King's Quest Series

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King's Quest Series


King's Quest Series
Release Dates:  1984-2016
Developer(s): Sierra
Publisher: Sierra
Designer(s): Roberta Williams, Josh Mandel, Jane Jensen, Lorelei Shannon, Mark Seibert, Matthew Korba
Category: Games, Games
Type: Full, Episodic
Genres: Adventure, Action
Themes: Exploration, Fairytale, Fantasy, High Adventure, Legend, Comedy, Mythology, Quick Time, Combat
Engines: GAL, AGI1, AGI2, AGI3, SCI0, SCI1, SCI1.1, SCI2.1, 3Space (modified), PhysX, Unreal 3
Platforms: PC Booter, PCjr, Tandy 1000, Tandy CC3, Tandy VIS, MS-DOS, Windows 3x, Windows 9x, Windows, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST, Macintosh, Amiga, FM Towns, NES, PC-98, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, SEGA Master System, Virtual Theatre (Amiga), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Localizations: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Website: www.sierra.com





Description

Sierra's flagship series. The first game in the series was the first AGI game, King's Quest: Quest for the Crown, which was designed to showcase IBM's new platform, the PCjr. The forth installment, King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella, was the first SCI game.


Games in Series

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

AGI Version

SCI Remake


King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne (1985)


King's Quest III: To Heir is Human (1986)


King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (1988)

AGI version

SCI Version

SCI0 (late)

Amiga

Atari ST


King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder (1990)


King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992)

King's Quest VII: The Princeless Bride (1994)


King's Quest: Mask of Eternity (1998)


King's Quest: The Complete Collection (2015)

King's Quest was an episodic release developed by The Odd Gentlemen. It consisted of five chapters with an epilogue:


Series Collections


Compilations


Freeware/Extras/Mini Games


Fan Remakes

There were also a number of fan made VGA remakes of the AGI games done in AGS.


Downloads

Links to individual game installers can be found on each game's page.

Patches

King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown

For the remake (SCI) of King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown. This non-Sierra update is one of NewRisingSun's script level timer bugs patches. Fixes Opening/Closing Credits sequence.

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

For the SCI version of King's Quest: The Perils of Rosella. This patch fixes Lockups or errors at the waterfall scene in King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella.

King's Quest V

This patch fixes the extremely rare restore problem in King's Quest V.
Batch file to help run the Windows version of King's Quest V in Windows 2000/XP. Please see the King's Quest V XP Help Page for instructions.
This Save Game is a work around for the "Out of heap" error. It will restore the game to just after the short movie that occurs when the cheese is placed in the machine. Mordack turns into a giant Dragonfly, and is hovering directly in front of Graham. You will have about two seconds to go into the inventory and click on the wand.

King's Quest VI

This updated AUDBLAST.DRV for the DOS version corrects a problem with some SoundBlaster 16 ASP sound cards in which only the first digitized sound effect is heard.
This patch will correct a problem that occurs when King's Quest VI CD is run through Windows at video resolutions higher than 640 x 480. If you were having difficulty making Prince Alexander walk off the bottom of the screen or pick up certain objects, and are running Windows at higher video resolutions like 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768, this patch will help.
Files to help run the Windows version of King's Quest VI in Windows 2000/XP. Please see the King's Quest VI XP Help Page for instructions.

King's Quest VII

This patch fixes the lockup when Rosella walks through forest, the lockup when taking the wooden nickel from mockingbird, the stuttering mockingbird, the looping at the hummingbird / spiderweb scene, the wooden nickel not highlighting in Faux Shop, the lockup when interacting with the headless horseman or bogeyman, and the lockup in Malicia's house.
This ZIP contains the RESOURCE.CFG and KQ7.BAT files needed to run the game entirely from the harddrive, using this method.
This RAR archive contains the intro and endding movies for the DOS version of the game. The DOS version of the game cannot use the AVI movies that the Windows version uses. These RBT movies are not included with the above KQ7 1.4 or KQ7 1.51 to 2 DOS upgrades or the King's Quest Collection DOSBox Updater below. Extract the three RBT files to the AVI sub folder in the installed KQ7 game folder, using WinZIP or WinRAR.

King's Quest Mask of Eternity

This patch will upgrade the English, French, and German versions of Mask of Eternity to version 1.3. The update adds more D3D supported features as well as some bug fixes.
Same as the above official patch, but repackaged in a 32-bit to work on 64-bit Windows
This Microsoft Update for their VB runtime Libraries may help with some hangs at certain points in the game running under Windows 2000.
This codec is the same that should get installed with the game. Sometimes it does not, and may be installed on its own.
This Save Game is a work around for the lockup that many encounter when leaving the millhouse after getting the ax.
This Save Game is a work around for the possible lockup when using the portal after getting the feather of truth in DoD.
This Save Game is a work around for the lockup that some encounter in the armory and apothecary shops.
This Save Game is a work around for the lockup that might occur when entering the blacksmith shop.

King's Quest Collection

This patch will allow the use of greatly improved latest DOSBox over the version 0.63 that shipped with the Collection. It will upgrade King's Quest 7 to version 2.00b DOS. Also includes the NewRisingSun patch for King's Quest 1 SCI. The patch also restores the missing install files to configure the games' settings. After running the update, you will find new shortcuts in the "Sierra\King's Quest Collection" folder in the Start Menu. The launcher will no longer be needed.
NOTE: If you do not have the latest DOSBox installed allow this updater to download and install the DOSBox for you.
This RAR archive contains the intro and endding movies for the DOS version of the game. The DOS version of the game cannot use the AVI movies that the Windows version uses. These RBT movies are not included with the above King's Quest Collection DOSBox Update above. Extract the three RBT files to the AVI sub folder in the installed KQ7 game folder, using WinZIP or WinRAR.


References

  1. ↑ This version included the "Great Master Adventurer Contest"
  2. ↑ Included as extras in the King's Quest Collector's Edition and the King's Quest Collection Series Collections.


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