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- Companions of Xanth DEMO CD-ROM Legend Entertainment Company
- Version 1.2
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- DEMO INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- OTHER COOL STUFF
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- MISC. TROUBLESHOOTING
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- MEMORY REQUIREMENTS
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- 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.
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- THANKS FOR PLAYING
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- 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.
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