Version Differences
The diskette (EGA and VGA) and NES versions require Graham to cast spells throughout the game, requiring the user to refer to the manual as a form of copy protection. This was omitted in the CD-ROM version. The CD version also added voice acting. The disk version has a slightly different game interface. There is also some script differences in parts, like, for example, Cedric (or Graham if he doesn't save him from the harpies) getting killed by Mordack's wand magic in the PC CD-ROM adaptation instead of being turned to stone in all other versions, or Mordack simply leaving Graham's family to rot in said CD-ROM adaptation instead of threatening to feed them to Manannan.
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