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Corruption
Corruption
General
Author	papafuji
Type	Adventure
Version	1.51
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2007/02/21
Links
	Download
	Website

Latest revision as of 11:59, 20 August 2024

Corruption is a graphic text adventure originally developed by Magnetic Scrolls, ported to the Nintendo DS, as the Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series.

The Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series contains a range of text and graphic classic adventure games and interactive fictions ported 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.

The collection was ported to the NDS by papafuji, divided into 3 categories (see complete list):

Classic Graphic Adventures.
Magnetic Scrolls Adventures.
Classic Text Adventures.

This homebrew was under the category of Magnetic Scrolls Adventure, which contains 7 graphic adventures developed 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

List of Classic Adventures

Classic Graphic Adventures	Magnetic Scrolls Adventures	Classic Text Adventures
Ghost Town	Corruption	DoubleScott
Pyramid of Doom	Fish!	Mysterious Adventures
Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle	Jinxter
The Golden Baton	Myth
The Time Machine	The Guild of Thieves
Emerald Isle	The Pawn
The Saga of Erik The Viking	Wonderland
The Jewels of Darkness Trilogy
The Silicon Dreams Trilogy
The Time & Magik Trilogy

All games from the Classic Adventure series have the same interface (stories on the top screen and text inputs on the bottom screen), and can be played exactly the same way.

Gameplay

In this game, you play as a successful stockbroker who suddenly finds himself embroiled in a world of crime and danger.

Input text

There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS.
- By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet.
- Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.

Icons

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 means GET, DROP and GIVE.
- 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, such as OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
Some sentences can have only one word, e.g. INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying) or SCORE (to see your score).
Each game has its own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word, only the first letters are necessary. For example:
- G HELM is equivalent to GET HELMET.
- CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.

List of the most common words
GO	ENTER	CLIMB	SWIM
HELP	LOOK	EXAMINE	GET
DROP	THROW	CAST	WEAR
REMOVE	OPEN	CLOSE	LOCK
UNLOCK	BREAK	CUT	CHOP
SAY	KILL
Shortcuts	Actions
N S E W	GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
NE NW SE SW	NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc (Level9 and Frotz games).
H	HELP.
I	INVENTORY.
X	EXAMINE (in classic games), EXITS (in Level 9 games).
G	GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
L	LOOK.
SV	SAVE.
LD	LOAD.
R	RESTORE.

Word completion

Draw a slash / in the middle of the word, the game engine will try to complete it with the latest words that have been printed on the screen.
You can draw this slash until you find the good word to continue. Example:

 You are in the kitchen, you see a can wooden bench, 
 a bottle of wine, and a cute babe... 

 >CLIMB ON B - draw a slash here completes to:
 >CLIMB ON BABE - draw another slash here completes to:
 >CLIMB ON BOTTLE - draw another slash here completes to:
 >CLIMB ON BENCH - that's fine.

Controls

X - Swap keyboard and grafiti input modes

Y/A - YES, Valid (v1.2 and +)

B - NO, Erase text (v1.2 and +)

L/R - Change image size (Level 9 and Magnetic games only)

Start/Select - Save, Restore, Pause, Exit the game

Screenshots

Online emulator

Can use gamepad or customise in the control settings.
Nintendo DS	Keyboard

Credits

Author - Magnetic Scrolls

1st release - 1988

Game engine - Magnetic v2.2

External links

Author's website - http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures.html

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-{{Infobox homebrew
+{{Infobox DS Homebrews
-| title       = Corruption
+|title=Corruption
-| image       = [[File:Corruptionds.jpg]]
+|image=corruption.png
-| type        = Adventure
+|description=Magnetic Scrolls Adventure game.
-| version     = 1.51
+|author=papafuji
-| licence     = Mixed
+|lastupdated=2007/02/21
-| author      = papafuji
+|type=Adventure
-| website     = http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures.html
+|version=1.51
-| download    = Media:Corruption151ds.zip
+|license=Mixed
-| source      =
+|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew2/corruption_1.51.zip
-}}
+|website=http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures.html
+|discussion={{Tick}}
+}}
+Corruption is a graphic text adventure originally developed by Magnetic Scrolls, ported to the Nintendo DS, as the Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series.
-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.
+The Nintendo DS Classic Adventures series contains a range of text and graphic classic adventure games and interactive fictions ported 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.
+The collection was ported to the NDS by papafuji, divided into 3 categories (see [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Corruption#List_of_Classic_Adventures complete list]):
+* Classic Graphic Adventures.
+* Magnetic Scrolls Adventures.
+* Classic Text Adventures.
+This homebrew was under the category of Magnetic Scrolls Adventure, which contains 7 graphic adventures developed by Magnetic Scrolls between 1985 and 1990 with the original Amiga bitmap graphics.
 ==Installation==
-#Download and extract file
+Download and extract file.
-#[http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI/ DLDI patch] .nds file (since version 1.5) and copy it to the root directory of the card
+[[DLDI|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:
+===List of Classic Adventures===
-:'''Grafiti mode''': directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf grafiti.jpg)
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 800px;"
-:'''Keyboard mode''': use mini keyboard (cf keyboard.jpg), choose input mode by pressing 'X' button
+|-
+! Classic Graphic Adventures || Magnetic Scrolls Adventures || Classic Text Adventures
+|-
+| [[Ghost Town|Ghost Town]] ||  [[Corruption|Corruption]] || [[DoubleScott|DoubleScott]]
+|-
+| [[Pyramid of Doom|Pyramid of Doom]] || [[Fish!|Fish!]] || [[Mysterious Adventures|Mysterious Adventures]]
+|-
+| [[Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle|Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle]] || [[Jinxter|Jinxter]] ||
+|-
+| [[The Golden Baton|The Golden Baton]] || [[Myth|Myth]] ||
+|-
+| [[The Time Machine|The Time Machine]] || [[The Guild of Thieves|The Guild of Thieves]] ||
+|-
+| [[Emerald Isle|Emerald Isle]] || [[The Pawn|The Pawn]] ||
+|-
+| [[The Saga of Erik The Viking|The Saga of Erik The Viking]] || [[Wonderland|Wonderland]] ||
+|-
+| [[The Jewels of Darkness Trilogy|The Jewels of Darkness Trilogy]] ||  ||
+|-
+| [[The Silicon Dreams Trilogy|The Silicon Dreams Trilogy]] ||  ||
+|-
+| [[The Time & Magik Trilogy|The Time & Magik Trilogy]] ||  ||
+|-
+|}
+All games from the Classic Adventure series have the same interface (stories on the top screen and text inputs on the bottom screen), and can be played exactly the same way.
+===Gameplay===
+In this game, you play as a successful stockbroker who suddenly finds himself embroiled in a world of crime and danger.
-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.
+===Input text===
+* There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS.
+** By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the [https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Corruption#Screenshots PA-Grafiti alphabet].
+** Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
+===Icons===
+* 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 means GET, DROP and GIVE.
+** 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"
+* A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, such as OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
+* Some sentences can have only one word, e.g. INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying) or SCORE (to see your 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 :
+* Each game has its own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
+* In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word, only the first letters are necessary. For example:
-GO, ENTER, CLIMB, SWIM, LOOK, EXAMINE, GET, DROP, THROW, CAST, WEAR, REMOVE, OPEN, CLOSE, LOCK, UNLOCK, BREAK, CUT, CHOP, SAY, KILL, HELP...
+** G HELM is equivalent to GET HELMET.
+** CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.
-In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary:
+{| class="wikitable" style="width: 800px;"
+! colspan="4"| List of the most common words
+|-
+| GO || ENTER || CLIMB || SWIM
+|-
+| HELP || LOOK || EXAMINE || GET
+|-
+| DROP || THROW || CAST || WEAR
+|-
+| REMOVE || OPEN || CLOSE || LOCK
+|-
+| UNLOCK || BREAK || CUT || CHOP
+|-
+| SAY || KILL || ||
+|-
+! colspan="1"| Shortcuts
+! colspan="3"| Actions
+|-
+| colspan="1"| N S E W
+| colspan="3"| GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| NE NW SE SW
+| colspan="3"| NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc (Level9 and Frotz games).
+|-
+| colspan="1"| H
+| colspan="3"| HELP.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| I
+| colspan="3"| INVENTORY.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| X
+| colspan="3"| EXAMINE (in classic games), EXITS (in Level 9 games).
+|-
+| colspan="1"| G
+| colspan="3"| GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
+|-
+| colspan="1"| L
+| colspan="3"| LOOK.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| SV
+| colspan="3"| SAVE.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| LD
+| colspan="3"| LOAD.
+|-
+| colspan="1"| R
+| colspan="3"| RESTORE.
+|-
+|}
+===Word completion===
+* Draw a slash / in the middle of the word, the game engine will try to complete it with the latest words that have been printed on the screen.
+* You can draw this slash until you find the good word to continue. Example:
+<pre>
+ You are in the kitchen, you see a can wooden bench,
+ a bottle of wine, and a cute babe...
+ >CLIMB ON B - draw a slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BABE - draw another slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BOTTLE - draw another slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BENCH - that's fine.
+</pre>
-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
+X  - Swap keyboard and grafiti input modes
+Y/A  - YES, Valid (v1.2 and +)
+B - NO, Erase text (v1.2 and +)
-Y/A  - means 'YES'
+L/R - Change image size (Level 9 and Magnetic games only)
-B - means 'NO'
+Start/Select - Save, Restore, Pause, Exit the game
-L/R - in Level 9 games, size up/down the images
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/corruption2.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/dshomebrew/corruption3.png
-Start/Select - save, restore, pause, exit the game
+<!--BEGIN Online Emulator Section-->
+==Online emulator==
+{{EmulatorJS Main
+|width=515px
+|height=384px
+|EJS_backgroundImage=https://www.gamebrew.org/images/7/75/Corruption.png
+|EJS_core=desmume2015
+|EJS_gameName=Corruption
+|EJS_gameUrl=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/onlineemulators/nds/corruption.7z
+}}
+{{DS Control Settings}}
+<!--END Online Emulator Section-->
 ==Credits==
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 Game engine - Magnetic v2.2
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+==External links==
+* Author's website - http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/adventures.html