Companions of Xanth DEMO CD-ROM                    Legend Entertainment Company
Version 1.2


DEMO INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION

The INSTALL program for this game is in the \XANTH directory on the CD-ROM. 
It will help you complete either a minimum, or full installation to your 
hard disk and will help you create the LEGEND.INI file which contains your 
configuration information.

Normally, we recommend that you choose the full installation option which
copies everything to your hard disk (except the voice file).  This option 
uses less than 5 Meg. of space on your hard disk.  However, if you have a 
double-speed CD-ROM, DOS 6.2, and you are using SMARTDRV.EXE, you may find 
that the game will play fast enough with the minimum installation.  Make sure 
you're NOT using the /U option on SMARTDRV, it disables the CD-ROM caching.

Although we have included a LEGEND.BAT for users familiar with Legend's
previous games, it doesn't do anything special.  You can run XANTH.EXE
directly without any problem.  The game reads the LEGEND.INI file to 
determine your configuration.  However, you can override the LEGEND.INI by 
specifying parameters on the command line.  For example, XANTH QUIET will
temporarily disable voice, sound and music.


OTHER COOL STUFF

Check out the Music/Voice menu option from the system menu by pressing F2 or
clicking the disk icon in the lower left corner of the screen.  This feature
allows you to disable or enable the text and voice.  If you have a Sound
Blaster or compatible sound card, the game will start with both text and voice
turned on.  But you may enjoy playing with the text turned off.

Since you don't have a manual, you've missed the information about the right
mouse button.  Normally, pressing the right mouse button will clear the
command line.  However, you can also program the button to execute a command
using a specific verb.  To do this, first right-click over one of the default
verbs.  Then right-click on an object and the verb will act on the object. 
For example if you right-click on "Open" and then right-click on the door, 
the door would open.  To cancel this feature, right-click on an inactive part 
of the screen.  

Keep in mind that this game has on-line help that you can access during game 
play by pressing "H."  We have included several demonstrations to help new 
game players learn how to use the interface.


MISC. TROUBLESHOOTING

Before installing or playing this game, please exit Windows.  Although we
have played Companions of Xanth under Windows 3.1 we REALLY don't recommend
it.  Windows interferes with interrupts used by the game, and makes it more 
difficult to maximize available conventional memory.

Although the game installation program tries to ensure that you have enough
room on your hard disk, each save file takes up about 18,000 bytes.  If you
tend to save frequently during game play, make sure that you have enough space
on your hard drive BEFORE you get stuck half-way through the game unable to
save.  


MEMORY REQUIREMENTS

Companions of Xanth has proven to be very durable.  It can run in as little as
500,000 bytes of memory, but we don't recommend it!  As available memory
diminishes, features like music, undo and animation disappear.  We recommend a
configuration with at least 600,000 bytes of conventional memory to assure
that you see and hear everything in the game.


THANKS FOR PLAYING

Thank you for playing the Companions of Xanth DEMO CD-ROM.  The complete 
Companions of Xanth on CD-ROM is available at a store near you.