Wizard and the Princess has two prologues, one that appears on the back cover of either the manual or the box/folder, and another added to later releases that appeared inside the manual. Both prologues appear together in the Apple II and Atari 400/800 rerelease box versions. The manual version was also included in the C64 and PCJR versions (but with a different game description on the back of the box). Both prologues are intended to link together through the time traveling barbarian character known as the 'wanderer'. The story (in particular to the references in the original manual) was later expanded upon by the 2nd Edition of the King's Quest Companion.