A Journey Into Xanth is an adventure developed by Neil Sorenson, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.
What A Journey Into Xanth is
A Journey Into Xanth is an adventure game developed by Neil Sorenson and released in 1993. It was published by Softworks. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A Journey Into Xanth takes place in the magical world of Xanth known from the books of Piers Anthony. The game is a classic interactive-fiction game, with a text parser as the sole user interface. It was developed using a contemporary toolkit (Adventure Game Toolkit v1.3). You are playing a young man named Mim. Like all inhabitants of Xanth, Mim has a unique magical ability, the so-called talent. In his case he is able to conjure a magical mirror which can then be used to talk to any person he wants to, regardless of distance to that person. His talent makes him a quite important member of his local community, the Gap village. He serves as the villages' liaison to King Trent the ruler of…
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
A Journey Into Xanth launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.
Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.
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When did A Journey Into Xanth come out?
A Journey Into Xanth was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.
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