View source for King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella (AGI)

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{{ReleaseInfobox
| ReleaseName = King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI
| image = [[Image:KQ4-c.png|190px]]<br />
''King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI Cover''
| ReleaseDate = Sept., {{1988}}
| ProjectStatus = N/A
| Developer = {{SierraDev}}
| Publisher = {{SierraPub}}
| Designer = {{RobertaWilliams}}
| Source = {{NoSource}}
| Category = {{SierraGame}}
| Type = {{SierraFull}}
| Genre = {{Adventure}}
| Theme = {{Fantasy}}
| Engine = {{AGI3}}
| Platform = {{DOS}}, {{AtariST}}, {{AppleIIGS}}, {{Amiga}}, {{AtariST}}, {{TandyCC3}}, 
| Localization = {{English}}
| Website = {{SierraURL}}
}}

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==<br /><br /> Description ==

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'''''King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella''''' AGI was co-developed with the [[sciw:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella|King's Quest IV]] [[sciw:SCI|SCI]] for customers who could not meet the high hardware requirements of Sierra's new [[sciw:SCI|SCI]] engine. A customer who purchased the game that could not run the game was able to send in his SCI disks in for replacement with the AGI version.

'''''[[sciw:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella|King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella]]''''' SCI featured SCI's higher resolution graphics as well as [[sciw:AdLib|AdLib]] and [[sciw:Roland MT-32|Roland MT-32]] music with a "full soundtrack" by [[w:William Goldstein|William Goldstein]]. 

Hardware began to advance beyond what AGI could utilize, so Sierra began development on its next engine, '''SC'''ript '''I'''nterpreter or later [[sciw:Sierra Creative Interpreter|'''S'''ierra '''C'''reative '''I'''nterpreter (SCI)]]. A year before the last official AGI game, ''[[Manhunter 2: San Francisco]]'' in 1989, Sierra released the first SCI (SCI0) game, [[sciw:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella|King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella]] in 1988. In keeping with [[w:Moore's Law|Moore's Law]], SCI could take advantage of the constantly increasing capabilities of the new hardware. As with AGI in its day, SCI was a big leap forward in technology. SCI's 200px x 320px [[w:Vector graphics|vector graphics]] allowed for noticeably better graphics over AGI's 160px x 200px. While still just 16 colors, but SCI0 introduced [[w:Dither|dithering]], which mixed pixels of different colors into the same fill areas that gave the effect of more than 16 colors.

{| align="center" width="80%"
|-
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ4_Fishermans_Shack.png|320px]]<br />
KQ4AGI Fisherman's Shack
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ4SCI_Fishermans_Shack.png|320px]]<br />
KQ4SCI Fisherman's Shack
|}

SCI introduced support for the new sound cards. This expanded its audio capabilities over that of AGI's  three voice with noise channel sound PCjr/Tandy sound. With the advent SCI, music became an inseparable part of Sierra games. Even though the first exposure most had was with [[sciw:AdLib|AdLib's]] hoots and honks, it also supported the [[sciw:Audio Devices#MPU-401|MPU-401]], which allowed Sierra's composers to create some amazing [[sciw:Roland MT-32|Roland MT-32]] sound tracks. KQ4's MT-32 track gave a quality to the game's music that at the time was unsurpassed.

{| align="center" width="80%"
|-
|[[File:KQ4_Intro.ogg|center]]||[[File:KQ4SCI_Intro.ogg|center]]
|-
|<div align="center">KQ4 AGI Intro</div>||<div align="center">KQ4 SCI Intro</div>
|-
|[[File:KQ4AGI_Dwarves_Mine.ogg|center]]||[[File:KQ4_Dwarves_Mine.ogg|center]]
|-
|<div align="center">KQ4AGI Dwarves's Mine</div>||<div align="center">KQ4SCI Dwarves's Mine</div>
|}
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==<br /> Versions ==

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=== AGI3 ===

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|- valign="top"
! width="600" | Game !! width="100" | Game&nbsp;version !! width="150" | Interpreter&nbsp;version !! width="65" | Date !! width="275" | Notes
|- valign="top"
| King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI|| align="center"|2.0|| align="center"|3.002.086|| align="center"|[[1988|1988-07-27]] || "Pirate", "beam me" and "rap" Easter eggs
|- valign="top"
| King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI|| align="center"|2.2|| align="center"|3.002.086|| align="center"|[[1988|1988-09-27]] || No easter eggs
|- valign="top"
| King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI|| align="center"|2.3|| align="center"|3.002.086|| align="center"|[[1988|1988-09-27]] || No easter eggs
|}

=== Apple IIgs ===

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="925"
|- valign="top"
! width="600" | Game !! width="100" | Game&nbsp;version !! width="150" | Interpreter&nbsp;version !! width="65" | Date !! width="275" | Notes
|- valign="top"
| King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella AGI|| align="center"|1.0K|| align="center"|3.002.086|| align="center"|[[1988|1988-11-22]] || No easter eggs
|}
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==<br /> Screenshots ==

{| align="center" width="80%"
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ4AGISS1.png|320px]]
| align="center"|[[Image:KQ4AGISS2.png|320px]]
|}

==<br /> Story ==

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==<br /> About ==

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==<br /> Downloads ==

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=== GOG ===

* [http://www.gog.com/game/kings_quest_4_5_6?pp=310b86e0b62b828562fc91c7be5380a992b2786a Buy the full game on GOG.com]

=== New Installer ===

* [[File:Setup.png]] [[SHPBin:NewInstallers/KQ4ForDOSBox.exe|SHP New King's Quest 4 DOSBox Installer]]<span class="DLInfo"> Setup File [742 KB]</span>
::Requires files from the original distribution media. Works with all versions of the game.

=== Demos ===

* [[King's Quest IV AGI Demo]]

=== <span class="Inactive">Patches</span> ===

* [[File:ZIPInactive.png]] <span class="Inactive">No Official Patch</span>

=== <span class="Inactive">Misc Downloads</span> ===

* [[File:ZIPInactive.png]] <span class="Inactive">None Available</span>
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==<br /> Walkthroughs/Hints ==

* [[shp:Walkthroughs/KQ4Walkthrough.html|King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella Walkthrough]]
* [[shpsf:6|SHP King's Quest Forum]]

==<br /> Related Links ==

* [[King's Quest Series]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQ4AGIHelp.html|King's Quest IV AGI on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[SHP:Games/KingsQuest/KQSeriesHelp.html|King's Quest Series on The Sierra Help Pages]]
* [[w:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella|King's Quest IV on Wikipedia]]
* [[w:King's Quest|King's Quest Series on Wikipedia]]
* [[moby:kings-quest-iv-the-perils-of-rosella|King's Quest IV on MobyGames]]
* [[mgsrs:kings-quest-series|King's Quest Series on MobyGames]]
* [[Sierra AGI Release List]]

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