Companions of Xanth Game Free Download & Install Guide

Author: Glenn Scrima

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First Download the Free Companions of Xanth Game:

Choose from one of the following sites.

Abandonia : Download Game : Download Instructions

XTC Abandonware : Download Game : Download Instructions

Home of the Underdogs : Download Game : Download Instructions

Next Download & Install the Emulator Dosbox on Windows:

Go To: http://www.dosbox.com > Downloads Tab > Click the Windows version (Under the Dosbox category)

Next: Run the downloaded installer file and install Dosbox on your hard drive in the directory C:\Games\Xanth. Simply entering this will create these folders for you.

Next: Open the Games folder then the Xanth folder within it. Locate and then run Dosbox by double clicking on the Dosbox program icon.

Next: At the the command prompt in Dosbox type "config -writeconf dosbox.conf" and then press the "Enter" key.

Next: Type "exit" to exit Dosbox.

Now: Locate and right click on the Dosbox config file. Click "open with" & select notepad.

Finally: With the dosbox config file open scroll to the bottom. We are going to place some text below [autoexec]:

Abandonia: For those who downloaded the game Companions of Xanth from Abandonia copy and paste the following text:

mount c c:\games\xanth
c:
cd compan~1
xanth

XTC Abandonware: For those who downloaded the game Companions of Xanth from XTC Abandonware copy and paste the following text:

mount c c:\games\xanth
c:
cd coxanth
xanth

Save and exit the config file when you are finished.

Now Lets Extract the Companions of Xanth Free Game Download:

First: Right click on the Companions of Xanth game file you downloaded to your hard drive and click on "Extract All".

Then: Click the "Next" button when the extractor launches. You will be asked where you would like to save the extracted files, select "C:\Games\Xanth". When you're done click "Next" again and the files will begin to extract.