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King's Quest

Developer: Sierra Entertainment Publisher: IBM
10 May 1984
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82 Ratings / 1 Reviews
#2,827 All-time
#8 for 1984
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Graphic adventure#355 High fantasy#367 Myth and folklore#94 Fairy tale#12 Medieval fantasy#94
Young knight Sir Graham travel the Kingdom of Daventry to seek out three magical treasures, needed to a) save the kingdom and b) gain the crown.
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King's Quest
1984 • Sierra IBM  
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King's Quest
1984 • Sierra On-Line  
Floppy 5.25"
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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
1987 • Sierra  
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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
1987 • Sierra On-Line  
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In a surprising twist, the puzzles in here are nowhere near as obtuse as the ones that would happen in later Sierra adventures, in part because of the WIDE range of solutions you can come up with, that reward you with varying amount of points. You will still get stumped at one or two if you're playing the old PCjr version(chiefly the Rumpelstiltskin one). Although I am certain most people see the joy in King's Quest in discovering the many ways you can die rather than seeking ways to finish it, and it's a strange misstep that a genre-defining game would become more known than that than for puzzle-solving. It doesn't make for as an impressive legacy as LucasArts games would later on.

You know the drill; Grab a walkthrough, very enjoyable to beat it then.
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gandharvavidya King's Quest 2024-04-08T17:56:04Z
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eliottstaten King's Quest 2024-03-11T01:48:44Z
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Giann96 King's Quest: Quest for the Crown 2024-02-06T02:36:19Z
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ArcanaNoctis King's Quest 2024-01-19T20:55:30Z
2024-01-19T20:55:30Z
3.0
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ferrecene King's Quest 2024-01-09T23:00:01Z
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LocoJake King's Quest 2024-01-03T16:53:10Z
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angerwolf King's Quest 2023-12-29T10:11:36Z
2023-12-29T10:11:36Z
3.0
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katoka King's Quest 2023-11-22T06:47:59Z
2023-11-22T06:47:59Z
3.0
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sp4cetiger King's Quest 2023-11-14T04:39:42Z
2023-11-14T04:39:42Z
3.5
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sicl King's Quest 2023-10-22T21:34:57Z
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Calyk King's Quest 2023-10-14T19:48:14Z
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bumfriend King's Quest 2023-10-10T03:11:36Z
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  • Garjo 2021-08-12 21:30:18.67748+00
    That Beanstalk can suck a fuck.
    Charming enough game, if somewhat archaic by today's standards. Played both the original and the AGD fan remake.
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  • MisTurHappy 2022-02-24 03:38:31.888699+00
    The points system in this game may have been carried into loads of later Sierra games and wound up being a fine way to indicate progress, but I actually think this game specifically would be way better off without it. The fact that there are multiple solutions to most puzzles should be a huge plus, and while I'm fine with adventure games being linear, it could have been a unique redeeming trait for this first entry to have a more open-ended structure. Instead, the fact that the game declares certain solutions to be more objectively valuable than others ruins a lot of the freedom this structure could have provided. Like sure, you can just ignore the points value entirely and solve things however you want, but it's still a weird clash in design mentalities, and it's always dissatisfying to get to the end screen and then have the game tell you that you didn't do it properly.
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