@~And here is the second solution.

               Companions of Xanth - Part 1

2. CD-ROM Solution by Phil Darke

The game starts with the Demons Xanth and Earth agreeing on a
wager to lure two Mundanes into the Magical land of Xanth to
compete for a prize.  The Mundanes (humans) are Dug and Kim.  You
play the part of Dug and the opening scene shows you in your home
sitting in front of your computer.  In front of you are an
envelope and an post-it note. Take both and read them. The
envelope contains a letter and a bracelet from your girl friend
Pia.  The post-it contains phone numbers.

Go NW to the hallway, operate the light switch and go E to the
kitchen. Open the fridge and take the mustard and the sandwich,
close the fridge and take the teabag from the table.  The phone
rings, answer it and talk to your friend Ed.  Agree to the bet and
hang up.  Go W to to the hallway and wait for the doorbell to
ring.  Open the door and take the package. Go back to your
computer and open the package and the game box. Switch on the
computer and open the CD ROM drive, insert the disk and close the
drive.

A small man appears on the screen, this is Grundy Golem. Look at
him then talk to him. You can ask him questions about the game.
When you have finished questioning Grundy tell him that you are
ready to choose your companion.  A screen appears showing four
characters. Choose Nadia, third from the left. You are now
transported to a cave with four doors. Wait and Nadia will open
the second door.  Go N out of the cave. Wear the 3D glasses. Here
you meet Kim and her companion. She tells you that you are shaped
like a computer screen and will stay that way until you believe in
Xanth.  Kim goes her own way.

NW to the stream then W and SW to the village. Talk to the
headman, who tells you about the Censer ship and Fairie Nuff. He
gives you a key. Pick up the rock and the lamp covers. Unlock the
gate and go N to the wooden pier. You see a rope but are unable to
pick it up. Talk to Nada and she will get it for you together with
an anchor. Take the sail cloth from the pier. Now return to the
stream. Look at the log jam and pry it with the anchor, you now
have the log. Return to the village and talk to the headman. He
will make a flat board for you from the log.

Go E and put the board on the boulder and put the rock on the
board.  Ask Nada to hit the board with her tail. The rock flies
off and lands in the bucket.  NE, pick up the pail. NE until you
come to a door with an eye in it.  Talk to the eye and tell it
that you want to see the Fairie Nuff. Keep talking and you will
eventually be allowed to pass. Open the screen and the door and go
N.  Take the T go N and take the egg. Go NE and talk to Fairie
Nuff ask for a solution to douse the Censers and you will be given
a recipe.

Go back to the door and take two eye screams, put them in the pail
along with the egg. Return to the stream. Pick a buttercup and
empty it. Put the butter in the pail. Now catch a fire fly in the
buttercup and put the fire fly in the pail. Fill the pail from the
stream three times. Now go E to the spring look at the bush by the
spring, it is a cough drop bush. You will hear the bush cough and
a cough drop will drop into the spring. Ask Nada to get a cough
drop and she will catch it next time the bush coughs. Do this
twice and add the cough drops to the pail.

Now return to the Fairie Nuff and add the sail cloth to the pail.
Talk to Fairie Nuff, he will divide the solution into two parts
and put each into the lamp covers. Return to the ship and douse
the censers with the solution. You have now proved that you
believe in Xanth and now no longer appear as a screen. Talk to the
headman and ask about the short cut. He will give you a sword. Now
return to Fairie Nuff. Ask about the short cut and he will open a
path to the NW. Take this path.

@~To be continued next issue



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