diff --git a/engines/illusions/duckman/duckman_credits.cpp b/engines/illusions/duckman/duckman_credits.cpp
index f6e7bee300..3a6f15a2fb 100644
--- a/engines/illusions/duckman/duckman_credits.cpp
+++ b/engines/illusions/duckman/duckman_credits.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ Common::Point DuckmanCredits::getItemPosition(int index) {
 
 void DuckmanCredits::charToWChar(char *text, uint16 *wtext, uint size) {
 	while (*text != 0 && size > 1) {
-		*wtext++ = (byte)*text++;
+		WRITE_LE_UINT16(wtext, (byte)*text);
+		wtext++;
+		text++;
 		--size;
 	}
 	*wtext++ = 0;
diff --git a/engines/illusions/menusystem.cpp b/engines/illusions/menusystem.cpp
index e4d230a167..afc458cf3e 100644
--- a/engines/illusions/menusystem.cpp
+++ b/engines/illusions/menusystem.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ uint BaseMenuSystem::drawMenuText(BaseMenu *menu) {
 	if (!_vm->_screenText->insertText(text, menu->_fontId, dimensions, textPt, flags, menu->_backgroundColor, menu->_borderColor, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, outTextPtr)) {
 		--lineCount;
 		for ( ; *outTextPtr; ++outTextPtr) {
-			if (*outTextPtr == 13)
+			if (*outTextPtr == CONSTANT_LE_16(13))
 				--lineCount;
 		}
 	}
@@ -606,16 +606,19 @@ MenuTextBuilder::MenuTextBuilder() : _pos(0) {
 
 void MenuTextBuilder::appendString(const Common::String &value) {
 	for (uint i = 0; i < value.size(); ++i) {
-		_text[_pos++] = value[i];
+		WRITE_LE_UINT16(&_text[_pos], value[i]);
+		_pos++;
 	}
 }
 
 void MenuTextBuilder::appendNewLine() {
-	_text[_pos++] = '\r';
+	WRITE_LE_UINT16(&_text[_pos], '\r');
+	_pos++;
 }
 
 void MenuTextBuilder::finalize() {
-	_text[_pos] = '\0';
+	WRITE_LE_UINT16(&_text[_pos], '\0');
+	_pos++;
 }
 
 // BaseMenuAction
diff --git a/engines/illusions/resources/fontresource.cpp b/engines/illusions/resources/fontresource.cpp
index 8d11e92b48..15e29a9537 100644
--- a/engines/illusions/resources/fontresource.cpp
+++ b/engines/illusions/resources/fontresource.cpp
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ void CharRange::load(byte *dataStart, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream) {
 }
 
 CharInfo *CharRange::getCharInfo(uint16 c) {
-	return &_charInfos[c - _firstChar];
+	return &_charInfos[TO_LE_16(c) - _firstChar];
 }
 
 bool CharRange::containsChar(uint16 c) {
-	return c >= _firstChar && c <= _lastChar;
+	return c >= _firstChar && TO_LE_16(c) <= _lastChar;
 }
 
 // FontResource
diff --git a/engines/illusions/resources/talkresource.cpp b/engines/illusions/resources/talkresource.cpp
index 83ff98a9a7..9c9c525249 100644
--- a/engines/illusions/resources/talkresource.cpp
+++ b/engines/illusions/resources/talkresource.cpp
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ void TalkEntry::load(byte *dataStart, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream) {
 	_voiceName = dataStart + voiceNameOffs;
 	debug(0, "TalkEntry::load() _talkId: %08X; textOffs: %08X; tblOffs: %08X; voiceNameOffs: %08X",
 		_talkId, textOffs, tblOffs, voiceNameOffs);
-
-#if defined(SCUMM_BIG_ENDIAN)
-	for (byte *ptr = (byte *)_text; ptr != _tblPtr; ptr += 2) {
-		WRITE_UINT16(ptr, SWAP_BYTES_16(READ_UINT16(ptr)));
-	}
-#endif
-
 }
 
 // TalkResource
diff --git a/engines/illusions/textdrawer.cpp b/engines/illusions/textdrawer.cpp
index f626316066..82bd19cdbb 100644
--- a/engines/illusions/textdrawer.cpp
+++ b/engines/illusions/textdrawer.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool TextDrawer::wrapTextIntern(int16 x, int16 y, int16 maxWidth, int16 maxHeigh
 
 	bool lineBreak = false;
 	bool done = false;
-	bool hasChar13 = textHasChar(13);
+	bool hasChar13 = textHasChar(CONSTANT_LE_16(13));
 
 	uint16 *lineStartText = _text;
 	uint16 *currText = _text;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ bool TextDrawer::wrapTextIntern(int16 x, int16 y, int16 maxWidth, int16 maxHeigh
 			currWordWidth += getCharWidth(*currText);
 			++currText;
 			++currWordLen;
-		} while (*currText != 32 && *(currText - 1) != 32 && !hasChar13 && *currText != 13 && *currText);
+		} while (*currText != CONSTANT_LE_16(32) && *(currText - 1) != CONSTANT_LE_16(32) && !hasChar13 && *currText != CONSTANT_LE_16(13) && *currText);
 
 		if (currWordWidth - _font->_widthC > maxWidth) {
 			while (currWordWidth + currLineWidth - _font->_widthC > maxWidth) {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ bool TextDrawer::wrapTextIntern(int16 x, int16 y, int16 maxWidth, int16 maxHeigh
 		} else {
 			currLineWidth += currWordWidth;
 			currLineLen += currWordLen;
-			if (*currText == 0 || *currText == 13)
+			if (*currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(0) || *currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(13))
 				lineBreak = true;
 			if (lineBreak) {
 				currWordLen = 0;
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ bool TextDrawer::wrapTextIntern(int16 x, int16 y, int16 maxWidth, int16 maxHeigh
 
 				_textLines.push_back(TextLine(lineStartText, currLineLen, textPosX, textPosY));
 
-				if (*currText == 13) {
+				if (*currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(13)) {
 					++currText;
-					if (*currText == 10)
+					if (*currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(10))
 						++currText;
-					while (*currText == 13) {
+					while (*currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(13)) {
 						++currText;
-						if (*currText == 10)
+						if (*currText == CONSTANT_LE_16(10))
 							++currText;
 						_textLines.push_back(TextLine());
 						textPosY += _font->_lineIncr + _font->_charHeight;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ bool TextDrawer::wrapTextIntern(int16 x, int16 y, int16 maxWidth, int16 maxHeigh
 					lineStartText = currText;
 				} else {
 					lineStartText = currText - currWordLen;
-					if (*lineStartText == 32) {
+					if (*lineStartText == CONSTANT_LE_16(32)) {
 						++lineStartText;
 						--currWordLen;
 						currWordWidth -= spaceWidth;
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ bool TextDrawer::textHasChar(uint16 c) {
 }
 
 int16 TextDrawer::getSpaceWidth() {
-	return getCharWidth(32);
+	return getCharWidth(CONSTANT_LE_16(32));
 }
 
 int16 TextDrawer::getCharWidth(uint16 c) {