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Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow is the 6th and perhaps most popular and well-known entry of the Sierra adventure series King’s Quest. It again features voice acting and large world to explore. Setup ScummVM Daily Build FluidSynth with FluidR3 Soundfont HQ3x Graphics setting. Via Wikipedia : “The game takes place almost
Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! is the 5th entry into the King’s Quest franchise from Sierra. It was released in 1990 and was the first of the series to feature VGA graphics and full voice-acting. Setup: ScummVM Daily HQ3x Graphics Fluidsynth with FluidR3.SF2 Via Wikipedia : “In the introduction
King’s Quest IV – The Perils of Rosella follows Graham’s daughter Rosella as she seeks a way to avoid her father’s death with the aid of fairies in a far-off land seen through the magical mirror. ScummBM 1.6.0 Base Daily Build 6.29.2013 HQ3x MUNT MT32 enabled 1st Fluidsynth enabled 2nd
King’s Quest III To Heir is Human departs from the land of Daventry and follows a boy who seems to have been stolen at birth. His connection the world of King’s Quest is not apparent at first. ScummBM 1.6.0 Base Daily Build 6.29.2013 HQ3x Fluidsynth enabled 2nd From Wikipedia In
King’s Quest II Romancing the Throne follows the story of now king, Graham. The version seen here, I believe, is the AGI 2 version, which came out after the third game in the series (confusing I know). The original 1985 release was in CGA graphics, an even more limited color
King’s Quest Quest for the Crown was a remake of the original game, coming out between the 4th entry in the series and the 5th game which was also full VGA. Interestingly enough people complained about the remake and it was a failure. This is particularly add odds with the
Quest for Glory Shadows of Darkness is the fourth entry into the classic adventure-RPG series from Sierra. This is the first Quest for Glory game I played. It features an orchestrated soundtrack and high quality voice-acting anchored by the performance of John Rhys-Davies (Sallah from Indiana Jones/Gimlie from LotR) as
Quest for Glory Wages of War is the 3rd entry in the franchise. This was the first of the series to use VGA graphics. ScummVM 1.6.0 Base Daily Build 5.29.2013 HQ3x Scaling Fluidsynth enabled FluidR3 Soundfont Via Wikipedia Rakeesh the Paladin brings the Hero (and Prince of Shapeir) along with
Quest for Glory Trial By Fire is the first sequel in the series. You can import you character from the first game and continue on to this new adventure. This video features the MT32 intro followed by a Soundfont version. ScummVM has not optimized this game for Midi playback, so
Quest for Glory aka Hero’s Quest is a sort of adventure-RPG hybrid game from Sierra. I came to the series very late with part IV. The games employ a good dose of humor from what I have seen. I’ve been meaning to go back to the beginning of the series
Colonel’s Bequest is the first of two adventure from Sierra featuring the character of Laura Bow. My first encounter with this character was in the follow-up Laura Bow 2 – The Dagger of Amon Ra. I have never played this game and never finished its sequel due to it freezing
Gabriel Knight II – The Beast Within was a huge change from the first entry. The game employed FMV (Full Motion Video) which was all the rage at the time. The two leads of Grace and Gabriel were re-cast in order to make the visual look of the characters. The
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