kungfubellydancer Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Has anyone ever played any of the King's Quest series? One of the first fantasy RPG's, known for its "lego" graphics in the earlier games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenxander Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 yes i played it. It was the first of two game I ever had for my "IBM PC Junior" PC back in the day. then later i got the 'collection'. Sierra always loved to (in their earlier days) spoof fairy tales, and one can easily appreciate all of the references they made - billy goat gruff, jack & the beanstalk, hansle & grettle, the golden egg, rumplestiltskin... It took me a while to figure out how to get the fiddle form the farmer and how to finally beat the game (shield, mirror, chest). the game wasn't all that long if you knew exactly what you were doing, but if not it could take hours / days to figure it out. The "Mask of Eterinty" was okay but..... damn... there shouldn't have been all of that 'combat'. King's quest was about quests and puzzle solving, not about fighting. So that they tried to taylor to a new audience really destroyed the series (kind of makes you see how history repeats itself with Bethseda and "Oblivion"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat1 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Great series, if your keen there is a player made title in the series, King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones. I played this a while back and had a nastalgic moment... its in VGA and uses a point and click interface. check it out HERE, its free (and not illegal type of free) :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenxander Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Oh I know.. you were finding all of the "jewelery" for your bride to be.. simple plot but the puzzles were quite hard the first time around. Again, that series in general was a good thing - the predecessor to "Myst", if you ask me ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfubellydancer Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 My favorites of the series are KQ 1 (redone version) KQ 6 and 7, and Mask of Eternity. I also liked the first Laura Bow. One question: in a few of the KQ's, especially 1 and 2, you can find secret stashes of jewelry in random places. But what are they for? At the end of 2 (I think it was 2) you rescue the princess, and I tried giving her the jewelry but it was an invalid move. Command: "Get Clover" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xenxander Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 it was just a point value - the more you found, the higher your point total was. In KQ 1 there was a ring that turned you invisible and you could use that to get past the rat, if you didn't have the cheese (and it would be gone after that use), but the cheese was the best route, because keeping the ring gave you higher points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WITHTEETH Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I played Kings Quest 1,5,6, and 7 when i was a kid. 7 was alright, but the rest were excellent. If you like those then I also recommend Gabriel Knight and The Longest Journey :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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