Shannara is a 1995 point-and-click adventure game released for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.

There is also a battle system used in certain places in which the player character can choose to retreat, give orders to party members, attack, or defend.

He opined that the story lacks the quality and depth of Brooks's novels, instead featuring a linear plot with a generic "villain's revenge" premise, while the gameplay falls short due to its bare bones combat system and its "clunky" overhead view when moving characters long distances.

[6] In Computer Games Strategy Plus, Cindy Yans greatly disliked Shannara's role-playing mechanics, and wrote that "you really want to avoid combat at all costs."

However, she praised its puzzles, characters and story, and believed that "most Legend fans" would enjoy the game if they played it as a graphic adventure.