King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown


King's Quest: Quest for the Crown
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Original IBM release

Release Date: 10th May 1984
Project Status: N/A
Latest Version: 2.0F
Developer(s): Sierra On-Line
Publisher: IBM, Sierra On-Line, Parker Brothers
Designer(s): Roberta Williams
Source Available:  Yes
Category: Game
Type: Full
Genre: Adventure
Theme(s): Exploration, Fairytale, Fantasy, High Adventure, Mythology
Engine: GAL, AGI1, AGI2
CP Scheme: CPC
ESRB Rating: Unrated
Platform: MS-DOS, Tandy Color Computer 3, PC Booter, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, SEGA Master System
Localization: English
Website: www.sierra.com





Description

King's Quest: Quest for the Crown (aka King's Quest) is a 1984 Adventure game, originally published for the IBM PCjr simply as King's Quest. The story and the general design of the game was developed by Roberta Williams.

The game was originally released simply as King's Quest; the subtitle "Quest for the Crown" was added to the game box in the 5th re-release (1987), but did not appear in the game itself. The 1990 remake was renamed King's Quest 1: Quest for the Crown (King's Quest I on the box).


Versions

GAL

Release UPC-A Game Version Interpreter Version Date
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown (PCjr)   ?? ??  

AGI1

Release UPC-A Game Version Interpreter Version Date
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown (Apple IIgs)   1.0S-88223 1.006  
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown (Apple)   2.0C 1.10A  
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown (Atari ST)   1.0V 1.115  

AGI2

Release UPC-A Game Version Interpreter Version Date
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown (Amiga)   1.0U 2.082  
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown   1.0U 2.272  
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown   2.0F 2.425  
King's Quest: The Quest for the Crown <ref>MCGA fix</ref>   2.0F 2.917  


Screenshots

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Synopsis


About

King's Quest was developed to showcase the advanced abilities of IBM's new computer, the PCjr. It featured higher graphics (160px x 200px by 16 colors) and a three voice audio with noise channel. IBM commissioned Sierra to produce a game that could showcase the PCjr's capabilities. <ref>Trivette, Donald B. (February 1985). "Inside King's Quest". Compute! magazine.</ref> Though considered to be the first AGI game, it was originally developed in Game Adaptation Language, or GAL, a precursor to AGI. AGI was designed to be portable Citation RQD<ref>This entry requires a citation or source.</ref>. This meant that it could easily be ported to other platforms, which is why the game was available for so many different platforms.

King's Quest was first publicly demoed at the 1984 Winter Consumer Electronics (CES) show held in Las Vegas, at the Hilton, Riviera and Sahara Hotels, from Saturday the 7th to Tuesday the 10th January. This was still an unreleased version, and in fact the IBM PC JR that it was written for was not yet widely available at that time. Although the game was published in May 1984, the trademark for the name “King’s Quest” was filed on the 23rd January 1984, claiming that the first use of the name was on the 13th January 1984, probably related to the Winter CES demonstration and subsequent media reports of it. In a 24th January 1984 "PC Magazine" article, Roberta Williams states that the game had just been finished. We know though that it was still unreleased in April 1984 when a newspaper advert appeared in the "Fresno Bee" stating that Greg Rowland would be giving a "sneak preview of Sierra's yet to be released 3-D adventure game THE KING'S QUEST" on Friday April 20, at 12.00pm & 5.00pm, at the Fresno branch of the "Softwaire Centre International" store, 488 E. Shaw Avenue. The game was finally release on the 10th May 1984, which is the date that IBM start as the publication date in their official copyright registration.

Though developed by Sierra with assistance from IBM, the game was originally published by by IBM and was released simply as King's Quest; the subtitle "Quest for the Crown" was added to the game box in the 5th re-release (1987), but did not appear in the game itself. The 1990 remake was renamed King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown.

The game was a huge success Citation RQD<ref>This entry requires a citation or source.</ref> and helped Sierra back to solvency Citation RQD<ref>This entry requires a citation or source.</ref>.


Downloads

GOG

New Installer

Requires files from the original distribution media. Works with all versions of the game.

Demos

  • No Demo Available

Patches

  • ZIPInactive.png None Available ZIP File []


Walkthroughs/Hints


References

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Related links


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