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Flack

01-09-2005, 10:58 PM

On the way to visit my mom today I swung by a new thrift store. They only had one console game (John Elway II, Genesis for $2) but next to that they had several PC titles which I had fun digging through. They had Front Page Sports '94 and '95, Welltris by Spectrum Holobyte, and several other games for a buck or two. At the bottom of the stack was the original King's Quest.

I don't collect PC software or anything but I remember when King's Quest first came out. I played that game a lot, both on our old XT and on our PC Jr. I looked over the artwork and decided I'd like to have this on my shelf. Before taking it up to the counter to buy it, I thought I'd open it up and check it out. Inside the box were all the original manuals, paperwork ... and three pirated diskettes with the words "King's Quest" hand written on them! I put it back on the shelf.

In retrospect, I probably should have picked it up anyway, just for the box. I was a little surprised to see copied disks right on the shelf, but then again the software was sitting next to copied VHS tapes (never understood that at thrifts either) so I just had to laugh.

Achika

01-09-2005, 11:04 PM

Maybe someone can post a link, because for the life of me I can't remember... but there is a website where a group of people were redoing some of the KQ I think, and it's all distributed freely.

I was a fan of the series until "8" (since I don't think it was called that) 3-6 were the pinnacle I think, 7 was definately the mark of the downfall. It just happens that it's all numerical LOL

Aussie2B

01-09-2005, 11:06 PM

I was a little surprised to see copied disks right on the shelf, but then again the software was sitting next to copied VHS tapes (never understood that at thrifts either) so I just had to laugh.

Haha, yeah. My boyfriend is convinced that someday he's gonna find somebody's home-made porn at a thirift store.

Cirrus

01-10-2005, 01:24 AM

There was a write up on those remakes of KQ in a recent Game Informer. I have no idea where it is though...

Kamino

01-10-2005, 01:35 AM

7 made baby jesus cry.
5 is excellent. A damn classic.
I wish i'd had 5. But 7 froze up mid game on my crappy 486sx25. LOL

Griking

01-10-2005, 02:23 AM

AB Positive

01-10-2005, 10:41 AM

Mr. Smashy

01-10-2005, 01:17 PM

The only King's Quest that I played much of was King's Quest VI (which I really like). I'll probably start playing the others someday. I have a sealed King's Quest for the Master System that I might open someday and I have King's Quest V for the NES. That's a pretty good start, I guess. :) I'd get a complete PC version for the right price even if the floppies no longer worked. That's a shame about the pirated discs.

Sylentwulf

01-10-2005, 01:22 PM

AGDInteractive (http://www.agdinteractive.com/games.php)

NICE!

NeoVenom

01-10-2005, 01:35 PM

I'm a fan of King's Quest. I have all of them except the 3D one which was VIII. Majority of the old games run perfectly on my PC, without sound though. :/

Jred

01-10-2005, 02:31 PM

KQ3 was so good. I can still remember the awe I felt playing it to this day. 1, 2, and 5 were great too.. Never did play 4. I should do that some day.

Achika

01-10-2005, 03:46 PM

augh! They're doing QFG II first? I played through QFG I soooo many times, I was hoping they'd have a remake of that too... oh well, heh.

I never played much King's Quest, admittedly. I always stuck to QFG.

-AG

Sierra had done an official VGA remake way back when. I *think* the two copies on eBay right now are EGA, but it's out there somewhere.

Jorpho

01-10-2005, 04:08 PM

Actually, there's also a copy of the Quest for Glory Anthology up right now which would also have it, I think.

Promophile

01-10-2005, 04:28 PM

My fav was the one where you were the slave of the wizard and had to defeat him before you could leave the house and he randomly checked up on you every so often.

thehistorian

01-10-2005, 05:13 PM

tyranthraxus

01-10-2005, 05:21 PM

Do you remember if it was a grey boxed version? KQ had several early
releases with different packaging that are a lot more collectable than the
common gold box one you usually see.

charitycasegreg

01-10-2005, 07:47 PM

KQ3 was so good. I can still remember the awe I felt playing it to this day. 1, 2, and 5 were great too.. Never did play 4. I should do that some day.

IV is the perells of Rosela, the first one I ever played. It is a really fun game, the remakes of the games are the ones I played when I played them. THe ones I own are 4, 5, and 6, and all 3 are really great games. The only thing I hated about 4 was that you had to enter a word from a book that came with the game, to be able to paly it, and the work would be different each time, and we always lost that damn book! THe internet is a great thing. :D

SoulBlazer

01-10-2005, 08:26 PM

Big fan of the series. Enjoyed every game, but 5 and 6 were the best for sure.

My first exposure to the series, actually, was renting KQ 5 for the NES. ;) Konami did a really nice port of the game. Later when I got the CD version of the game I knew what to do so it went a lot easier.

And yeah, even if the discs were pirated, the box and manuals if in good shape can command some good money.

Side note -- I've played the remakes of KQ 1 and 2 from that site. Fun games, very good, but the originals also still have their charm.

calthaer

01-10-2005, 08:57 PM

Don't even bother with VIII, Neovenom. It was an atrocious game that tried (unsuccessfully) to blend fighting with the classic KQ formula. Mask of Eternity was categorically dumb.

I actually disliked V and VI more than I did the previous ones. Too many puzzled based not really on logic, but that required you to first help someone else in an entirely unrelated place (who would then come back and rescue your fat from the fire later). III was my favorite KQ, with IV a close second.

-^Cro�Bow^-

01-11-2005, 01:15 AM

Wow..a thread about King's Quest?! Kick ass...

I have played all of them except for VIII. I heard it was horribly bad and basically could have been called something else for what it was worth.

My first KQ game I actually bought and played was the original 256k release of KQ4: The Perils of Rossella. I had a blast with it, even though we played as a girl. Most of the puzzles weren't that difficult to figure out, though I do recall using the 900 hint line a few times on that one. I later found a friend who owned the upgraded 512k EGA version of KQ4, and promptly formatted my original disks to the 256k version and copied the newer version to them. I still have the manual, and the questions were the same so no loss.

I also later played and loved KQ3. I loved it so much that since I only had just the disks that a friend gave to me when he couldn't find anything else, I made my own spell book with all the poems and ingredients listed. As I recall it took me forever to put it together because I did in FPS First Publisher and created a lot of graphics for it.

KQ5 was okay, but the VGA version is the one to get. I originally played 5 in the EGA mode as I didn't own the game and my buddy only had the EGA version. I was never a fan of KQ6...sorry but the puzzles were way to easy, and I just can't stand that "Girl in the Tower" song...

Now KQ1. hehe...I never owned this one back in the day. But in the early 90s Sierra did a lot remakes. I took advantage of most of these offers and have the EGA enhanced version of KQ1. It came in an embossed box that I never saw for sale at the stores back in the day. However, when I got my SQ1 VGA enhanced version...it came in the standard Space Quest I box that the original 256k game came in?! Only difference was a new label on the requirements stating it was the VGA version etc. I also don't recall ever seeing this version sold in stores in the old box. Only the newer style with the red border around it.

Of all the Quest series that Sierra On-Line made...these are my favorite ones:

Space Quest 1
Space Quest 3 (Just awesome..and still my favorite..)
Conquests of Camelot
Conquests of the Longbow (One of my all time favorite PC games...)
Colonel's Bequest
Quest for Glory I, II, and IV.

I also own the VGA remake for QG1. My buddy...owns the first release of QG1 back when it was still called...Hero's Quest. He still has the box and knew as soon as the lawsuit with Milton Bradley happened that it was a keeper...

Sierra On-Line...you guys will be forever missed. I realize that the name is still around..but Sierra isn't but name these days..kinda like another classic company I know...hmm...

-hellvin-

01-11-2005, 01:20 AM

7 made baby jesus cry.
5 is excellent. A damn classic.
I wish i'd had 5. But 7 froze up mid game on my crappy 486sx25. LOL

Yes, 5 kicked serious amounts of ass. I remember that was the first game I ever heard voice acting in. I could not BELIEVE they were talking in a game, lol. I also like how they tied the story directly to 3 because of what happens in the beginning with Graham's son.

-hellvin-

01-11-2005, 01:25 AM

Space Quest 3 (Just awesome..and still my favorite..)

That'd almost be my favorite too if it weren't for that damn arcade game. I just suck at it. My favorite in the SQ series is probably SQII and IV. Awesome stuff.

Damn, now I feel like loading up dosbox ;D.

Flack

01-11-2005, 09:49 AM

Nobody liked Police Quest?

NeoVenom

01-11-2005, 09:56 AM

Don't even bother with VIII, Neovenom. It was an atrocious game that tried (unsuccessfully) to blend fighting with the classic KQ formula. Mask of Eternity was categorically dumb.

I see, I guess I won't be getting that game. And SoulBlazer, by reading your sig, have you beaten Magna Cum Laude? I'm up to the thrid set of girlz in that game. That game is so funny. LOL Flack...I've never played Police Quest nor have I played Space Quest.

Nature Boy

01-11-2005, 04:12 PM

Nobody liked Police Quest?

I did. I never had a PC back in those days so I could never *play* those games though. Kings Quest. Police Quest. And Leisure Suit Larry. I try to find 'em every once in awhile but always come up short. It's a holy grail of mine I suppose you could say.

(And yes, you should've picked it up regardless :) ).

Mr. Smashy

01-11-2005, 05:37 PM

Nobody liked Police Quest?
The only one I ever played was Police Quest 4 (not counting the SWAT games).
I enjoyed it and I still have it around somewhere.

Flack

01-11-2005, 05:43 PM

Those of you who liked that style of games should also check out Black Cauldron. It was based on Disney's movie of the same name, but looked played almost identical to the early King's Quest games.

The Police Quest games were a bit frustrating because you had to follow set procedures. I remember one part where you had to always check the tires in your car before driving, or you would have a blowout.

SoulBlazer

01-11-2005, 10:04 PM

I've never played the Police Quest or Space Quest games.

I finished the new Leisure Suit Larry game last week. Have not wrapped up all the endings or loose ends, but it was a GREAT game. :)

-^Cro�Bow^-

01-12-2005, 12:00 AM

I used to have the VGA enhanced version of Police Quest 1. But it was loaned out to a buddy back in the mid 90s, and suffice it to say, I haven't seen it since.

The only Police Quest game I actually liked was Police Quest II: Revenge of the Death Angel. That is the one where you had to inspect the car each time before taking it out. But all you had to do was type "Inspect car" and it took care of everything....

I never played PQ3 or 4. I forgot to mention another classic I played once on a buddies system but never found for myself. Phreddy Pharkus: Frontier Pharmecists. That is another of Al Lowes greatest adventure games. Last Leisure Suit Larry I played was LSL6: Shape up or Ship out. It was okay, but nothing really beats the comedic elements of that first one.

Oh...the guy that did the first couple of Police Quest games..I believe his name was Jim Walls...anyway, he was the designing mind behind another now semi obscure Sierra adventure that I thought was amazing. I am talking about Codename: ICEMAN. That had a little of everything in it...

I actually picked up a copy of the Black Caldron a few years back at a thrift store for .99 cents. It came on 5 1/4 which I don't have my ancient 5 1/4 drive connected at the moment. So I found a site where I could get the game and play my legal backup of that one from a 3.5.

As for those of you who have never played Space Quest...you really can't be considered a classic adventure gamer without having played the following games:

Zork (any of them..)
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy
King's Quest 1 (At least 1 if not 1 and 4..again, 5 I thought was only OKAY)
Space Quest 1 (either version the original or the enhancements...)
Space Quest 3 (You have to play this to learn why 6 is semi cool, Besides Black Sabbath was behind the main music in that one...)
Conquests of the Longbow
Quest for Glory 1 and 2 (At least...)
Maniac Mansion
Indy the last crusade (Graphic Adventure)
Indy and the Fate of Atlantis (Would have made a semi decent movie without the little moving toys and oricalcum crap...)
Loom (yes Loom...because it is very original and just a lovely game)
Secret of Monkey Island (Ega or VGA versions..I need the talkie version of this!!!)

Hmm..there might be a few more...I would still advise people to look into Phreddy Pharkus...but make sure it has the medical book! Complex and iritating copy protection schemes back then...

8-)

Forgot to add another series that is pretty much a must play. Of all companies...WestWood Studeio came out with a series of adventure games based on a fantasy world known as Kyrandia.

There are a total of three games in that series...and the first two are a must play. Especially the second one, Hand of Fate. Another female leading adventurer..but damn! Zanthia is good..simple as that!

-hellvin-

01-12-2005, 12:37 AM

Nobody liked Police Quest?

Ahhh police quest. So much fun. I remember a hilarious moment in that game when I pulled over this beautiful woman in a car. I decided to hit a little on her and it turned out to be someone's wife that I worked with. He gave me a call later at this restauraunt and was quite pissed off, haha.

SoulBlazer

01-12-2005, 06:31 AM

I played some of the Space Quest games, and I liked the humor, but just never got around to playing any of the games. And never had a chance for the Police Quest series, either. I'll have to see if I can still find them and make them work on this modern system.

There are still some good adventure games being put out. Runaway was a very fun and there's a sequel in the works. Same for The Longest Journey. And there's a company that has put out a lot of budget adventure titles, I always see them at Wal-Mart and the like, but I can't recall the name....I think it's Dreamscape.

girth305

01-12-2005, 12:40 PM

Someone Mentioned this earlier in the post,

http://www.agdinteractive.com/main.htm

These guys have remade kings quest one and two and are working on quest for glory two.

Great Stuff

Take Care!

link1110

01-12-2005, 11:08 PM

link1110

01-12-2005, 11:10 PM

Double post. Sorry.

-hellvin-

01-12-2005, 11:23 PM

I played some of the Space Quest games, and I liked the humor, but just never got around to playing any of the games. And never had a chance for the Police Quest series, either. I'll have to see if I can still find them and make them work on this modern system.

Defenitely check out dosbox. Great, great emulator. My space quest 1-5 collection and sq6 work just great on it. The only one I can not get to work no matter what is space quest IV. It does a very weird graphical problem. The game actually boots up fine in xp but does that weird glitch.

link1110

01-13-2005, 02:51 PM

Works fine on 2000, you just need a patch (from spacequest.net) in order to make it so that the game doesn't play too fast. There are also patches for non-SQ sierra games.

SoulBlazer

01-13-2005, 10:28 PM

Yes, but the games have been out of print for years.

If someone can point to me where I can find them at a PM outside of EBay, please do. ;)

MarkMan

07-10-2006, 06:12 PM

There was a recent remake of King's Quest III that was just released. It's said to be a 1:1 remake, I never played the original but I'm very satisfied with it.

Good stuff!

Everyone should try it out!

Check it out here:

http://www.infamous-adventures.com/index.php?page=kq3

FantasiaWHT

07-11-2006, 02:23 PM

My fav was the one where you were the slave of the wizard and had to defeat him before you could leave the house and he randomly checked up on you every so often.
That would be King's Quest 3.

Anyway, the old-skool Sierra games are by far my favorite PC games of all time.

You and me both! I never had a console when I was a kid, but my dad was a computer nut so we always had the latest computers. Unfortunately, my dad wouldn't let me put games on HIS computer, so I had to buy my own, so my games were never cutting edge hehe.

I remember playing KQ3 on my Hercules graphics card and its monochrome palette... good times.

Kick the cat...

secretvampire

07-11-2006, 03:12 PM

I played a TON of Sierra titles back in the day. Great, great stuff.

On a collector's note, I found a complete copy of the original Space Quest I for .99 in a used book store last year. TOTALLY complete, including all the fake coupons for space vendors that came with it, and it even had the original price tag of $54.99 from Radio Shack on it. AWESOME.

blissfulnoise

07-12-2006, 12:32 PM

Bring on Quest for Glory II, my favorite game in the series.

TisLord

07-12-2006, 12:44 PM

I have the original boxed and for sale or trade if anyone is interested....will have to dig it out and take pics...

pm me

Zap!

03-29-2007, 03:03 AM

What do you guys think was the best one? Personally, I like part IV and II best.

MarkMan

03-29-2007, 05:33 AM

Its a tough call for me...

Personally I liked them all, but I really loved VI, V, and III.

I can't wait for the Silver Lining!

dlopez9069

03-29-2007, 02:33 PM

Haha, yeah. My boyfriend is convinced that someday he's gonna find somebody's home-made porn at a thirift store.

Once I bought a camcorder from one and it had some porn tapes in it. the lady at the counter just giggled and asked if I wanted it. But as for KQ my uncle bought me 8 and after watching me play for 10 mins. he decided it was the worst gift ever. still sits at the bottom of my blank CDs so I never have to see it

GillianSeed

03-29-2007, 03:37 PM

I'm a fan of King's Quest. I have all of them except the 3D one which was VIII. Majority of the old games run perfectly on my PC, without sound though. :/Try running them via DOSBox or VDMS Sound.

GillianSeed

03-29-2007, 03:43 PM

Yes, but the games have been out of print for years.

If someone can point to me where I can find them at a PM outside of EBay, please do. ;)

You can find recently released compilations of King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry on Amazon, $18.99 each.

Nz17

09-06-2024, 11:24 AM

Free King's Quest VI - AGI demake finished after 18 years of work (2006 - 2024) at < http://kq6agi.com >.

Gameguy

09-14-2024, 03:26 AM

Free King's Quest VI - AGI demake finished after 18 years of work (2006 - 2024) at < http://kq6agi.com >.
Thanks, downloaded it for later. I still haven't tried out the remakes made ages ago for the first and second game, I should have those saved somewhere too.

Osirus

09-15-2024, 11:25 AM

I wanted to play the QfG II remake but alas there's no MIDI/MT-32 support.