements.
Related projects
- The official page points users to original Magnetic Scrolls game data, including .mag/.gfx files from the Magnetic Scrolls memorial.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: yellow
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
Risk classifier
yellow risk · medium confidence · runtime
Why
- generalized runtime or code generation signal
Signals
- text:interpreter
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 12 platform targets.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
dMagnetic | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.37
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:dmagnetic |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.37 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dmagnetic |
| Homepage | https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/ |
| Upstream docs | https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic |
| License | BSD-2-Clause |
| Source archive | https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/dMagnetic_0.37.tar.bz2 |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | dmagnetic |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
dmagnetic 0.37-1
Interpreter to play textadventures from Magnetic Scrolls in glorious ANSI Art
https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/
sudo apt install dmagnetic- Section: games
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dmagnetic
Ubuntu apt95%
dmagnetic 0.37-1
Interpreter to play textadventures from Magnetic Scrolls in glorious ANSI Art
https://www.dettus.net/dMagnetic/
sudo apt install dmagnetic- Section: universe/games
- Architecture: amd64
- 1 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dmagnetic
zypper95%
dMagnetic 0.37-1.5
An interpreter for Magnetic Scrolls games
sudo zypper install dMagnetic- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Amusements/Games/Other
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: dMagnetic
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Dmagnetic
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment