Companions of Xanth (1993)
Companions of Xanth is a 1993 point-and-click video game made by Legend Entertainment.
A young man sits down to play a computer game and finds himself pulled, quite literally, into Xanth itself: the pun-saturated magical land from Piers Anthony's long-running novel series. Accompanied by a Companion spirit bound to guide him, he must navigate a world where every person is born with exactly one magical talent and the landscape is riddled with wordplay traps. Legend Entertainment's 1993 adaptation of Demons Don't Dream keeps the novels' cheerful groan-worthy humor intact, rewarding players who think laterally and know their Xanth lore, while offering an in-game encyclopedia for newcomers.
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What is Companions of Xanth about?
A young man sits down to play a computer game and finds himself pulled, quite literally, into Xanth itself: the pun-saturated magical land from Piers Anthony's long-running novel series. Accompanied by a Companion spirit bound to guide him, he must navigate a world where every person is born with exactly one magical talent and the landscape is riddled with wordplay traps. Legend Entertainment's 1993 adaptation of Demons Don't Dream keeps the novels' cheerful groan-worthy humor intact, rewarding players who think laterally and know their Xanth lore, while offering an in-game encyclopedia for newcomers.
When was Companions of Xanth released?
Companions of Xanth was released on 1 November 1993.
Who made Companions of Xanth?
Companions of Xanth was made by Legend Entertainment.
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Companions of Xanth drops a modern teenager into Piers Anthony's pun-saturated magical land and trusts the player to think laterally. Every trap, every puzzle, every obstacle is built on wordplay, and the game's tone is relentlessly cheerful about it, offering an in-game encyclopedia for players who haven't read the novels while still rewarding those who have. Legend Entertainment's 1993 adaptation of Demons Don't Dream keeps Anthony's specific humor intact: groan-worthy, benign, and strangely earnest about a world where every resident has exactly one magical talent and the landscape itself is trying to kill you with a pun.